Entering Escape Characters
Printer commands always begin with the escape character (
?
).
The following table shows how the escape character can be entered
from various DOS software applications.
DOS Software
Application
Entry
What Appears
Lotus 1-2-3
Type
\027
027
WordPerfect for DOS
Type
<27>
<27>
MS-DOS Edit
Hold down Ctrl-P, and press Esc
¨
MS-DOS Edlin
Hold down Ctrl-V, release, then press [
^[
ENWW
Appendix D Printer Commands 151