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
ESC B Specify vertical tab position
[ASCII] ESC B ［n］
k
NUL
[Decimal] 27 66 ［n］
k
0
[Hexadecimal] 1B 42 ［n］
k
00h
[Parameters] 1≤n≤255
0≤k≤16
[Description]
・The position of the vertical tab is the line feed amount * n (at the time that the vertical
tab is set) from the top margin.
・Enter n values in ascending order and end the setting with NUL.
・If an n value is smaller than the previous one, the tab setting is finished.
・Up to 16 vertical tabs can be set.
・To cancel all vertical tab positions, use ESC B NUL.
・Vertical tab positions can be set regardless of the setting of the bottom margin position.
However, any vertical tab position outside the print area (beyond the bottom margin
position) is invalid and only becomes valid when a change in the top or bottom margin
position moves the print area to that vertical tab.
・Move to a vertical tab position with VT.
・When changing vertical tab positions, they must all be reset.
・If the top margin is moved, the vertical tab positions are also moved by the same
amount.
・Even if the line feed amount is changed after the vertical tab positions are set, those
vertical tab setting positions do not change.
・Performing a VT when no vertical tabs is set is equal to performing a CR.
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