ESC/ P Command Reference

ESC/P Command Reference
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5. Control Command Details
ESC * Select bit image <for 300dpi printers>
ASCII: ESC * m n1 n2 Data
Hexadecimal: 1B 2A m n1 n2 Data
Parameters
m=0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 32, 33, 38, 39, 40, 71, 72, 73
The image data is as follows:
- n1+n2*256 bytes when m=0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
- (n1+n2*256)*3 bytes when m=32, 33, 38, 39, 40
- (n1+n2*256)*6 bytes when m=71, 72, 73
Description
 Refer to “ESC * Select bit image <for 203dpi printers>” for 203dpi printers.
 Selects and outputs a bit image according to the value of m.
 n1 and n2 indicate the number of dot positions.
n1:
The remainder from dividing the number of dot positions by 256
n2:
The quotient from dividing the number of dot positions by 256
m
Horizontal Dot
Density
Vertical Dot
Density
Horizontal Dot
Resolution
Vertical Dot
Resolution
0
60 dpi
60 dpi
6/300 inch
6/300 inch
1
120 dpi
60 dpi
3/300 inch
6/300 inch
2
120 dpi
60 dpi
3/300 inch
6/300 inch
3
240 dpi
60 dpi
2/300 inch
6/300 inch
4
80 dpi
60 dpi
4/300 inch
6/300 inch
6
90 dpi
60 dpi
4/300 inch
6/300 inch
32
60 dpi
180 dpi
6/300 inch
2/300 inch
33
120 dpi
180 dpi
3/300 inch
2/300 inch
38
90 dpi
180 dpi
4/300 inch
2/300 inch
39
180 dpi
180 dpi
2/300 inch
2/300 inch
40
300 dpi
180 dpi
1/300 inch
2/300 inch
71
180 dpi
360 dpi
2/300 inch
1/300 inch
72
360 dpi
360 dpi
1/300 inch
1/300 inch
73
360 dpi
360 dpi
1/300 inch
1/300 inch
 Horizontally neighboring dots are not omitted.
Limitations:
A maximum of 63 can be used with this command.
The total size of the image data contained in one page must be 207,360 bytes or less.