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I have been tinkering for hours but to no avail. &nbsp;<br />
What is the Unix command to send control codes to the printer which will then produce 17pt font or condensed mode? &nbsp; <br />
I tried: <br />
# echo ESC ( s 17 H<br />
I also tried it in decimal and hex.<br />
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Thanks in advance,<br />
Mike
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I have been tinkering for hours but to no avail.  
What is the Unix command to send control codes to the printer which will then produce 17pt font or condensed mode?   
I tried: 
# echo ESC ( s 17 H
I also tried it in decimal and hex.

Thanks in advance,
Mike

How to send printer control codes from Unix

Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 at Bell Labs. Today, it is a modern OS with many commercial flavors and licensees, including FreeBSD, Hewlett-Packard’s UX, IBM AIX and Apple Mac OS-X. Apart from its command-line interface, most UNIX variations support the standardized X Window System for GUIs, with the exception of the Mac OS, which uses a proprietary system.