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
62 ≤ height ≤ 1296 (RSS Limited)
134 ≤ height ≤ 1296 (RSS
Expanded)
If height < min., height = min.
If height > max., height = max.
(A bar code with a large number of stacked rows may be considered out of
specifications and unreadable by the reader.)
w (width)
w0 : extra small
w1 : small
w2 : medium
w3 : large
E or e (parentheses deletion)
e0 : ON
e1 : OFF
o (RSS symbols model)
o0 : RSS-14 Standard
o1 : RSS-14 Truncated
o2 : RSS-14 Stacked
o3 : RSS-14 Stacked Omnidirectional
o4 : RSS Limited
o5 : RSS Expanded Standard
o6 : RSS Expanded Stacked
c (number of horizontal characters for RSS Expanded Stacked)
c No. of horizontal characters
This must be an even value where 2 ≤ no. of horizontal characters ≤ 20.
z (ratio between thick and thin bars)
z0 : (3:1)
z1 : (2.5:1)
z2 : (2:1)
f (equalize bar lengths)
f0 : OFF
f1 : ON
*Notes:
・For parameter numerals 0–9, both 00H–09H and 30H–39H are recognized.
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・The p
arameter types a, b and c are recognized even when uppercase.