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ESC/P Command Reference
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5. Control Command Details
5.8 Graphics commands
ESC *
Select bit image
ASCII: ESC
*
m
n1
n2
Data
Decimal: 27
42
m
n1
n2
Data
Hexadecimal: 1B
2A m
n1 n2 Data
Parameters
m=0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 32, 33, 38, 39
0≤n1≤255, 0≤n2≤11
The image data is as follows:
- n1+n2*256 bytes when m=0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
- (n1+n2*256)*3 bytes when m=32, 33, 38, 39
Description
Refer to “
” for 300dpi printers.
Selects and outputs a bit image according to the value of m.
n1 and n2 indicate the number of dot positions.
n1: The remainder from dividing the number of dot positions by 256
n2: The quotient from dividing the number of dot positions by 256
m
Horizontal Dot
Density
Vertical Dot
Density
Horizontal Dot
Resolution
Vertical Dot
Resolution
0
60 dpi
60 dpi
4/203 inch
4/203 inch
1
120 dpi
60 dpi
2/203 inch
4/203 inch
2
120 dpi
60 dpi
2/203 inch
4/203 inch
3
240 dpi
60 dpi
1/203 inch
4/203 inch
4
80 dpi
60 dpi
3/203 inch
4/203 inch
6
90 dpi
60 dpi
3/203 inch
4/203 inch
32
60 dpi
180 dpi
4/203 inch
1/203 inch
33
120 dpi
180 dpi
2/203 inch
1/203 inch
38
90 dpi
180 dpi
3/203 inch
1/203 inch
39
180 dpi
180 dpi
1/203 inch
1/203 inch
Horizontally neighboring dots are not omitted.
Limitations:
A maximum of 63 can be used with this command.