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
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D Text operations
1. Specify character set
Select font (ESC k)
Select character code (ESC t)
Select international character set (ESC R)
Specify character size (ESC X)
Character spacing (ESC P, ESC M, ESC g, and ESC SP)
2. Character style (ESC 4, ESC 5, ESC E, ESC F, ESC G, ESC H, ESC W,
SO, ESC SO, SI, ESC SI, DC2, DC4, ESC –, and ESC !)
3. Character code
*Repeat steps 1 through 3, as necessary.
E Bitmap image (ESC *, ESC K, ESC L, ESC Y, and ESC Z)
Bar code (ESC i B)
Downloaded data (ESC i F)
With downloaded data, the image data must be downloaded and saved on
the main unit in advance.










