First, I assume the Epson is of the same generation as the Panasonic, with
which I am very familiar.  These models do not use proprietary codes
exclusively.  They are multi-mode, meaning they understand several escape
sequence protocols.  The Panasonic should support a mode called IBM, which
should be easily researched from a number of sources.  The Epson certainly
supports Epson, which you can learn from any contemporary Epson printer
documentation.

I happen to have both, although at the moment their whereabouts are unknown.
If you can wait a day or two, they will undoubtably resurface.  You can
contact me off-list if you wish.
Tom Turak

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I am writing some programs in basic and need to send the escape code to the
printer to have it switch from portrait to landscape and then back again
from within the program. I have several Epson and Panasonic printers but non
of the documentation shows the escape control codes for landscape and
portrait. One Epson is C40UX and a panasonic is KX-P2123.

The printers will print landscape if it is selected from print setup within
a Windows program, by checking the appropriate box, but I need to do it from
within a dos basic program using control codes.

If there are no codes, is there perhaps a utility that can be called from
within the basic program. I suspect this problem also occurs when writing
from visual basic which I am just starting to learn.

Tom Glab

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