Epson￿

Commands￿

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Notes

Function

(ASCII, Decimal, Hexadecimal)

 

 

 

Set Vertical Format Unit

ASCII: ESC b m n1 n2 ··· nk NUL

Programs up to 8 separate sets (chan-

(VFU)

Dec: 27 96 m n1 n2 ··· nk 0

nels) of vertical tab stops.

 

Hex: 1B 62 m n1 n2 ··· nk 00

m=0 to 7: channel number (0 is default

 

 

set by ESC B command)

 

 

k=1 to 16: number of tab stops in chan-

 

 

nel

 

 

n=1 to 255: number of lines down from

 

 

Top of Form position

 

 

n=0: clear tab settings for channel m

Select Vertical Tab Chan-

ASCII: ESC / n

Activates preprogrammed vertical tab

nel

Dec: 27 47 n

channel n. VT moves to stops in this

 

Hex: 1B 2F n

channel.

 

 

n=0 to 7: channel number (0 is default)

Set Page Length in Lines

ASCII: ESC C n

Sets page length in lines. Current posi-

 

Dec: 27 67 n

tion becomes top of form. Printer calcu-

 

Hex: 1B 43 n

lates page length vy multiplying cur-

 

 

rent line feed pitch by value entered for

 

 

"n".

 

 

n=1 to 255.

 

 

Cancels Skip over Perforation setting.

 

 

Page length set by this command will

 

 

not change even if line spacing is

 

 

changed.

Set Page Length in Inches

ASCII: ESC C NUL n

Sets page length in inches. Current posi-

 

Dec: 27 67 0 n

tion becomes top of form.

 

Hex: 1B 43 00 n

n=1 to 22.

 

 

Cancels Skip over Perforation setting.

Set page length in de-

ASCII: ESC (C n1 n2 m1 m2

Sets the page length to the currently se-

fined unit

Dec: 27 40 67 n1 n2 m1 m2

lected paper mode.

 

Hex: 1B 28 43 n1 n2 m1 m2

n1=2, n2=0: specifies the number of pa-

 

 

rameters (in bytes) to follow Amount of

 

 

carriage returns executed= ± (m1 + [m2 x

 

 

256]) x (basic unit in inches) The basic

 

 

unit is set by set unit command ESC (U.

 

 

The default of basic unit is 1/360 inch.

 

 

Page length selection exceeding 22 inch-

 

 

es is invalid.

 

 

This command is invalid when

 

 

m1=m2=0.

 

 

Skip Over Perforation feature is deacti-

 

 

vated by this command.

 

 

 

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Appendix C: Printer Commands