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 i M 2D bar code MaxiCode control
[ASCII] ESC i M or m data
[Decimal] 27 105 77 or 109 data
[Hexadecimal] 1B 69 4D or 6D data
• Format
ESC i M or m [Parameters]
\ [Bar code data] \\\
1 2 3 4
① Parameters
If a value other than those listed is entered for a parameter, that parameter is set to its
default value.
1. Symbol type
[Decimal 1 byte] 0
[Decimal 1 byte] 1
[Decimal 1 byte] 2
Standard (default value)
Full EEC
Structured carrier message
2. Append mode
[Decimal 1 byte] 0
[Decimal 1 byte] 1
Structured append (default value)
Not appended
② \
Separator between parameters and bar code data
③ Bar code data
The number of bar code data that can be entered is listed below.
Maximum amount of information allowed
Symbol type
Alphanumeric characters Numbers
Standard 93 138
Full EEC 77 113
Structured carrier message 84 126
*Notes:
The numbers of characters that can be entered (as listed above) are for when using only
the common character set (code set A in the MaxiCode specifications). The number of
characters that can be entered may decrease, depending on the characters that are used.
83
When the symbol type is the
structured carrier message, the service class, country code
and postal code can be specified separately from the normal data. Specify each value,