Epic 3000
Programmer’s Guide
Programming Codes
100-14362
Rev A
Page 47
[ESC] [ P
Set character pitch
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>.
<n>
Resulting
Characters
per Inch
IPCL
1
1.00
2
2.00
3
3.01
4
4.00
5
4.95
6
5.94
7
6.93
8
8.00
&%F7
9
9.04
10
9.90
&%F3
11
10.95
12
12.23
&%F2
13
13.00
14
13.87
15
14.86
&%F6
<n>
Resulting
Characters
per Inch
IPCL
16
16.00
17
17.33
&%F1
18
17.33
19
18.91
20
20.8
&%F5
21
20.8
22
23.11
23
23.11
24
23.11
&%F4
25
23.11
26
26
27
26
28
26
29
29.71
30
29.71
Table 2 Character Pitch
This command disables any right-side spacing set by the [ESC] V command. In addition
when font changes are made, the character pitch is maintained.
