Chapter 5

Control commands list

ESC G n

[Name]

Turn double-strike mode on/off

[Format]

ASCII

ESC

G

n

 

Hex

1B

47

n

 

Decimal

27

71

n

[Range]

0 ≤ n ≤ 255

[Description]

Turns double-strike mode on or off.

 

When the LSB of n is 0, double-strike mode is turned off.

 

When the LSB of n is 1, double-strike mode is turned on.

[Notes]

* Printing is slower in double-strike mode.

 

Only the lowest bit of n is enabled.

 

The printer does not double-strike for bit-images.

 

Printer output is the same in double-strike and in emphasized (ESC E).

[Default]

n = 0

[Reference]

ESC E

ESC J n

[Name]

Print and feed paper

 

[Format]

ASCII

ESC

J

n

 

Hex

1B

4A

n

 

Decimal

27

74

n

[Description]

Prints the data in the print buffer and feeds the paper

 

[ n x 0.122mm {1/192 inches}] .

[Notes]

After printing is completed, this command sets the print starting position to the beginning of the line.

This command has no effect on the line feed amount set by the "ESC 2" command or the "ESC 3" command.

ESC R n

[Name]

Select an international character set

[Format]

ASCII

ESC

R

n

 

Hex

1B

52

n

 

Decimal

27

 

82

n

[Range]

0 ≤ n ≤ 10

 

 

 

[Description]

Selects an international character set n from the following table:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

n

 

 

 

Character set

 

 

0

 

 

U.S.A

 

 

 

1

 

 

France

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

Germany

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

U.K.

 

 

 

4

 

 

Denmark I

 

 

 

5

 

 

Sweden

 

 

 

6

 

 

Italy

 

 

 

7

 

 

Spain I

 

 

 

8

 

 

---

 

 

 

9

 

 

Norway

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

Denmark II

 

[Default]

n = 0

 

 

 

 

 

ESC U n

[Name]

Turn unidirectional printing mode on/off

[Format]

ASCII

ESC

U

n

 

Hex

1B

55

n

 

Decimal

27

85

n

[Range]

0 ≤ n ≤ 255

 

 

[Description]

Turns unidirectional printing mode on or off

When the LSB of n is 1, turn on unidirectional printing mode.

[Notes]

Only the lowest bit of n is enabled.

To avoid horizontal printing misalignment, unidirectional printing mode should be used.

[Default]

n = 0

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Samsung 500 manual ESC G n, ESC J n, ESC R n, ESC U n, Character set

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