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
Paper formatting
ESC (c Specify page format
[ASCII] ESC （ c nL nH tL tH BL BH
[Decimal] 27 40 99 nL nH tL tH BL BH
[Hexadecimal] 1B 28 63 nL nH tL tH BL BH
[Parameters] nL=4,nH=0
（tL + tH * 256）<（BL + BH * 256）
Top margin < bottom margin
[Description]
・Specifies settings for the top and bottom margins.
・The physically printable area depends on the media.
The top margin and the bottom margin are set in units of 1/300 inch (= 1 dot) using the
top edge of the physically printable area as the reference.
(The left margin and the right margin use the left edge of the physically printable area as
the reference.)
Top margin = tL + tH * 256
Bottom margin = BL + BH * 256
・The top margin position is the TOF in the vertical direction.
・All text content before this is cleared.
・The character baseline for the first line is 24/300 inch (24 dots) below the top margin.
・When this code is set, previously set top and bottom margins are deleted.
・The standard unit is not used.
・If the print media is continuous length label and, the print direction is landscape, and the
page length is not set, commands specifying the page format are ignored.
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