Epson￿

Commands￿

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Notes

Function

(ASCII, Decimal, Hexadecimal)

 

 

 

Left Margin Set

ASCII: ESC l n

Sets left margin n character spaces from

 

Dec: 27 108 n

printhead home position; must be at least 5

 

Hex: 1B 6C n

spaces (5 cpi) to left of right margin.

 

 

n=0 to 255

 

 

n=0: home position

Right Margin Set

ASCII: ESC Q n

Sets right margin n character spaces

 

Dec: 27 81 n

from printhead home position; must be

 

Hex: 1B 51 n

greater than the left margin.

 

 

n=1 to 255

 

 

n=0: command ignored

Auto Justification

ASCII: ESC a n

Justifies text according to the value of

 

Dec: 27 97 n

n:

 

Hex: 1B 61 n

n=0: Left

 

 

n=1: Center

 

 

n=2: Right

 

 

n=3: Full (left & right)– use carriage

 

 

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Unidirectional Print On/

ASCII: ESC U n

Turns unidirectional (left to right only)

Off

Dec: 27 85 n

printing on and off.

 

Hex: 1B 55 n

n=1: Unidirectional printing On

 

 

n=0: Unidirectional printing Off (nor-

 

 

mal bidirectional printing)

One-line Unidirectional

ASCII: ESC <

Turns on unidirectional (left to right)

Printing

Dec: 27 60

printing for one line.

 

Hex: 1B 3C

 

Backspace

ASCII: BS

Prints data in print buffer and moves

 

Dec: 8

one character to the left according to the

 

Hex: 08

current character pitch.

Delete One Character

ASCII: DEL

Deletes last character in print buffer.

 

Dec: 127

 

 

Hex: 7F

 

Vertical Control￿

 

 

Set 1/ -inch

ASCII: ESC 2

Sets line spacing of 1/ -inch (6 lines per

6

Dec: 27 50

6

Line Spacing

inch). This is standard typewriter spac-

 

Hex: 1B 32

ing.

Set 1/ -inch

ASCII: ESC 0

Sets line spacing of 1/ -inch (8 lines per

8

Dec: 27 48

8

Line Spacing

inch).

 

Hex: 1B 30

 

 

 

 

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