ESC/ P Command Reference

ESC/P Command Reference
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5. Control Command Details
ESC P Apply pica pitch (10 cpi)
ASCII: ESC P
Hexadecimal: 1B 50
Parameters
None
Description
 Prints the subsequent text with the pica pitch (10 characters/inch).
 The character spacing is 20 dots (30 dots for 300dpi printers).
 If the character width is 20(or 30) dots or less, the character spacing is specified as 20(or 30) minus the
character width.
 If the character width exceeds 20(or 30) dots, the character spacing is specified as the character width.
(The spacing between characters is 0 dot.)
In this case, the pitch does not exactly equal the pica pitch.
 With double-width characters, the character spacing is doubled (40(or 60) dots).
 With half-width characters, the character spacing is halved (10(or 15) dots).
 When the character spacing is changed with ESC SP, the setting is updated.
 This command is invalid when proportional pitch is selected.
 In outline fonts, the spacing between characters is 0 dot.
 Please refer to Appendix B: Specifications.
 Setting
(dots)
Full Width
Double Width
Half Width
16
24
32
48
16
24
32
48
16
24
32
48
Width (dots)
Gothic 16 24 32 - 32 48 64 - 8 12 16 -
Letter
Gothic
Bold
8 10 14 22 16 20 28 44 4 5 7 11
Brussels - 25 35 56 - 50 70 112 - 13 18 26
Helsinki 16 21 28 44 30 42 56 88 8 11 14 22
San Diego - 24 35 57 - 48 70 114 - 12 18 29
Brougham - 11 16 26 - 22 32 52 - 6 8 13
The above table refers to characters with a fixed pitch. (Applying styles may increase the size.)