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ESC/P Command Reference

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ESC Q

Specify right margin .......................................................................42

CR

Carriage return ..............................................................................43

ESC D

Specify horizontal tab position .......................................................44

HT

Perform horizontal tab ...................................................................45

ESC $

Specify absolute horizontal position...............................................46

ESC \

Specify relative horizontal position.................................................46

ESC a

Specify alignment ..........................................................................47

5.5 Vertical movement commands................................................................48

LF

Line feed........................................................................................48

FF

Page feed ......................................................................................48

ESC J

Forward paper feed .......................................................................49

ESC B

Specify vertical tab position ...........................................................50

VT

Perform vertical tab........................................................................51

ESC (V

Specify absolute vertical position...................................................52

ESC (v

Specify relative vertical position.....................................................53

5.6 Paper formatting commands...................................................................54

ESC (c

Specify page format.......................................................................54

ESC (C

Specify page length .......................................................................55

ESC U

Specify minimum margin ...............................................................56

5.7 Printer control commands.......................................................................57

ESC @

Initialize..........................................................................................57

5.8 Graphics commands ...............................................................................58

ESC *

Select bit image .............................................................................58

ESC K

8-dot single-density bit image ........................................................64

ESC L

8-dot double-density bit image.......................................................65

ESC Y

8-dot double-speed double-density bit image ................................66

ESC Z

8-dot quadruple-density bit image .................................................66

5.9 Advanced commands..............................................................................67

ESC i B

Barcode .........................................................................................67

ESC i Q

2D barcode (QR Code)..................................................................71

ESC i P

Specify QR Code version ..............................................................74

ESC i V

2D barcode (PDF417) ...................................................................75

ESC i D

2D barcode (DataMatrix) ...............................................................78

ESC i M

2D barcode (MaxiCode).................................................................81

ESC i F

Print downloaded data ...................................................................83

ESC i a

Switch command mode .................................................................87

ESC i S

Status information request .............................................................88

ESC i L

Specify landscape orientation ........................................................90

ESC i C

Specify cutting ...............................................................................91

5.10 Advanced static commands ..................................................................92

ESC iXQ2

Select default character style.........................................................92

ESC iXQ1

Retrieve default character style .....................................................93

ESC iXk2

Select default font..........................................................................94

ESC iXk1

Retrieve default font ......................................................................95

ESC iXX2

Specify default character size ........................................................96

ESC iXX1

Retrieve default character size ......................................................97

ESC iX32

Specify default line feed.................................................................97

ESC iX31

Retrieve default line feed ...............................................................98

ESC iXA2

Select default alignment ................................................................98

ESC iXA1

Retrieve default alignment .............................................................99

ESC iX(2

Specify default page length..........................................................100

ESC iX(1

Retrieve default page length........................................................100

ESC iXL2

Select default landscape orientation............................................101

ESC iXL1

Retrieve default landscape orientation ........................................101

ESC iXj2

Select default international character set.....................................102