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
・
Left edge Left margin position Tab position Tab position
Right margin position
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HT Apply horizontal tab
[ASCII] HT
[Decimal] 9
[Hexadecimal] 09
[Parameters] None
[Description]
・Moves the horizontal print position to the nearest horizontal tab position to the right of
the input position.
・If there is no horizontal tab position to the right of the input position or the next
horizontal tab position is beyond the right margin, the HT command is ignored.
・When underlining is specified, no underline is applied between the current position and
the next horizontal tab position.
・When the unit is switched on, horizontal tab positions are set every 8 columns at 10 cpi.
Even if the character width is changed before the horizontal tab positions are set, the
horizontal tab positions do not change.
・This command is available only with left alignment.
[Example] Specifying horizontal tabs at Column 4, Column 8, and Column 12, and applying
a horizontal tab
Code
ESC D 04h 08h 0Ch 00h
123456789012 CR A HT B HT C HT D FF
Print result
123456789012
A B C D
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Column
Unprinted area
HT code
Printable area
Example: After the left margin is set to Column 3 and the right
margin to Column 15, horizontal tabs are set at Column 5 and
Column 10, and an HT is performed.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
HT code
Unprinted area
48