Microsoft KB Archive/28571

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Last reviewed: November 2, 1994

Article ID: Q28571

SUMMARY
In Microsoft Excel versions 1.50 and earlier, to send special codes to a serial printer:


 * 1) From the File menu, choose Printer Setup.
 * 2) Specify TTY as the printer type.
 * 3) Type the code characters in the Printer Message box in Page Setup.

To send codes in ASCII, precede them with a forward slash character &quot;/&quot;; to send codes in Octal or Hexidecimal format, type an &quot;o&quot; or an &quot;h&quot; after the slash; to send a control character, type &quot;^[&quot;, then the character. The following are examples for these: ASCII       / Octal       /o Hexidecimal /h Control     ^[

MORE INFORMATION
The Printer Setup option is no longer available in Excel 2.20. To send printer codes to a printer from this version, a third-party printer driver needs to be used -- for example, Mac Daisy Link.
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