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
Horizont
al direction movement
ESC l 1B 6C Specify left margin.
ESC Q 1B 51 Specify right margin.
CR 0D Carriage return
ESC D 1B 44 Specify horizontal tab position
HT 09 Apply horizontal tab
ESC $ 1B 24 Specify absolute horizontal position
ESC \ 1B 5C Specify relative horizontal position
ESC a 1B 61 Specify alignment
Vertical movement
LF 0A Line feed
FF 0C Page feed
ESC J 1B 4A Forward paper feed
ESC B 1B 42 Specify vertical tab position
VT 0B Apply vertical tab
ESC ( V 1B 28 56 Specify absolute vertical position.
ESC ( v 1B 28 76 Specify relative vertical position.
Paper formatting
ESC ( c 1B 28 63 Specify page format.
ESC ( C 1B 28 43 Specify page length
Printer control
ESC @ 1B 40 Defaults
Graphic commands
ESC * 1B 2A Select a bit image.
ESC K 1B 4B 8-dot single-density bit image
ESC L 1B 4C 8-dot double-density bit image
ESC Y 1B 59 8-dot double-speed double-density bit image
ESC Z 1B 5A 8-dot quadruple-density bit image
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