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92 Appendix C: Printer Commands
Proportional Spacing
Select 10 cpi Pitch (Pica)
Select 12 cpi Pitch (Elite)
Select 15 cpi Pitch
Select Compressed Print
Cancel Compressed Print
Set Character Spacing
Select horizontal motion
index (HMI)
Select Italic Characters
Cancel Italics
ASCII: ESC p n
Dec: 27 112 n
Hex: 1B 70 n
ASCII: ESC P
Dec: 27 80
Hex: 1B 50
ASCII: ESC M
Dec: 27 77
Hex: 1B 4D
ASCII: ESC g
Dec: 27 103
Hex: 1B 67
ASCII: SI or ESC SI
Dec: 15 or 27 15
Hex: 0F or 1B 0F
ASCII: DC2
Dec: 18
Hex: 12
ASCII: ESC SP n
Dec: 27 32 n
Hex: 1B 20 n
ASCII: ESC c n
1
n
2
Dec: 27 99 n
1
n
2
Hex: 1B 63 n
1
n
2
ASCII: ESC 4
Dec: 27 52
Hex: 1B 34
ASCII: ESC 5
Dec: 27 53
Hex: 1B 53
Epson
Function
Commands
(ASCII, Decimal, Hexadecimal)
See also ESC ! n command.
n=1: Start proportional spacing
n=0: Stop proportional spacing
Normally, selects 10 cpi (Pica). In com-
pressed mode, selects 17.1 cpi.
Normally, selects 12 cpi (Elite). In com-
pressed mode, selects 20 cpi.
Selects 15 cpi pitch.
Pitch depends on current pitch selected:
10 cpi becomes 17.1 cpi
12 cpi becomes 20 cpi
Cancels 15 cpi print selected by SI or
ESC SI command.
Adds n dots of space (depending on the
current pitch) between characters.
n=0 to 127
Sets the amount of space between char-
acters (HMI).
HMI= (n
1
+ [n
2
x 256])/ 360 inch.
The specification is invalid if HMI ex-
ceeds 3 inches.
The command is invalid when n
1
=n
2
=0.
See also ESC !, ESC 7.
Clears italic printing engaged by ESC 4
command.
Notes