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
Document creation flow
Below is an explanation of the flow for creating documents.
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A Switch command mode (ESC i a) Initialize (ESC @)
B Format Settings
1. Select landscape orientation (ESC i L)
2. Specify page length (ESC ( C)
3. Specify print area
Specify page format (ESC ( c)
Left/right margins (ESC I, ESC Q)
4. Specify line feed amount (ESC 0, ESC 2, ESC 3, ESC A)
5. Specify tab positions
Specify horizontal tab position (ESC D)
Specify vertical tab position (ESC B)
C Print Operations
1. Specify print position
Specify vertical position (ESC ( v, ESC ( V, VT, ESC J)
Specify horizontal position (ESC $, ESC \, HT, ESC a)
2. Transfer print data (one line)
Transfer necessary text operation codes (see D), bit images, bar codes, and
downloaded data (see E).
3. End of line, feed paper (CR, LF)
4. Repeat 1–3 above.
5. End of page, specify cutting (ESC i C), feed page (FF)
6. Repeat 1–6 above.
7. End of document