ESC/ P Command Reference
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1. General Information
- Chapter 2. Command information
- 2-1) Character/style selection commands
- 2-2) Text printing commands
- ESC 4 Apply italic style
- ESC 5 Cancel italic style
- ESC E Apply bold style
- ESC F Cancel bold style
- ESC G Specify double printing
- ESC H Cancel double printing
- ESC P Specify pica pitch
- ESC M Specify elite pitch
- ESC g Specify micron pitch
- ESC p Specify proportional characters
- ESC W Specify double-width characters
- SO Specify auto-cancelling enlarged characters
- ESC SO Specify auto-cancelling enlarged characters
- SI Specify half-width characters
- ESC SI Specify half-width characters
- DC2 Cancel half-width characters
- DC4 Cancel auto-cancelling double-width characters
- ESC - Apply/cancel underlining
- ESC ! Global formatting
- ESC SP Select character spacing for ANK characters
- ESC X Select alphanumeric/kana character size
- 2-3) Line feed amount commands
- 2-4) Horizontal movement commands
- 2-5) Vertical movement commands
- 2-6) Paper formatting
- 2-7) Printer control commands
- 2-8) Graphics commands
- 2-9) Advanced commands
- Chapter 3. Appendix
1-3) Overview of document creation
A general overview of document creation is shown below.
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A Switch command mode (ESC i a)
B Format settings
1． Select landscape orientation (ESC i L)
2． Initialize (ESC @)
3． Specify print area
Specify page format (ESC ( c)
Left and right margins (ESC l and ESC Q)
4． Specify line feed amount (ESC 0, ESC 2, ESC 3, and ESC A)
5． Specify tabs
Specify horizontal tab position (ESC D)
Specify vertical tab position (ESC B)
C Print operations
1． Specify print position
Specify vertical position (ESC ( v, ESC (V, VT, and ESC J)
Specify horizontal position (ESC $, ESC \, HT, and ESC a)
2． Transfer print data (1 line)
Transfer necessary text operation codes (Refer to D.) and bit images, bar
codes and downloaded data (Refer to E.).
3． End of line and feed paper (CR and LF)
4． Repeat steps 1 through 3 listed above.
5． End of page (FF)
For a page feed, specify the position where the bottom margin is exceeded
when the vertical position is specified (not with FF).
6． Printer waits and checks for ”End of Print” status. A status request is not
required.
7． Repeat steps 1 through 6 listed above.
8． End of document.
Changing the document orientation will
automatically clear the text and print
buffers. Make sure you do this before
entering any text.