Esc – apply/cancel underlining, Apply/cancel underlining – Brother TD-2120N User Manual
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ESC/P Command Reference
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5. Control Command Details
ESC –
Apply/cancel underlining
ASCII: ESC
-
n
Decimal: 27
45
n
Hexadecimal: 1B
2D n
Parameters
n=0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 48 (“0”), 49 (“1”), 50 (“2”), 51 (“3”), 52 (“4”)
Description
Applies or cancels underlining.
n=4 or 52 (“4”): Applies underlining with a width of 4 dots.
n=3 or 51 (“3”): Applies underlining with a width of 3 dots.
n=2 or 50 (“2”): Applies underlining with a width of 2 dots.
n=1 or 49 (“1”): Applies underlining with a width of 1 dot.
n=0 or 48 (“0”): Cancels underlining.
This command is valid anywhere in a text line.
The underlining specified with this command is a continuous line.
Spaces between characters and words are also underlined.
Areas with the “specify absolute horizontal position” (ESC $) and “specify relative horizontal position”
(ESC \) commands are not underlined.
4 dots is added to the line feed amount for lines that include underlined characters.
The underline is positioned as follows:
Underline
Underline Position
1 dot wide
Between 2 dots and 3 dots below the characters
2 dots wide
Between 2 dots and 3 dots below the characters
3 dots wide
Between 1 dot and 3 dots below the characters
4 dots wide
Between 1 dot and 4 dots below the characters
ABCDE ABCDE ABCDE
(1-dot width) (3-dot width)
Example
Code:
ABC ESC - 1 ABC ESC - 0 ABC FF
Print result: ABCABCABC