REV.-A
1.2.2
Firmware Specifications
(ESC/P)
Control Code
ESWPTM level ESC/P-81
(EPSON Standard Code for Printers)
Printing Direction
Bi-directional printing with logic seeking (text)
Uni-directional (left to right) printing (Bit-image)
Input data buffer
4 K bytes
Character Set
96 ASCII characters
96 Italic characters
32 International characters (13 countries)
32 International Italic characters
96 IBM Graphics characters
Font
EPSON
NLQ Roman
EPSON
NLQ Saris Serif
EPSON
Draft
Printing Speed See Table
1.8
Table 1-8. Printing Speed
Type of Letters
Print Speed
[cps)
High Speed Draft
200
Pica
150
Elite
180
Double-Width
75
Emphasized
75
Double-Width Emphasizecl 37
Condensed
128
Double-Width condensed
64
Double-Width Elite
90
Condensed Elite
150
NLQ
Pica 25
NLQ
Elite
30
Dot-matrix Format
9
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Text mode (Draft)
18 X 20 Text mode
(NLQ)
Character Size
See Table 1-9
Table 1-9. Character Size
Type of Letters
Width (mm)
Height (mm)
Pica 2.1
3.1
Elite
1.7 3.1
Condensed
1.05
3.1
Double-Width Pica
4.2
3.1
Double-Width Elite
3.4
3.1
Double-Width Condensed 2.1
3.1
Condensed Elite
0.85 3.1
Emphasized
2.1
3.1
Double-Width Emphasized
4.2 3.1
Super/Subscript Depends On Pitch
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