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
[With symbol type MicroPDF417]
Maximum of 250 alphanumeric characters, maximum of 366 numbers, maximum of 150
bytes of binary data
However, the following table shows the maximum amount of information allowed
according to symbol size X specification and symbol size Y specification.
Maximum amount of information allowed
X Y
Alphanumeric
characters
Numbers Binary
1 11 6 8 3
1 14 12 17 7
1 17 18 26 10
1 20 22 32 13
1 24 30 44 18
1 28 38 55 22
2 8 14 20 8
2 11 24 35 14
2 14 36 52 21
2 17 46 67 27
2 20 56 82 33
2 23 64 93 38
2 26 72 105 43
3 6 10 14 6
3 8 18 26 10
3 10 26 38 15
3 12 34 49 20
3 15 46 67 27
3 20 66 96 39
3 26 90 132 54
3 32 114 167 68
3 38 138 202 82
3 44 162 237 97
4 4 14 20 8
4 6 22 32 13
4 8 34 49 20
4 10 46 67 27
4 12 58 85 34
4 15 76 111 45
4 20 106 155 63
4 26 142 208 85
4 32 178 261 106
4 38 214 313 128
4 44 250 366 150
3
\\\: End of bar codes
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Three back slashes are necessary for end of 2D bar code.










