ITEM SYMBOL
Hexadecimal Decimal
FUNCTION
d2=8,d3=0 : PC-863
d2=44,d3=0 : PC-858
d2=9,d3=0 : PC-865
d2=24,d3=0 : PC-861
d2=11,d3=0 : PC-857
d2=25,d3=0 : BRASCII
d2=17,d3=0 : ISO-8859-1
d2=26,d3=0 : ABICOMP
[26]
ESC *m n1 n2
[1B,2A,m,n1,n2,data] H
Sets various graphic modes.
data
[27,42,m,n1,n2,data] D
Note (
*)
: Horizontal adjacent dots can not be printed.
The total column number is calculated by n1+n2
x
256 for 8-pin graphics and
(n1 + n2
x
256)
x
3 for 24-pin graphics.
Each bit data in the 8-pin graphics corresponds to 2 print pins of the print head.
The following figure shows one column of data and its corresponding print position.
[27]
ESC + n
[1B,2B,n] H [27,43,n] D
Sets line spacing to n/360" (0
≤
n
≤
255).
[28]
ESC - n
[1B,2D,n] H [27,45,n] D
Sets or cancels underline.
n=0: underline is cancelled
n=1: underline is set
[29]
ESC / c
[1B,2F,c] H [27,47,c] D
Selects a channel (c: 0-7) of vertical tab.
[30]
ESC 0
[1B,30] H [27,48] D
Sets line spacing to 1/8".
[31]
ESC 2
[1B,32] H [27,50] D
Sets line spacing to 1/6".
[32]
ESC 3 n
[1B,33,n] H [27,51,n] D
Sets line spacing to n/180" (0
≤
n
≤
255).
[33]
ESC 4
[1B,34] H [27,52] D
Sets italic character mode.
Download characters and graphic characters
(B0h-DFh, F4h, and F5h) are not italicized.
[34]
ESC 5
[1B,35] H [27,53] D
Cancels italic character mode.
[35]
ESC 6
[1B,36] H [27,54] D
Enlarges the print code area.
Control code area (80h-9Fh) is printed as characters.
[36]
ESC 7
[1B,37] H [27,55] D
Clears ESC 6 command.
[37]
ESC : NUL
[1B,3A,00,n,00] H
Copy RAM download character set from ROM
n NUL
[27,58,0,n,0] D
character set.
n=00h:
ROMAN is copied
n=01h:
SANS SERIF is copied
n=02h:
COURIER is copied
n=03h:
PRESTIGE is copied
n=04h:
SCRIPT is copied
n=05h:
OCR-B is copied
n=06h:
OCR-A is copied
n=07h:
ORATOR is copied
n=08h:
ORATOR-S is copied
n=14h:
GOTHIC is copied
[38]
ESC <
[1B,3C] H [27,60] D
Moves print head to home position.
[39]
ESC =
[1B,3D] H [27,61] D
Sets MSB of data to "0".
[40]
ESC >
[1B,3E] H [27,62] D
Sets MSB of data to "1".
m
Graphic Type
Number
Maximum
Horizontal
of Pins
Columns
Density
0
Standard-density
8
816
60
1
Double-density
8
1632
120
2
Double-speed double-density*
8
1632
120
3
Quadruple-density *
8
3264
240
4
CRT I
8
1088
80
6
CRT II
8
1224
90
32
Standard-density
24
816
60
33
Double-density
24
1632
120
38
CRT III
24
1224
90
39
Triple-density
24
2448
180
40
Hex-density*
24
4896
360
Bit Data (MSB)
Print Pin (Top)
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
(LSB)
(Bottom)
111
B. Control code summary (Epson)