Printer Control
| Command | Description |
| Esc @ | Initialize printer. |
| Ctrl+Q | Select printer. |
| Ctrl+S | Deselect printer. |
| Dec(127) | Delete Character. |
| Esc < | Select Unidirectionalunidir mode. |
| Esc U (n) | Turn Unidirectionalunidir mode ON(n=Ctrl+A)/OFF (n=Ctrl+@). |
| Esc Ctrl+Y (n) | Control cut sheet feeder.
n values: Ctrl+@: Turns mode off Ctrl+A: Selects bin 1 Ctrl+B: Selects bin 2 Ctrl+D: Turns mode on R: Ejects a sheet |
MSB Control (Most Significant Bit)
| Command | Description |
| Esc = | Set MSB to 0. |
| Esc > | Set MSB to 1. |
| Esc # | Cancel MSB control. |
| Ctrl+G | Beeper. |
| Command | Description |
| Ctrl+M | Carriage Return. |
| Ctrl+X | Cancel |
| Command | Description |
| Ctrl+L | Form Feedformfeed. |
| Esc C (n) | Set page length in n lines. |
| Esc C Ctrl+@ (n) | Set page length in n inches. |
| Esc N (n) | Set skip over Perforation |
| Esc O | Cancel skip over Perforation. |
| Ctrl+J | Line Feed. |
| Esc + (n) | Set n/360-inch line spacing. |
| Esc 0 | Select 1/8-inch line spacing. |
| Esc 2 | Select 1/6-inch line spacing. |
| Esc 3 | Set n/180-inch line spacing. |
| Esc A | Set n/60-inch line spacing. |
| Esc J | Perform n/180-inch Line Feed. |
| Ctrl+K | Tab vertically. |
| Esc B (n1) (n2) ... Ctrl+@ | Set vertical tabs at n1, n2 positions. Esc B Ctrl+@ clears all tabs. |
| Esc b (c) (n1) (n2) ... Ctrl+@ | Set vertical tabs in channels. c=channel atn1, n2 positions. Esc b (c) Ctrl+@ clearstabs in channel c. |
| Esc / (c) | Select vertical Tab channel. Set Tab channelto c. |
| Command | Description |
| Esc 1 (n) | Set left Margin (n columns in current Character size.) |
| Esc Q (n) | Set right Margin (n columns in current Character size.) |
| Ctrl+H | Backspace. |
| Esc $ (n1) (n2) | Set absolute print position. |
| Esc \ (n1) (n2) | Set relative print position. |
| Ctrl+I | Tab horizontally. |
| Esc D (n1) (n2) ... Ctrl+@ | Set horizontal tabs at n1, n2 positions.
Esc D Ctrl+@ clears all tabs. |
| Command | Description |
| Esc x (n) | Select Letter Qualitylq (n=1) or draft (n=0). |
| Esc k (n) | Select Typestyle Family.
n values: Ctrl+@: Roman Ctrl+A: Sans Serif Ctrl+B: Couriercourier Ctrl+C: Prestige Ctrl+D: Scriptscript Ctrl+E: OCR-B Ctrl+F: OCR-A Ctrl+G: Orator Ctrl+H: Orator-S Ctrl+I: Scriptscript C |
| Esc ! | Master Select. |
Print Size and Character Width
| Command | Description |
| Esc P | Select 10 CPIcpi. |
| Esc M | Select 12 CPIcpi. |
| Esc g | Select 15 CPIcpi. |
| Esc p (n) | Turn proportional mode ON(n=Ctrl+A)/OFF(n=Ctrl+@). |
| Ctrl+O | Select Condensedcompressed mode. |
| Esc Ctrl+O | Select Condensedcompressed mode. |
| Ctrl+R | Cancel Condensedcompressed mode. |
| Ctrl+N | Select double-wide mode (one line). |
| Esc Ctrl+N | Select double-wide mode (one line). |
| Esc W (n) | Turn double-wide mode ON(n=Ctrl+A)/OFF(n=Ctrl+@). |
| Ctrl+T | Cancel double-wide mode. |
| Esc w (n) | Turn double-high mode ON(n=Ctrl+A)OFF(n=Ctrl+@) |
| Command | Description |
| Esc E | Select emphasized mode. |
| Esc F | Cancel emphasized mode. |
| Esc G | Select double-strike mode. |
| Esc H | Cancel double-strike mode. |
| Esc S Ctrl+@ | Select Superscriptsuperscript mode. |
| Esc S Ctrl+A | Select Subscriptsubscript mode. |
| Esc T | Cancel Superscriptsuperscript/Subscriptsubscript mode. |
| Esc ( - (n1) (n2) (m) (d1) (d2) | Select score.
