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
・The horizont
al direction print position is moved to the left margin position.
・If the left margin setting is not at the beginning of the line, the left margin is set after a line
feed.
The beginning of the line indicates the left margin position for left alignment; for right and
center alignment, it means that no image or character is entered on the line.
・Even if the character width is changed after the left margin is set, the left margin position
does not change.
・Any left margin setting that puts the left margin position to the right of the right margin
position is ignored.
・When setting the left margin, set it at least one column (10 cpi = 30 dots) smaller than the
right margin.
[(the character width * n at the setting) > (number of dots of right margin - 30 dots) -->
the setting will be ignored.]
・If the difference between the right margin position and the left margin position is less than
one character, that character is ignored.
・When proportional pitch is specified with the ESC p command, a character width of 10
cpi (= 30 dot) is applied.
・If the print media is continuous length label, the print direction is landscape, and the page
length is not specified, commands specifying the left margin are ignored.
[Example] The left margin is set to Column 3.
Code
ABC CR ESC l 03h EFGHIJ FF
Print result
ABC
EFGHIJ
43