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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Notice number
Name Value
Invalid 00 Hex
Not used 01 Hex
Not used 02 Hex
Not used 03 Hex
Not used 04 Hex
Not used 05 Hex
1-4-2) Error information:
Error Information 1 t
able:
Data Flag Mask Description
Bit 0 0x01 Paper cassette empty error (or Paper cassette
wrong distance error. It is not paper empty)
Bit 1 0x02 N/A
Bit 2 0x04 Paper Jam
Bit 3 0x08 Battery empty
Bit 4 0x10 N/A
Bit 5 0x20 N/A
Bit 6 0x40 Adapter overvoltage limit
Bit 7 0x80 N/A
Error Information 2 table:
Data Flag Mask Description
Bit 0 0x01 Paper cassette was changed during printing
Bit 1 0x02 N/A
Bit 2 0x04 Program error (communication error or buffer full
error. ESC/P command data exceeded 64 KB
limit.)
MW-145BT and MW-260 are available the error.
MW-120 and MW-140BT are not available.
Bit 3 0x08 N/A (communication error)
MW-120 and MW-140BT are available the error.
MW-145BT and MW-260 are not available (N/A).
Bit 4 0x10 N/A
Bit 5 0x20 Print head above high temperature limit
Bit 6 0x40 Feed error or paper empty
Bit 7 0x80 System error (EEPROM error and other fatal
errors)
1-4-3) Error description
a.
“Paper cassette empty error” / “Paper cassette wrong distance error”
An error status (setting bit 0 in the error information 1 table) is sent to the host device when a printer is
detects an empty paper cassette or paper cassette wrong distance after a page feed command is received.