Chapter 3: Character Size & Spacing Commands18
Parameter P
n
Parameter P
n
is used to set the character pitch. It can have any value from 0 to 127 decimal for
ML320/321 Turbo and for ML590/591 printers, or from 0 to 255 for ML390/391 Turbo.
Table 16: Epson ESC X Command — Character Pitch Settings for P
n
Values
P
n
Character Pitch
0 Remains unchanged
1 Proportional
18 (2 to 19) 20 cpi
20 18 cpi
21 (21 to 23) 17.1 cpi
24 (24 to 29) 15 cpi
30 (30 to 35) 12 cpi
36 (36 to 41) 10 cpi
42 (42 to 47) 8.6 cpi
48 (48 to 59) 7.5 cpi
60 (60 to 71) 6 cpi
72 (72 to 127) 5 cpi
Parameters L
p
and H
p
Parameters L
p
and H
p
are used to set the point size according to the following equation:
N
p
= [L
p
+ (H
p
x 255] x 0.5
L
p
and H
p
can have any value from 0 to 255 decimal.
Table 17: Epson ESC X Command —
Point Sizes (1 point = 1/72") for N
p
N
p
Point Size N
p
Point Size N
p
Point Size N
p
Point Size
0 Unchanged 44 22 pt 74 37 pt 106 53 pt
16 8 pt 46 23 pt 76 38 pt 108 54 pt
20 10 pt 48 24 pt 78 39 pt 110 55 pt
21 10.5 pt 50 25 pt 80 50 pt 112 56 pt
22 11 pt 52 26 pt 82 41 pt 114 57 pt
24 12 pt 54 27 pt 84 42 pt 116 58 pt
26 13 pt 56 28 pt 86 43 pt 118 59 pt
28 14 pt 58 29 pt 90 45 pt 120 60 pt
30 15 pt 60 30 pt 92 46 pt 122 61 pt
32 16 pt 62 31 pt 94 47 pt 124 62 pt
34 17 pt 64 32 pt 96 48 pt 126 63 pt
36 18 pt 66 33 pt 98 49 pt 128 64 pt
38 19 pt 68 34 pt 100 50 pt
40 20 pt 70 35 pt 102 51 pt
42 21 pt 72 36 pt 104 52 pt
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