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P2 = ESC/P2 command
P = ESC/P command
9P = 9-Pin ESC/P command
ESC = ASCII Escape Character. 27 decimal, 1B hex.
Bolded items are ASCII Text. E.g. U is
the ASCII character "U", 55 decimal.
Plain numbers are decimal binary values. E.g. 5 is a single byte with a value
of 5 decimal or the ASCII ENQ command.
Plain text are ASCII control code names. E.g.
BEL is the ASCII bell command with a value of
7 decimal.
Italic items are parameters which may be replaced with values as indicated
in the Description column. multi-byte values are always big endian: The first
byte is the least significant value.
Command P2 P 9P Description BEL · · · Beeper. Beep for 1/10 second. BS · · · Backspace. Move cursor left 1 character unless at left margin. Depreciated. See ESC $, ESC \, HT, DEL HT · · · Tab horizontally. Move cursor 1 tab right unless at right margin or no tab defined. No scoring. C-43 LF · · · Line feed. Move cursor down line spacing distance and to left margin. Preceed with CR. Cancels SO. C-27 VT · · · Tab vertically C-45 FF · · · Form feed. Print buffer, eject page, move cursor to top of next page at left margin C-29 CR · · · Carriage return Move cursor to left margin. required after each line of text or graphics. C-25 SO · · · Select double-width printing (one line) · · · C-140 SI · · · Select condensed printing · · · C-134 DC1 · · · Select printer · · · C-204 DC2 · · · Cancel condensed printing · · · C-138 DC3 · · · Deselect printer · · · C-206 DC4 · · · Cancel double-width printing (one line) · · · C-144 CAN · · · Cancel line · · · C-200 ESC 1 — — · End IEEE 1284.4 protocol. Used at start of print file. (that is ESC 0x01, not ESC "1") ESC 19 m ? m is typically 31 ESC SO · · · Select double-width printing (one line) · · · C-142 ESC SI · · · Select condensed printing · · · C-136 ESC EM · · · Control paper loading/ejecting · · · C-157 ESC SP n · · · Set intercharacter space to n/180 in LQ or n/120 in draft. 0 to 127. C-108 ESC ! n · · · Master select n=(12cpi?/10cpi)+2*(proportional?)+4*(condensed?)+8*(bold?)+16*(dstrike?)+32*(dwidth?)+64*(italic?)+128*(underline?) C-118 ESC # · · · Cancel MSB control set via ESC = or ESC > C-208 ESC $ · · · Set absolute horizontal print position · · · C-31 ESC % · · · Select user-defined set · · · C-91 ESC & · · · Define user-defined characters · · · C-84 ESC ( - · · — Select line/score C-127 ESC ( $ 4 0 nnnn Advance n horizontal units. ESC ( B · · · Bar code setup and print · · · C-195 ESC ( C 2 0 mm · — — Set page length in defined unit (see: Set Unit). (page length) = (m)*(defined unit), Clears top and bottom margin. ESC ( C 4 0 mmmm · — — Set page length in defined unit (see: Set Unit). (page length) = (m)*(defined unit), Clears top and bottom margin. ESC ( D 4 0 bb V H Set dot spacing. Vertical=V/b Horizontal=H/b. b is always 1440. ESC ( G 1 0 m · — — Select graphics mode on m=1, off m=0. Most jobs are entirely graphics. C-169 ESC ( K 2 0 0 m Set Color/Grey. m=0 (color), 1 (grey), or 2 (color) (? difference between 0 and 2) ESC ( R l1 l2 Send Remote command of length=l1*256+l1. Known remote commands: T I 8 0 YYY M D H M S Timestamp Information. Year=Y3*65535+Y2*256+Y1. Month=M, Day=D, Hour(24 hour format)=H, etc... J S 8 0 0 1 J ? ? ? 64 Job Header. J counts the number of jobs since OS restart. J H P M D P S N M I 4 0 0 1 mm Media Information plain=0,inkjet=1,Premium=3,Postcard=5,Photo=6,GlossyFilm=7,Transparency/Envelope=9,BackLightFilm=10,etc... U S F P P P 3 0 ddd Paper Path (tray select): Rear=0 1 0, Main=0 1 1, Photo=0 1 2, Standard=0 1 255, Manual=0 2 0, CD=0 2 1, SheetGuide=0 3 0, RollFeed=0 3 1 L D J E ESC 0 0 0 0 Exit Remote command. ESC ( S 8 0 ww ll Set sheet Width=w and Height=h in PageUnits. ESC ( U 5 0 P V H BB · — — Set units BaseUnits = 1/B inch. PageUnit=P*(BaseUnits). VerticalUnits=V*(BaseUnits). HorizontalUnits=H*(BaseUnits) C-50 Does not change setting previously set with other commands which reference this unit. ESC ( V · — — Set absolute vertical print position · — — C-37 ESC ( ^ · — — Print data as characters · — — C-150 ESC ( c 8 0 tttt llll · — — Set page format TopMargin=t and ImageLength=l in PageUnits · — — C-11 ESC ( e 2 0 0 d Set DotSize=d in unknown units. ESC ( i 1 0 m · — — Select MicroWeaveMode=m 0-Off, 1-FullOverlap, 2-FourPass, 3-FullOverLapFourPass · — — C-171 ESC ( t · — — Assign character table · — · C-73 ESC ( v 4 0 aaaa · — — Advance vertical print position a VerticalUnits· — — C-39 ESC * · · · Select bit image · · · C-177 ESC + · · — Set n/360-inch line spacing · · — C-57 ESC - · · · Turn underline on/off · · · C-125 ESC . · — — Print raster graphics · — — C-172 ESC . 