Epson LQ mode command summaries

You can use the control codes and ESCape sequences listed in the following table.

Note:

¡Because of hardware differences, the justification code, ESC a, and the perforation skip codes, ESC M and ESC N, are not supported. Also, the styles of block graphics characters at 12 cpi are different from normal Epson LQ-510 printing.

Basic control codes (Epson LQ)
FunctionASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Backspace one character

(BS)

8

08

Horizontal tab control; move to next tab

(HT)

9

09

Perform line feed

(LF)

10

0A

Vertical tab control; move to next tab

(VT)

11

0B

Perform form feed

(FF)

12

0C

Perform carriage return

(CR)

13

0D

Set double-wide mode by line

(SO)

14

0E

Set condensed mode

(SI)

15

0F

Select printer

(DC1)

17

11

Cancel condensed mode

(DC2)

18

12

Deselect printer

(DC3)

19

13

Cancel double-wide mode

(DC4)

20

14

Cancel data

(CAN)

24

18

Delete character

(DEL)

127

7F

ESCape sequence codes (Epson LQ)

Function

ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Control automatic sheet feeder (you cannot disable the

(ESC) (EM) n

27 25 n

1B 19 n

sheet feeder); n=R (Eject paper)

 

 

 

Set n/180-inch inter-character space; n=0 to 127

(ESC) (SP) n

27 32 n

1B 20 n

Select various print modes (Master Select)

(ESC) ! n

27 33 n

1B 21

Cancel most significant bit (MSB) control

(ESC) #

27 35

1B 23

Set absolute print position

(ESC) $ n1 n2

27 36 n1 n2

1B 24 n1 n2

Select download character set

(ESC) % n

27 37 n

1B 25 n

Define downloaded characters

(ESC) &

27 38

1B 26

Select score mode

(ESC) (–

27 40 45

1B 28 20

Select image graphics mode

(ESC) U

27 42

1B 2A

Set line spacing increments of n/360-inch per line; n=0 to

(ESC) + n

27 43 n

1B 2B n

255

 

 

 

Set/cancel underscore mode; n=0 (Start underscore), 1

(ESC) – n

27 45 n

1B 2D n

(End underscore)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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