5-13 ●Transmission Sequences 
(3)Print format text
● Line count and Line spacing
ESC2 Header 22H
Classification 
32H
Line count Line spacing
Line count (1 to 5)
Line spacing (0 to 2)
● Character size and inter-character space
ESC2 Header 23H
Classification 
31H
Character size 10s place Units place
● Increased width
ESC2 Header 23H
Classification 
32H
Increased 
width
Increased width (1 to 9)
● Bar code type (Type change, Bar code "not used" → "used")
ESC2 Header 23H
Classification
33H
Type
Bar code type (30H to 46H)
● Bar code "used"→ "not used"
ESC2 Header 23H
Classification
33H
30H
30H :Bar code "not used" 
● Readable code (Bar code EAN-13)
ESC2 Header 23H
Classification
34H
Code
● Prefix code (Bar code EAN-13)
ESC2 Header 23H
Classification
35H
Tens position Units position
Prefix code (00 to 99)
● Two or more print format items can be consecutively transmitted in a single chain.
Inter-character space (0 to 28)
Character size 
(30H to 3CH)
Bar code type
30H : not used
31H : code 39
32H : ITF
33H : NW-7
34H : EAN-13
35H : DM8x32
36H : DM16x16
37H : DM16x36
38H : DM16x48
39H : DM18x18
3AH: DM20x20
3BH: DM22x22
3CH: DM24x24
3DH: Code 128 (Code set B)
3EH: Code 128 (Code set C)
3FH: UPC-A
40H: UPC-E
41H: EAN-8
42H: QR21x21
43H: QR25x25
44H: QR29x29
45H: GS1 DataBar (Limited)
46H: GS1 DataBar
  (Omnidirectional)
Readable code type (0: None, 1: 5 x 5, 2: 5 x 7)
Character size
30H : 4x5
31H : 5x5
32H : 5x8(5x7)
33H : 9x8(9x7)
34H : 7x10
35H : 10x12
36H : 12x16
37H : 18x24
38H : 24x32
39H : 11x11
3AH: 5x3(Chimney)
3BH: 5x5(Chimney)
3CH: 7x5(Chimney)