Epson Руководство по ESC/P Reference Manual

Introduction        1 

 
When EPSON created the ESC/P printer control language, the industry standard for simple, 
sophisticated, efficient operation of dot-matrix printers was born.  
 
With the scalable fonts, high-resolution color raster graphics, and advanced page handling 
available with ESC/P 2, EPSON has narrowed the gap between dot-matrix and page 
printers. Features previously found only on laser printers are now available at affordable 
dot-matrix printer prices.  
 
This manual was developed as an aid in creating programs and drivers that take advantage 
of all the latest features of EPSON’s printers. It is assumed the reader understands basic 
concepts such as bytes, ASCII codes, commands, and parameters. It is also assumed the 
reader can use a programming language or application program to send commands to the 
printer. By following the recommendations within this manual, your programs will allow 
EPSON printers to perform at the optimum levels they were designed for. 
 
With the introduction of our line of high-resolution color printers, we have expanded some 
existing ESC/P commands and added several new ones. This manual describes all ESC/P 
commands, including two new compressed raster graphics modes and MicroWeave, 
EPSON’s revolutionary technology that virtually eliminates banding in graphics. 
 
In addition, we have provided a list of features and options available on all dot-matrix 
printers produced by EPSON for the American, European, and non-Japanese Pacific 
markets.