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 (v Specify relative vertical position
[ASCII] ESC （ v nL nH mL mH
[Decimal] 27 40 118 nL nH mL mH
[Hexadecimal] 1B 28 76 nL nH mL mH
[Parameters] nL=2
nH=0
0≤mL≤255
0≤mH≤127
-16384 ≤（mL＋mH * 256）≤16383
[Description]
・Specifies the vertical print position as a relative position from the current position.
Vertical position after movement = mL + mH * 256 + current position
・When moving upwards, the specified value is expressed as a 2's complement. It is
determined by the following equation.
mL + mH * 256 = 65536 – amount of actual movement
・Settings moving the print position above the top margin are ignored.
・If a position exceeding the bottom margin is specified, printing starts.
・With left alignment, the print position for the next line is the end position of the current
line. (The horizontal position does not move to the left margin.)
With right alignment and center alignment, the horizontal position moves to the
beginning of the line.
・Automatic cancellation of double-width characters with SO or ESC SO is cancelled.
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Abcdefg
ABC
SDFASG
Abcdefg
ABC
SDFASG
Abcdefg
ABC
SDFASG
Example: Specifying a vertical position after the second row and moving to it
Left alignment
Center alignment
Right alignment