2 · — — Enter TIFF compressed mode · — — C-175 ESC / — · · Select vertical tab channel — · · C-67 ESC 0 · · · Select 1/8-inch line spacing · · · C-51 ESC 1 — — · Select 7/72-inch line spacing — — · C-60 ESC 2 · · · Select 1/6-inch line spacing · · · C-53 ESC 3 · · — Set n/180-inch line spacing · · — C-55 ESC 3 — — · Set n/216-inch line spacing — — · C-56 ESC 4 · · · Select italic font · · · C-114 ESC 5 · · · Cancel italic font · · · C-116 ESC 6 · · · Enable printing of upper control codes · · · C-151 ESC 7 · · · Enable upper control codes · · · C-153 ESC 8 — — · Disable paper-out detector — — · C-165 ESC 9 — — · Enable paper-out detector — — · C-166 ESC : · · · Copy ROM to RAM · · · C-89 ESC < · · · Unidirectional mode (one line) · · · C-161 ESC = · · · Set MSB to 0 · · · C-210 ESC > · · · Set MSB to 1 · · · C-212 ESC ? · · · Reassign bit-image mode · · · C-181 ESC @ · · · Reset. dump buffered data, eject any partly printed page, return all settings to default. Should start each page. ESC A · · — Set n/60-inch line spacing · · — C-58 ESC A — — · Set n/72-inch line spacing — — · C-59 ESC B · · · Set vertical tabs · · · C-63 ESC C · · · Set page length in lines · · · C-13 ESC C · · · NUL Set page length in inches · · · C-15 ESC D · · · Set horizontal tabs · · · C-61 ESC E · · · Select bold font · · · C-110 ESC F · · · Cancel bold font · · · C-112 ESC G · · · Select double-strike printing · · · C-121 ESC H · · · Cancel double-strike printing · · · C-123 ESC I — — · Enable printing of control codes — — · C-155 ESC J · · · Advance print position vertically · · · C-41 ESC K · · · Select 60-dpi graphics · · · C-183 ESC L · · · Select 120-dpi graphics · · · C-185 ESC M · · — Select 10.5-point, 12-cpi · · — C-102 ESC M — — · Select 12-cpi — — · C-103 ESC N · · · Set bottom margin · · · C-17 ESC O · · · Cancel bottom margin · · · C-19 ESC P · · — Select 10.5-point, 10-cpi · · — C-100 ESC P — — · Select 10-cpi — — · C-101 ESC Q · · · Set right margin · · · C-21 ESC R · · · Select an international character set · · · C-80 ESC S · · · Select superscript/subscript printing · · · C-129 ESC T · · · Cancel superscript/subscript printing · · · C-131 ESC U m Set print direction Bi m=0, uni m=1 ESC W · · · Turn double-width printing on/off · · · C-146 ESC X · — — Select font by pitch and point · — — C-97 ESC Y · · · Select 120-dpi, double-speed graphics · · · C-187 ESC Z · · · Select 240-dpi graphics · · · C-189 ESC \ · · · Set relative horizontal print position · · · C-33 ESC ^ — — · Select 60/120-dpi, 9-pin graphics — — · C-191 ESC a — · · Select justification — · · C-71 ESC b — · · Set vertical tabs in VFU channels — · · C-65 ESC c · — — Set horizontal motion index (HMI) · — — C-99 ESC e — — · Set fixed tab increment — — · C-69 ESC f — — · Horizontal/vertical skip — — · C-47 ESC g · · — Select 10.5-point, 15-cpi · · — C-104 ESC g — — · Select 15-cpi — — · C-105 ESC i C F b BB RR D. 13 — — · Immediate mode image data Color Format(0=raw,1=TIFFRLE,2=?) bits/pixel BytesTotal Rows Data C-215 ESC j — — · Reverse paper feed — — · C-214 ESC k · · · Select typeface · · · C-95 ESC l · · · Set left margin · · · C-23 ESC m — — · Select printing of upper control codes — — · C-156 ESC p · · · Turn proportional mode on/off · · · C-106 ESC q · · — Select character style · · — C-133 ESC r · · · Select printing color · · · C-193 ESC s · · · Select low-speed mode · · C-167 ESC t · · · Select character table · · · C-77 ESC w · · · Turn double-height printing on/off C-148 ESC x · · — Select LQ or draft C-93 ESC x — — · Select NLQ or draft C-94 DEL · · · Delete last character in buffer C-202
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