Command Summary

Using the command summary

The following section lists and describes all the ESC/P 2 commands by topic. If a command has no parameters, it is merely listed. If it has parameters, they are explained. The parameters are indicated by lowercase italicized letters, usually n. The examples below show how the parameters are indicated.

ESC @ is a command with no parameters.

ESC U 1/0 is a command that uses 1 to turn the feature on and 0 to turn it off. ESC $ n1 n2 is a command with two parameters.

ESC D nn is a command with a variable number of parameters.

General operation

ASCII

Dec.

Hex.

Description

ESC @

64

40

Initialize Printer

ESC U 1/0

85

55

Turn Unidirectional Mode On/Off

ESC EM n

25

19

Control Paper Loading/Ejecting

 

 

 

n = “R” Eject a sheet

Paper feeding

ASCII

Dec.

Hex.

Description

CR

13

0D

Carriage Return

 

 

FF

12

0C

Form Feed

LF

10

0A

Line Feed

ESC 0

48

30

Select 1/8-inch Line Spacing

ESC 2

50

32

Select 1 / 6-inch Line Spacing

ESC 3 n

51

33

Set n l 180-inch Line Spacing

ESC + n

43

2B

Set n/360-inch Line Spacing

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