T480 Unicode and Fonts
T480
Programmer’s Guide
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[ESC] [ P
Set character pitch (Legacy mode command)
PcOS
ASCII
[ESC] [ P <n>
Hexadecimal
1BH 5BH 50H <n>
Decimal
<27> <91> <80> <n>
IPCL
&%F1, &%F2, &%F3, &%F4, &%F5, &%F6, &%F7
EPOS
[ESC] [SP] <n>
Description
The [ESC] [ P <n> command sets character per inch print pitch to <n>.
The printer resolution limits the exact print pitch. The following table lists the exact pitch
for various values on
<n>
Resulting
Characters
per Inch
IPCL
<n>
Resulting
Characters
per Inch
IPCL
1
1.00
16
16.00
2
2.00
17
17.33
&%F1
3
3.01
18
17.33
4
4.00
19
18.91
5
4.95
20
20.80
&%F5
6
5.94
21
20.80
7
6.93
22
23.11
8
8.00
&%F7
23
23.11
9
9.04
24
23.11
&%F4
10
9.90
&%F3
25
23.11
11
10.95
26
26.00
12
12.23
&%F2
27
26.00
13
13.00
28
26.00
14
13.87
29
29.71
15
14.86
&%F6
30
29.71
Table 15 Character Pitch
This command disables any right-side spacing set by the [ESC] V command. It enforces
this spacing on the current font selection even if the character is too large for the
spacing. In addition, when font changes are made, the character pitch is maintained.
