ESC/ P Command Reference

[Contents]
Control Code List ................................................................................................................7
Print area...........................................................................................................................10
Characters .........................................................................................................................12
Print position.....................................................................................................................15
Line feed amount...............................................................................................................17
Document creation flow ....................................................................................................18
Control command details ..................................................................................................20
・ .......................................................................20 Character/style selection commands
ESC R Select international character set ..........................................................20
ESC q Select character style ..............................................................................21
ESC k Select font ................................................................................................22
ESC t Select character code table ......................................................................22
・ ...........................................................................................23 Text printing commands
ESC 4 Apply italic style ......................................................................................23
ESC 5 Cancel italic style ....................................................................................23
ESC E Apply bold style.......................................................................................24
ESC F Cancel bold style .....................................................................................24
ESC G Apply double-strike printing ..................................................................25
ESC H Cancel double-strike printing ................................................................25
ESC P Specify pica pitch.....................................................................................26
ESC M Specify elite pitch ...................................................................................27
ESC g Specify micron pitch ................................................................................28
ESC p Specify proportional characters ..............................................................29
ESC W Specify double width characters............................................................30
SO Specify auto-cancelling enlarged characters................................................31
ESC SO Specify auto-cancelling enlarged characters .......................................31
SI Specify reduced characters ............................................................................32
ESC SI Specify reduced characters....................................................................32
DC2 Cancel reduced characters .........................................................................32
DC 4 Cancel auto-cancelling double-width characters......................................33
ESC – Applies/cancels underlining ....................................................................34
ESC ! Global formatting .....................................................................................36
ESC SP Specify character spacing .....................................................................37
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ESC X Specify character size..............................................................................38