Epson ESC/P Commands Arranged by Topic

Character tables

ESCt

Select Character Table

Format:

ASCII code: ESC t n

Decimal:27 116 n

Hexadecimal: 1B 74 n

Comments:

The following values can be used for tl:

0:Selects italic character set.

1:Selects Epson Extended Graphics character set.

Selects the character table used by ASCII codes 128 through 255. Selecting Epson Extended Graphics does not disable italic printing. Italic printing ‘can still be selected by ESC 4.

Duplicates and overrides the function of pDIP switch l-3. Note that the value of n must equal 00 hex or 01 heat.. See the Appendix for the. character tables.

ESC R

 

 

Select an International Character Set

Format:

 

 

 

ASCII code:

ESC

R

n

Decimal:

27

82

n

Hexadecimal:

1B

52

n

Comments:

 

 

The following values can be used for n:

9=Norway

O-USA

S-Sweden

1 -France

6-Itdy

lo-Denmark II

2==Germany

7-Spain I

ll--Spain lx

3-m

81 Japan

12 *Latin America

Q==Denmark

I

 

Overrides the DIP switch settings for international characters. See the section on international character sets in Chapter 3 for full information on international character sets.

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