Specifications

Appendix
DA-590 CONTROL COMMANDS
Note: There should be NO SPACES between characters sent. The spacing below is for clarity ONLY!
ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal
Printer Initialization
Esc E 27 69 1B 45
Setting: # = 0-9:
Esc ! $ # S 27 33 36 # 83 1B 21 24 # 53
Font:
Courier Esc ( s 3 T 27 40 115 51 84 1B 28 73 33 54
Helvetica Esc ( s 4 T 27 40 115 52 84 1B 28 73 34 54
Times Roman Esc ( s 5 T 27 40 115 53 84 1B 28 73 35 54
Print Quality:
NLQ Esc ( s 1 Q 27 40 115 49 81 1B 28 73 31 51
LQ Esc ( s 2 Q 27 40 115 50 81 1B 28 73 32 51
Char. Spacing:
# = 1-30
Esc ! $ # C 27 33 36 # 67 1B 21 24 # 43
Char. Height:
Single Height Esc ( s 12 V 27 40 115 49 50 86 1B 28 73 31 32 56
Double Height Esc ( s 24 V 27 40 115 50 52 86 1B 28 73 32 34 56
Triple Height Esc ( s 36 V 27 40 115 51 54 86 1B 28 73 33 36 56
Char. Width:
Single Width Esc ! $ 0 F 27 33 36 48 70 1B 21 24 30 46
Double Width Esc ! $ 1 F 27 33 36 49 70 1B 21 24 31 46
Triple Width Esc ! $ 2 F 27 33 36 50 70 1B 21 24 32 46
Line Spacing:
# = 1-10 lpi
Esc & l # D
(lower case “L”)
27 38 108 # 68 1B 26 6C # 44
Left Margin [mm]:
# = 1-150mm
Esc ! $ # M 27 33 36 # 77 1B 21 24 # 4D
Left Margin in
[Columns]:
# = columns
(2.5 mm per column)
Esc & a # L 27 38 97 # 76 1B 26 61 # 4C
Top Margin in Lines:
# = lines
Esc & l # E
(lower case “L”)
27 38 108 # 69 1B 26 6C # 45
Top Margin [mm]:
# = 0-288mm
Esc ! $ # T 27 33 36 # 84 1B 21 24 # 54
Orientation:
Nor (normal) Esc & l 0 O 27 38 47 48 79 1B 26 2F 30 4F
Rev (reverse) Esc & l 2 O
(lower case “L”)
27 38 47 49 79 1B 26 2F 31 4F