ESC/ P Command Reference

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ESC \ Specify relative horizontal position
[ASCII] ESC \ n1 n2
[Decimal] 27 92 n1 n2
[Hexadecimal] 1B 5C n1 n2
[Parameters] 0≤n1≤255, 0≤n2≤255
[Description]
・Specifies a relative print position (in units of 1/180 inch) for the next data.
・A relative print position specifies the horizontal print position based on the current
position.
・The next character is printed at a position (n1 + 256 * n2) / 180 inch from the current
position.
・A relative position cannot be specified to the left (in the negative direction).
※ However, since the printable length is 1 meter, an actual value greater than 7086/180
inches will result in an error during printing
・This command is available only with left alignment.
ESC a Specify alignment
[ASCII] ESC a n
[Decimal] 27 97 n
[Hexadecimal] 1B 61 n
[Parameters] 0≤n≤3 or “0”≤n≤”3”
[Description]
・The following data is printed with the alignment described below, depending on the value
of n.
n=0 specifies left alignment.
n=1 specifies center alignment.
n=2 specifies right alignment.
n=3 specifies justified alignment.
・The default setting is n=0.
・The last alignment setting received is applied to all of the print data.
・If an absolute horizontal position or a relative horizontal position is specified, the text
must be aligned on the left when it is printed.