Specifications

6-40
6.5.10 Character Pitch Adjustment Command
ESC SP n Set Character Spacing
Code 1BH 20H n
0
n127
Function Sets the character right-side spacing for 1-byte characters in dot units (n).
If a character code is input after this command, it is printed with (character width + set character
spacing).
The character left-side spacing will be 0 dot.
Only the seven significant bits of n are valid. n must be 0 to 127 dots.
The character right-side spacing for double-width mode is twice the value set by this command.
It can be expanded to up to 254 dots.
This command does not change the spacing of 2-byte characters. This also does not change
the spacing of 1-byte characters in the Kanji ROM. (See FS 'S' for details on the spacing of
2-byte characters.)
Default n=4 (at shipping)
Printer initial state after power-on can be changed by Set default/Set test print header (DC2 'i')
command.