Epson￿

Commands￿

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Notes

 

 

Function

(ASCII, Decimal, Hexadecimal)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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n1, n2= 0 to 255: specifies amount of sub-

 

 

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sequent Bit Image bytes received, calcu-

 

 

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lated as n1 + (n2 x 256)

 

 

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Graphics, 8 -pin Mode

 

 

 

 

Single Density Graphics

ASCII: ESC K n1 n2 [graphic data]

Dot density 60 dpi horizontal, 72 dpi

 

 

 

Dec: 27 75 n1 n2 [graphic data]

vertical.

 

 

 

Hex: 1B 4B n1 n2 [graphic data]

Maximum data per line: ML390

 

 

 

 

Turbo=480: ML391 Turbo=816

 

 

 

 

n1, n2= 0 to 255: specifies amount of sub-

 

 

 

 

sequent Bit Image bytes received, calcu-

 

 

 

 

lated as n1 + (n2 x 256)

 

 

Double Density Graphics

ASCII: ESC L n1 n2 [graphic data]

Dot density 120 dpi horizontal, 72 dpi

 

 

 

Dec: 27 76 n1 n2 [graphic data]

vertical.

 

 

 

Hex: 1B 4C n1 n2 [graphic data]

Maximum data per line: ML390 Turbo=

 

 

 

 

960: ML391 Turbo= 1632

 

 

 

 

n1, n2= 0 to 255: specifies amount of sub-

 

 

 

 

sequent Bit Image bytes received, calcu-

 

 

 

 

lated as n1 + (n2 x 256)

 

 

Quasi Double Density

ASCII: ESC Y n1 n2 [graphic data]

Same as double density graphics (120

 

 

Graphics

Dec: 27 89 n1 n2 [graphic data]

dpi), but printer can't put two adfacent

 

 

 

Hex: 1B 59 n1 n2 [graphic data]

dots in the same row.

 

 

Quadruple Density

ASCII: ESC Z n1 n2 [graphic data]

Dot density 240 dpi horizontal, 72 dpi

 

 

Graphics

Dec: 27 90 n1 n2 [graphic data]

vertical. Printer can't put two adjacent

 

 

 

Hex: 1B 5A n1 n2 [graphic data]

dots in the same row.

 

 

 

 

Maximum data per line: ML390 Tur-

 

 

 

 

bo=1920: ML391 Turbo=3264

 

 

 

 

n1, n2= 0 to 255: specifies amount of sub-

 

 

 

 

sequent Bit Image bytes received, calcu-

 

 

 

 

lated as n1 + (n2 x 256)

 

 

Reassign Graphics

ASCII: ESC ? m n

Converts ESC K, ESC L, ESC Y, or ESC Z

 

 

 

Dec: 27 63 m n

command to a graphics select com-

 

 

 

Hex: 1B 3F m n

mand:

 

 

 

 

For ESC K: m=75

 

 

 

 

For ESC L: m=76

 

 

 

 

For ESC Y: m=89

 

 

 

 

For ESC Z: m=90

 

 

 

 

n=0: Single density, 60 dpi

 

 

 

 

n=1: Double density, 120 dpi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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