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Hex Quick Reference Table for ESC/P Commands
Use the table below as an aid to read printer hex dumps. This table is for quick reference only.
The user’s guide contains a detailed description of the control codes.
Table 3-10. Hex. Codes for ESC/P Commands
Hex. Dec.
ASCII
Command
07
08
09
OA
OB
oc
OD
OE
OF
11
12
13
14
18
19
20
21
23
24
25
26
28 74
2A
2D
2F
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
3A
3c
07 BEL Beeper
08 BS Backspace
09 HT Horizontal tab
10
LF
Line feed
11
VT
Vertical tab
12
FF
Form feed
13
CR
Carriage return
14
so
Select double-width mode (one line)
15
SI Select condensed mode
17 DC1
Select printer
18
DC2 Cancel condensed mode
19
DC3 Deselect printer
20 DC4 Cancel double-width mode
24 CAN Cancel line
25 ESC EM n
Turn cut-sheet feeder on/off, select bin, eject sheet
32 ESC SP n Set intercharacter space
33 ESC!n Master select
35 ESC # Cancel MSB control
36
ESC $ nl n2 Set absolute horizontal print position (n = (nl + n2 x
256)/60”)
37 ESC %n Select user-defined set
38 ESC & nn Define user-defined characters
40 116 ESC(tnn Assign character table
42 ESC * mn Select graphics mode
45
ESC
-
l/O Turn underlining on/off
47
ESC/c
Select vertical tab channel (c = channel 0
-
7)
48 ESC 0 Select
l/8-inch
line spacing
49 ESC 1 Select 7/72-inch line spacing
50 ESC 2 Select
l/6-inch
line spacing
51
ESC3n
Set n/216-inch line spacing
52 ESC 4 Select italic mode
53 ESC 5 Cancel italic mode
54 ESC 6 Enable printable characters
55 ESC 7 Enable control codesupper
56 ESC 8 Disable
paperout
detection
57 ESC 9 Enable paper-out detection
58
ESC:OnO
Copy ROM to RAM (n = 0 copies Roman; n = 1 copies San
serll
60
ESC
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Select unidirectional mode (one line)
Epson
FX-870/1170
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