Epson 100-88002 manual Character Pitch, ESC P Set character pitch

Control Codes

[ESC] [ P Set character pitch

ASCII [ESC] [ P <n>

Hexadecimal 1BH 5BH 50H <n>

Decimal <27> <91> <80> <n>

IPCL &%F1, &%F2, &%F3, &%F4, &%F5, &%F6, &%F7

EPOS [ESC] [SP] <n>

Description The [ESC] [ P <n> command sets character per inch print pitch to <n>. The printer resolution limits the exact print pitch. The following table lists the exact pitch for various values on <n>.

<n>	Resulting	IPCL	<n>	Resulting	IPCL
	Characters			Characters
	per Inch			per Inch
1	1.00		16	16.00
2	2.00		17	17.33	&%F1
3	3.01		18	17.33
4	4.00		19	18.91
5	4.95		20	20.8	&%F5
6	5.94		21	20.8
7	6.93		22	23.11
8	8.00	&%F7	23	23.11
9	9.04		24	23.11	&%F4
10	9.90	&%F3	25	23.11
11	10.95		26	26
12	12.23	&%F2	27	26
13	13.00		28	26
14	13.87		29	29.71
15	14.86	&%F6	30	29.71

Shaded selections are not recommended.

Table 3 Character Pitch

This command disables any right-side spacing set by the [ESC] V command. In addition, when font changes are made, the character pitch is maintained.

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