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ESC/P Command Reference

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5. Control Command Details

ESC a

Specify alignment

ASCII: ESC

a

n

Decimal: 27

97

n

Hexadecimal: 1B

61

n

Parameters

0≤n≤3 or “0”≤n≤“3”

Description

Prints the subsequent text with the alignment described below, according to the value of n.

n=0 or 48 (“0”): Applies left alignment.

n=1 or 49 (“1”): Applies center alignment.

n=2 or 50 (“2”): Applies right alignment.

n=3 or 51 (“3”): Applies nothing.

The default setting is n=0.

Data is aligned between the left and right margins by entering a CR, LF, and FF code or by buffer printing.

If the alignment setting is not at the beginning of the line, the alignment is specified after a line feed.

The beginning of the line indicates the left margin position for left alignment;

for right and center alignment, it means that no image or character is entered on the line.

HT, ESC \ and ESC $ are ignored when n=1 or n=2.

If the print media is continuous length tape, the printing orientation is landscape and the page length is not

specified, commands specifying alignment are ignored.