SNA character string (SCS) control characters are responsible for printing formatted text. Entire Connection supports the following SCS control characters:
| Function | Character | Description | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEL | 0x2F | Bell | Will be ignored. |
| CR | 0x0D | Carriage Return | |
| FF | 0x0C | Form Feed | |
| GE | 0x08 | Graphical Escape | Not supported, will be ignored. |
| HT | 0x05 | Horizontal Tab | |
| RS | 0x1E | Record Separator | Handled as New Line. |
| LF | 0x25 | Line Feed | |
| NL | 0x15 | New Line | |
| NUL | 0x00 | Print Null or Blank | Must be configured in Setup. |
| NFF | 0x3A | Necessary Form Feed | Handled as Form Feed. |
| VT | 0x0B | Vertical Tab | |
| NNL | 0x06 | Necessary New Line | Handled as New Line. |
| TRC | 0x35 | Transparency | Starts a transparency block with EBCDIC to ASCII. |
| ATRC | 0x36 | Absolute Transparency | Starts a transparency block without any translation. |
All other characters are translated from EBCDIC to ASCII (except in Absolute Transparency mode).
The translation function uses the translate tables chosen in the National property page for the host printer session.
