POS for .Net print formatting - can't use escape character (char)27

Question

I figured out how to print basic text to our POS printer, but I can\'t figure out how to get the escape characters to work (for bold, text alignment, etc). For now I\'m just tes

Answer 1

From my testing I think the printer simulator will not accept the ESC character.

I create the text to send to the printer using a number of constant substitutes like:

      string escAlignCenter = String.Format("{0}|cA", ((char)27));
      string escAlignRight = String.Format("{0}|rA", ((char)27));
      string escBoldOn = String.Format("{0}|bC", ((char)27));
      string escNewLine = String.Format("{0}|1lF", ((char)27));
      string escPaperCut = String.Format("{0}|75P", ((char)27));
      string escReset = String.Format("{0}|N", ((char)27));
      string escUnderlineOn = String.Format("{0}|uC", ((char)27));

so I might send the following to the printer:

String.Format("{0}Hellow world!", escAlignCenter)"

To avoid getting the error when using the printer simulator I need to do the following

      if(useSimulator)
      {
        string xxx = String.Format("{0}", ((char)27));
        string testString = testPrint.ToString();
        testString = testString.Replace(xxx, "\\");
        logger.Debug("text to print is [{0}]", testString);
        posPrinter.PrintNormal(PrinterStation.Receipt, testString); 
      }
      else
        posPrinter.PrintNormal(PrinterStation.Receipt, testPrint.ToString());

That removes the error however the text printed to the simulator includes all the ESC formatting.