Contents i
Contents
Introduction.........................................................................................................................1
About This Manual..................................................................................................................................2
Conventions Used in This Manual........................................................................................................ 2
Icons.......................................................................................................................................................2
Command names and parameters ....................................................................................................3
Information organization....................................................................................................................3
Nonrecommended and deleted commands.....................................................................................3
INT and MOD ......................................................................................................................................4
Command Summary .......................................................................................................C-1
Command List by Function................................................................................................................C-2
Command List by ASCII Order..........................................................................................................C-6
Individual Command Explanations..................................................................................................C-9
Binary Mode Commands................................................................................................................C-216
Recommended Operations..............................................................................................R-1
Recommended Command Order...................................................................................................... R-4
Set the Printing Area............................................................................................................................R-5
The printable area ............................................................................................................................R-6
Setting left and right margins.........................................................................................................R-9
Setting page length.........................................................................................................................R-10
Setting top and bottom margins...................................................................................................R-13
Setting bottom margin...................................................................................................................R-13
Select Characters................................................................................................................................ R-15
Assign character tables..................................................................................................................R-15
Defining user-defined characters................................................................................................R-17
Selecting an international character set......................................................................................R-41
Select a Font........................................................................................................................................ R-42
Print quality (draft, LQ, or NLQ) ................................................................................................R-43
Standard and scalable fonts (multipoint mode)........................................................................R-43
Enhancements ................................................................................................................................R-51
Super/subscript .............................................................................................................................R-54
Select Supporting Features ...............................................................................................................R-55
Selecting unidirectional print head movement......................................................................... R-55
Selecting print color....................................................................................................................... R-55
Select the Print Position ....................................................................................................................R-56
Moving the horizontal position...................................................................................................R-57
Moving the vertical position........................................................................................................ R-60
Send Print Data...................................................................................................................................R-64
Sending Graphics Data......................................................................................................................R-65
Extended raster graphics (ESC . 2).............................................................................................. R-83
Printing Bar Codes.............................................................................................................................R-84
Extended ESC/P 2 Programming Guide........................................................................................R-99
Programming examples.............................................................................................................. R-104