ESC/ P Command Reference
Table Of Contents
- Control Code List
- Print area
- Characters
- Print position
- Line feed amount
- Document creation flow
- Control command details
- Character/style selection commands
- 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 Apply double-strike printing
- ESC H Cancel double-strike 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 reduced characters
- ESC SI Specify reduced characters
- DC2 Cancel reduced characters
- DC 4 Cancel auto-cancelling double-width characters
- ESC – Applies/cancels underlining
- ESC ! Global formatting
- ESC SP Specify character spacing
- ESC X Specify character size
- Line feed commands
- Horizontal direction movement commands
- Vertical movement commands
- Paper formatting
- Printer control commands
- Graphics commands
- Advanced commands
- ESC i B Bar code
- ESC i Q 2D Bar code QR codes
- ESC i P QR code version setting
- ESC i V 2D bar code PDF417
- ESC i D 2D bar code DataMatrix control
- ESC i M 2D bar code MaxiCode control
- ESC i F Print downloaded data
- ESC i a Switch command mode
- ESC i S Request printer status
- ESC i L Select landscape orientation
- ESC i C Specify cutting
- ESC iXQ2 Select default character style
- ESC iXQ1 Retrieve default character style
- ESC iXk2 Select default font
- ESC iXk1 Retrieve default font
- ESC iXX2 Specify default character size
- ESC iXX1 Retrieve default character size
- ESC iX32 Specify default line feed
- ESC iX31 Retrieve default line feed
- ESC iXA2 Select default alignment
- ESC iXA1 Retrieve default alignment
- ESC iX(2 Specify default page length
- ESC iX(1 Retrieve default page length
- ESC iXL2 Select default landscape orientation
- ESC iXL1 Retrieve default landscape orientation
- ESC iXj2 Select default international character set
- ESC iXj1 Retrieve default international character set
- ESC iXm2 Select default character code table
- ESC iXm1 Retrieve default character code table
- Character codes
Character codes
Standard character code table for ESC/P
codes
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
0
SP 0
@ P ` p Ç É á ░ └
α
1
! 1 A Q a q ü æ í ▒ ┴
β ±
2
” 2 B R b r é Æ ó ▓ ┬
3
# 3 C S c s â ô ú │ ├
¾
4
$ 4 D T d t ä ö ñ ┤ ─
5
% 5 E U e u à ò Ñ
┼
§
6
& 6 F V f v å û
a
¯
µ
7
’ 7 G W g w ç ù
o
¯
8
( 8 H X h x ê ÿ
¿
© ╚
°
9
)
9 I Y i y ë Ö ® ╣ ╔
┘
·
A
* : J Z j z è Ü € ║ ╩
┌
Ω
B
+ ; K [ k { ï ¢ ½ ╗ ╦
δ
C
, < L
\
l
¦
î £ ¼ ╝ ╠
³
D
- = M ] m } ì ¥ ¡
TEL
═
ø ²
E
. > N ^ n ˜ Ä
Pts
«
FAX
╬
F
/ ? O _ o
DEL
Å ƒ » ┐
“■” indicates that a space is printed.
112
“■” indicate
s that the character will change if the international character set is switched.










