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ESC/P Brother Command Reference

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Introduction

Contents

Introduction ······················································································· 1

What is ESC/P? ··················································································· 2

1. Using ESC/P Brother Commands ······················································· 3

2. Examples of Using ESC/P Brother Commands ···································· 5

3. ESC/P Command Limitations ··························································· 11

3.1 Print area ............................................................................................................. 11

3.2 Characters ........................................................................................................... 12

3.2.1 Character sizes......................................................................................... 12

3.2.2 Character pitches ..................................................................................... 13

3.3 Print position ........................................................................................................ 14

3.3.1 Characters ................................................................................................ 14

3.3.2 Bitmaps, barcodes and downloaded images ............................................ 14

3.4 Line feed amount ................................................................................................. 15

4. Control Code List ·········································································· 16

5. Control Command Details ······························································· 20

5.1 Character/style selection commands ................................................................... 20

Select international character set .................................................. 20

Select character style .................................................................... 21

Select font ...................................................................................... 22

Select character code set .............................................................. 22

5.2 Text printing commands ....................................................................................... 23

Apply italic style ............................................................................. 23

Cancel italic style ........................................................................... 23

Apply bold style ............................................................................. 24

Cancel bold style ........................................................................... 24

Apply double-strike printing ........................................................... 25

Cancel double-strike printing ......................................................... 25

Apply pica pitch (10 cpi) ................................................................. 26

Apply elite pitch (12 cpi) ................................................................. 27

Apply micron pitch (15 cpi) ............................................................ 28

Specify proportional characters ..................................................... 29

Specify double-width characters .................................................... 29

Specify auto-canceling stretched characters ................................. 30

Specify auto-canceling stretched characters ................................. 30

Specify compressed characters ..................................................... 31

Specify compressed characters ..................................................... 31

Cancel compressed characters ..................................................... 32

Cancel auto-canceling double-width characters ............................ 32

Apply/cancel underlining ................................................................ 33

Global formatting ........................................................................... 34

Specify character spacing .............................................................. 35

Specify character size .................................................................... 36

5.3 Line feed commands ........................................................................................... 37

Specify line feed of 1/8 inch ........................................................... 37

Specify line feed of 1/6 inch ........................................................... 37

Specify minimum line feed ............................................................. 38

Specify line feed of n/60 inch ......................................................... 38

5.4 Horizontal movement commands ........................................................................ 39

Specify left margin ......................................................................... 39

Specify right margin ....................................................................... 41