CHAPTER 8 ESC/POS MODE (INTERFACE COMMANDS)
B-EP Series
8-29
[Data initialized by ESC@]
Command Functions Default value
HT Horizontal tab Every 8 characters of font A (9th, 17th digit …)
ESC SP Spacing on the right of character 1 dot
ESC ! Character control 0 (No settings)
ESC % Setting / canceling specified characters 0 (No writable characters specified)
ESC & Definition of specified characters Internal ANK characters (No writable characters registered)
ESC - Setting / canceling underlining 0 (Canceling underline)
ESC 3 Minimum No. of dots for line feed length 60 (Line feed length of 30 dots)
ESC = Selecting / deselecting printer
ESC D Horizontal tab position
ESC E Setting / canceling bold printing 0 (No bold printing)
ESC G Setting / canceling double printing 0 (No double printing)
ESC T Selecting print direction and starting point 0 (Left → right)
ESC V
Setting / canceling 90-degree rotation of
character
0 (Canceling 90-degree rotation)
ESC W Specifying print area
0,0,384,384 (B-EP2DL-GHxx)
0,0,832,832 (B-EP4DL-GHxx)
ESC a Specifying print position 0 (Left justified)
ESC c5 Enabling / disabling panel switch 0 (Enabled)
ESC { Setting / canceling inverted printing 0 (Canceling inverted printing)
FS !
Specifying print modes for Chinese
characters altogether
0 (No settings)
FS & Specifying Chinese Character mode Canceled
FS -
Setting / canceling underlining for Chinese
characters
0 (No underlining)
FS . Canceling Chinese character mode 0 (Chinese character mode canceled)
FS 2
Defining writable characters of Chinese
characters
All space
FS C Selecting Chinese character code system 0 (JIS code system)
FS S
Specifying spacing on both sides of
Chinese character
Left: 0 dot
Right: 2 dots
FS W
Setting / canceling quadrupled Chinese
character (double height × double width)
0 (Canceled)
GS B Setting / canceling reversed printing 0 (Reversed printing canceled)
GS a Setting / canceling auto status transmission 134(86h) (Status transmitted)
GS w Specifying width of barcode 3 (1 module 3 dots)
GS h Specifying height of barcode 162 (20.25 mm)
GS H
Specifying position of HRI character of
barcode
0 (No HRI printed)
GS f Specifying font of HRI character of barcode 0 (HRI character = font A)
GS W Specifying width of print area
384 dots (B-EP2DL-GHxx)
832 dots (B-EP4DL-GHxx)
GS L Specifying left margin 0 (No left margin)
GS ! Specifying character size
0 (Character size:
1)