Unicode and Fonts

Function

Set minimum Line Spacing in ¼ Points

All

ASCII

[ESC] + v <d>

 

Hexadecimal

1BH 2BH 76H

 

Decimal

<27> <43> <118>

 

Range

d

= 0, 16 – 255

 

The [ESC] + v command will set the line spacing in ¼ points, where ¼ point is defined as 1/288th of an inch.

ASCII

[ESC] + v <d>

Hexadecimal

1BH 2BH 76H

Decimal

<27> <43> <118>

Range

d = 0, 16 – 255

If d = 0 variable spacing is selected.

Note: This is the minimum spacing. If the character height setting requires a larger spacing, the character height will override this setting.

Function

Set stroke font brush size.

All

ASCII

[ESC] + B <w>

 

Hexadecimal

1BH 2BH 42H

 

Decimal

<27> <43> <66>

 

Range

w = 0, 6 – 200

 

Description The [ESC] + B command will set brush stroke percentage for stroke fonts. If the brush size is set to zero the font design stroke width will be used.

Values from 6 to 200 represent 0.4 to 12% of the em-width of the font. The default for most fonts is about 3%. The Epic 880TM using the GB18030 font supplied by TransAct Technologies produces the best characters with a brush size of about 100.

Note: The default value for the brush stroke may be set in the POR.INI file.

[ESC] [ P Set character pitch (Legacy mode command)

PcOS

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>.

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Epson 100-88002 manual Function Set stroke font brush size All, ESC P Set character pitch Legacy mode command