
Thermal Printer Technical Manual
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n = 1 Traditional Chinese models.
FS S n1 n2 Set left- and right-side Chinese character spacing
[Name]
Set left- and right-side Chinese character spacing
[Format]
ASCII
FS
S
n1 n2
Hex
1C
53
n1 n2
Decimal
28
83
n1 n2
[Range]
0 ≤ n1 ≤ 255
0 ≤ n2 ≤ 255
[Description]
Set left- and right-side Chinese character spacing n1 and n2, respectively.
When the printer model used supports GS P, the left-side character spacing is [n1 × horizontal or
vertical motion units], and the right-side character spacing is [n2 × horizontal or vertical motion
units].
[Notes]
When double-width mode is set, the left- and right-side character spacing is twice the normal
value.
The horizontal and vertical motion units are set by GS P. The previously specified character
spacing does not change, even if the horizontal or vertical motion unit is changed using GS P.
In standard mode, the horizontal motion unit is used.
In page mode, the horizontal or vertical motion unit differs in page mode,depending on starting
position of the printable area as follows:
When the starting position is set to the upper left or lower right of the printable area, the
horizontal motion unit (x) is used.
When the starting position is set to the upper right or lower left of the printable area, the vertical
motion unit (y) is used.
The maximum right-side spacing is approximately 36 mm. Any setting exceeding the maximum is
converted to the maximum automatically.
[Default]
n1 = 0, n2 = 0
[Reference]
GS P
FS W n Turn quadruple-size mode on/off for Chinese characters
[Name]
Turn quadruple-size mode on/off for Chinese characters
[Format]
ASCII
FS
W
n
Hex
1C
57
n
Decimal
28
87
n
[Range]
0 ≤ n ≤ 255
[Description]
Turn quadruple-size mode on or off for Chinese characters.
When the LSB of n is 0, quadruple-size mode for Chinese characters is turned off.
When the LSB of n is 1, quadruple-size mode for Chinese characters is turned on.
[Notes]
Only the lowest bit of n is valid.
In quadruple-size mode, the printer prints the same size characters as when double-width and
double-height modes are both turned on.
When quadruple-size mode is turned off using this command, the following characters are
printed in normal size.
When some of the characters on a line are different in height, all the characters on the line are
aligned at the baseline.