owners manual printer EPL2

A Command - ASCII Text
Description Prints an ASCII text string.
Syntax Ap
1
,p
2
,p
3
,p
4
,p
5
,p
6
,p
7
,"DATA"
Parameters p
1
= Horizontal start position (X) in dots.
p
2
=Vertical start position (Y) in dots.
p
3
= Rotation
Value Description
0
No rotation
1
90 degrees
2
180 degrees
3
270 degrees
p
4
= Font selection
Value
Description
203 dpi 300 dpi
1
20.3 cpi, 6 pts,
(8 x 12 dots)
25 cpi, 4 pts,
(12 x 20 dots)
2
16.9 cpi, 7 pts,
(10 x 16 dots)
18.75 cpi, 6 pts,
(16 x 28 dots)
3
14.5 cpi, 10 pts,
(12 x 20 dots)
15 cpi, 8 pts,
(20 x 36 dots)
4
12.7 cpi, 12 pts,
(14 x 24 dots)
12.5 cpi, 10 pts,
(24 x 44 dots)
5
5.6 cpi, 24 pts,
(32 x 48 dots)
6.25 cpi, 21 pts,
(48 x 80 dots)
A - Z
Reserved for
Soft Fonts
Reserved for
Soft Fonts
Fonts 1 - 5 are fixed pitch.
p
5
= Horizontal multiplier, expands the text
horizontally. Values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, & 8.
p
6
= Vertical multiplier, expands the text ver
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tically. Values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, & 9.
p
7
=N for normal or R for reverse image
“DATA” = Represents a fixed data field.
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