n1=Ctrl+C n2=Ctrl+@ m=Ctrl+A d1 values: Ctrl+A: underline Ctrl+B: strike-through Ctrl+C: overscore d2 values: Ctrl+@: Cancel the score line selected by d1 Ctrl+A: Single continuous line. Ctrl+B: Double continuous line. Ctrl+E: Single broken line. Ctrl+F: Double broken line. |
| Esc - (n) | Turn under line mode ON(n=Ctrl+A)/OFF(n=Ctrl+@). |
| Esc q (n) | Select Character Stylestyle.
n values: Ctrl+@: normal Ctrl+A: Outlineoutline Ctrl+B: shadow Ctrl+C: Outlineoutline with shadow |
| Command | Description |
| Esc a (n) | Select Justificationjustify.
n values: Ctrl+@: selects left Justificationjustify Ctrl+A: selects centering Ctrl+B: selects right Justificationjustify Ctrl+C: selects full Justificationjustify |
| Esc Ctrl+` (n) | Set intercharacter space. Number of dots determined by n. |
| Command | Description |
| Esc t (n) | Select Character table.
n values: Ctrl+@: selects Italicsitalic table Ctrl+A: selects Epson graphics table Ctrl+B: selects user-defined table and remaps user-defined 0-127 to 128-255 |
| Esc 4 | Select italic mode. |
| Esc 5 | Cancel italic mode. |
| Esc R (n) | Select an international Character Setcharset.
n values: Ctrl+@: USA Ctrl+A: France Ctrl+B: Germany Ctrl+C: England Ctrl+D: Denmark I Ctrl+E: Sweden Ctrl+F: Italy Ctrl+G: Spain I Ctrl+H: Japan Ctrl+I: Norway Ctrl+J: Denmark II Ctrl+K: Spain II Ctrl+L: Latin America Ctrl+M: Korea @: Legal |
| Command | Description |
| Esc & Ctrl+@ (d1) (d2) ... (dn) | Define user-defined characters. |
| Esc : Ctrl+@ (n) Ctrl+@ | Copy ROM to RAM.
n values Ctrl+@: Roman Ctrl+A: Sans Serif Ctrl+B: Couriercourier Ctrl+C: Prestige Ctrl+D: Scriptscript Ctrl+E: OCR-B Ctrl+F: OCR-A |
| Esc % (n) | Select user-defined set.
n values Ctrl+@: selects normal set Ctrl+A: selects user-defined set |
| Esc 6 | Enable printable characters. |
| Esc 7 | Enable upper control codes. |
| Command | Description |
| Esc K (n1) (n2) | Select single-density graphics mode. |
| Esc L (n1) (n2) | Select double-density graphics mode. |
| Esc Y (n1) (n2) | Select high-speed double-density graphics mode. |
| Esc Z (n1) (n2) | Select quadruple-density graphics mode. |
| Esc * (m) (n1) (n2) | Select graphics mode.
m values: Ctrl+@: single-density 8 pin Ctrl+A: double density 8 pin Ctrl+B: high speed double- density 8 pin Ctrl+C: quadruple density 8 pin Ctrl+D: CRT I 8 pin Ctrl+F: CRT II 8 pin Space: single-density 24 pin a: double-density 24 pin g: CRT III 24 pin h: triple-density 24 pin i: hex-density 24 pin |
| Esc ? (s) (m) | Reassign graphics mode. S values are(K,L,Y,Z) above. M values same as Esc *m options. |
ESC/P2 Revision Printers - Additional Commands
Note: The P2 command set includes all other N9 ROM commands as well as the following new commands:
| Command | Description |
| Esc ( c Ctrl+D Ctrl+@ (m1) (m2) (n1) (n2) | Set page format. M is top Margin in definedunits. N is bottom Margin in defined units. |
| Esc ( C Ctrl+B Ctrl+@ (n1) (n2) | Set page length in defined n units. |
| Esc ( V Ctrl+B Ctrl+@ (n1) (n2) | Set absolute vertical print position. N specifies print position from top Margin indefined units. |
| Esc ( v Ctrl+B Ctrl+@(n1) (n2) | Set relative vertical print position. N movescurrent print position in defined units. |
| Esc X (m) (n1) (n2) | Select Font by Pitchpitch and Pointpoint. M sets pitchto 360/m CPIcpi. N sets Pointpoint size in 0.5 pointincrements. |
| Esc ( U Ctrl+A Ctrl+@ (n) | Define unit for spacing. N is positioningunit as n/3600 inch. |
| Esc ( t Ctrl+C Ctrl+@ (d1) (d2) (d3) | Assign Character table set by d2 and d3 tod1. |
| Esc ( ^ (n1) (n2) (data) | Print data as characters. N is the amount ofdata and Data is the n byte data for printingas Character. |
| Esc ( G Ctrl+A Ctrl+@ (n) | Select graphics mode. |
| Esc . (c) (v) (h) (m) (n1) (n2) | Print Raster Graphicsrastergr.
c values: Ctrl+@: full graphics mode Ctrl+A: compressed mode v is the vertical dot density in 3600/v DPIdpi h is the horizontal dot density in 3600/h DPIdpi m is the number of vertical dots n is the number of horizontal dots |