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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Series code
Series Value
General printer type ‘2’ Char (32 Hex)
Model code
Model Value
MW-100 ‘1’ Char (31 Hex)
MW-120 / MW-120 TypeF ‘2’ Char (32 Hex)
MW-140BT / MW-140BT TypeE / MW-140BT TypeF ‘3’ Char (33 Hex)
MW-145BT ‘5’ Char (35 Hex)
MW-260 ‘4’ Char (34 Hex)
Country Code
Country Value
USA or no country specified ‘0’ Char (30 Hex)
Media Width, Length
Name Value
Width - MW-100 / 120 / 140BT / 145BT 74 mm
Height - MW-100 / 120 / 140BT / 145BT 105 mm
Width - MW-260 105 mm
Height - MW-260 148 mm
Width – MW-145BT / MW-260 0 mm = No paper *
Height – MW-145BT / MW-260 0 mm = No paper *
* MW-145BT and MW-260 check to see if the paper is present. If the paper is not present, the Width and
Height are described as “0”.
Media kind
Media kind Value Remarks Memo
None (no paper cassette) 00 Hex No paper cassette is present
Thermal paper 01 Hex
Reserved 02 Hex Spare (currently not used)
Label 03 Hex
Cut label (split horizontally: 4
blocks)
04 Hex Discontinue settings. Do not use
Cut label (split horizontally: 2
blocks)
05 Hex Discontinue settings. Do not use