Epson LX-810 - Page 311

Control and ESCape Codes by Function
The following control codes are listed briefly for quick reference. For a more detailed
explanation, see the page reference in Chapter 9. Variables are not included in this quick
reference due to their complexity. For those codes that contain variables, such as ESC Q n
for setting the right margin, see Chapter 9.
Printer Operation
ASCII
Dec. Hex.
Description
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ESC @
64 40
Initialize Printer
9-8
DC1
17
11
Select Printer
9-8
DC3
19 13
Deselect Printer
9-9
ESC 8 115 73
Turn Half-speed Mode On/Off
9-9
ESC <
60 3C Select Unidirectional Mode (one line)
9-9
ESC U
85 55
Turn Unidirectional Mode On/Off
9-10
ESC 8
56 38 Disable Paper Out Detection
9-10
ESC 9
57 39 Enable Paper Out Detection
9-10
ESC EM 25 19
Turn Cut Sheet Feeder Mode On/Off
9-11
BEL
7 07
Beeper
9-11
Data Control
Vertical Motion
ASCII
Dec. Hex.
Description
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CR 13
OD
Carriage Return
9-12
CAN
24 18 Cancel Line
9-12
DEL
127
7F
Delete Character
9-12
ASCII
Dec.
Hex. Description
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FF 12 OC
Form Feed
9-13
ESC C
67
43
Set Page Length in Lines
9-13
ESC C 0
67 43 Set Page Length In Inches
9-13
ESC N
78 4E Set Skip-Over-Perforation
9-14
ESC 0 79
4F
Cancel Skip-Over-Perforation
9-14
LF 10 OA Line Feed
9-15
ESC 0 48 30
Select 1/8-inch Line Spacing
9-15
ESC 1
49
31 Select 7/72-inch Line Spacing
9-15
ESC 2
50 32
Select 1/6-inch Line Spacing
9-16
ESC 3 51 33
Select n/216-inch Line Spacing
9-16
ESC A 65 41 Select n/72-inch Line Spacing
9-16
ESC J
74
4A Perform n/216-inch Line Feed
9-17
VT
11 OB Tab Vertically
9-17
ESC B
66
42 Set Vertical Tabs
9-17
ESC b 98 62
Set Vertical Tabs in Channels
9-18
ESC /
47 2F Select Vertical Tab Channel
9-18
Horizontal Motion
ASCII
Dec. Hex.
Description
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ESC 1
108
6C Set Left Margin
9-19
ESCQ
81 51
Set Right Margin
9-19
BS
8
08 Backspace
9-20
ESCe
101 65
Set Tab Increments
9-20
ESCf
102 66
Horizontal/Vertical Skip
9-21
HT 9
09 Tab Horizontally
9-21
ESC D
68
44 Set Horizontal Tabs
9-21
Overall Printing Style
ASCII
Dec. Hex.
Description
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ESC X
120 78
Select Near Letter Quality or Draft
9-22
ESC k
107 6B
Select NLQ Font
9-22
ESC !
33
21
Master Select
9-23
Print Size and Character Width
ASCII
Dec. Hex.
Description
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ESC P
80 50 Select 10 cpi
9-23
ESC M
77
4D
Select 12 cpi
9-23
SI
15
OF Select Condensed Mode
9-24
ESC SI
15
OF . Select Condensed Mode
9-24
DC2
18 12
Cancel Condensed Mode
9-24
SO
14 OE
Select Double-wide Mode (one line)
9-25
ESC SO
14 OE
Select Double-wide Mode (one line)
9-25
DC4 20
14 Cancel Double-wide Mode (one line)
9-25
ESC W
87
57 Turn Double-wide Mode On/Off
9-26
Print Enhancement
ASCII
Dec.
Hex. Description
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ESC E
69
45
Select Emphasized Mode
9-26
ESC F
70 46
Cancel Emphasized Mode
9-26
ESC G
71 47 Select Double-strike Mode
9-27
ESC H
72 48 Cancel Double-strike Mode
9-27
ESC SO
83
53
Selects Superscript Mode
9-27
ESC SI 83
53 Select Subscript Mode
9-28
ESCT 84
54 Cancel Superscript/Subscript Mode
9-28
ESC 4
52
34 Select Italic Mode
9-28
ESC 5
53 35 Cancel Italic Mode
9-29
ESC-
45
2D
Turn Underlining Mode ON/Off
9-29
Word Processing
ASCII
Dec.
Hex.
Description
Pg
ESC a
97 61 NLQ Justification
9-30
Character Tables
ASCII
Dec.
Hex.
Description
ESCt
116
74
Select Character Tables
ESC R
82
52
Selects an International Character Set
ESC 6
54 36
Enable Printable Characters
ESC 7
55
37
Enable Upper Control Codes
User-defined Characters
ASCII
Dec.
Hex.
Description
ESC &
38 26
Define User-defined Characters (draft moc
ESC &
38 26
Define User-defined Characters (NLQ moc
ESC :
58
3A
Copy ROM to RAM
ESC %
37
25
Select User-defined Set
Graphics
ASCII
Dec. Hex.
Description
ESC K
75
4B
Select Single-density Graphics Mode
ESC L
76 4C
Select Double-density Graphics Mode
ESC Y
89
59 Select High-speed Double-density Graphic
ESC Z
90
5A Select Quadruple-density Graphics Mode
ESC*
42
2A
Select Graphics Mode
ESC ?
63
3F
Reassign Graphics Mode
ESC ^
94 5E
Select 9-pin Graphics Mode