Epson Escape Codes (ESC/P-83)

Epson Escape Codes (ESC/P-83)

Compatible with Epson LQ and FX series Dot Matrix printers.

See the examples at the end of the table

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07/13/1998

ASCII	DEC	HEX	Description	ASCII	DEC	HEX	Description
BEL	7	07	Beeper	ESC >	62	3E	Set MSB to 1
BS	8	08	Backspace	ESC ?	63	3F	Reassign graphics mode
HT	9	09	Tab horizontally	ESC @	64	40	Initialize printer
LF	10	0A	Line feed	ESC A	65	41	Set n/72-inch line spacing
VT	11	0B	Tab vertically	ESC B	66	42	Set vertical tabs
FF	12	0C	Form feed	ESC C	67	43	Set page length in lines
CR	13	0D	Carriage return	ESC C0	67	67	Set page length in inches
SO	14	0E	Select double-wide (1 line)	ESC D	68	44	Set horizontal tabs
SI	15	0F	Select condensed mode	ESC E	69	45	Select emphasized mode
DC1	17	11	Select printer	ESC F	70	46	Cancel emphasized mode
DC2	18	12	Cancel condensed mode	ESC G	71	47	Select double-strike mode
DC3	19	13	Deselect printer	ESC H	72	48	Cancel double-strike mode
DC4	20	14	Cancel double-wide (1 line)	ESC J	74	4A	Perform n/216-inch line feed
CAN	24	18	Cancel line	ESC K	75	4B	Select single-density graphics
DEL	127	7F	Delete character	ESC L	76	4C	Select double-density graphics
ESC SO	14	0E	Select double-wide (1 line)	ESC M	77	4D	Select 12 cpi
ESC SI	15	0F	Select condensed mode	ESC N	78	4E	Set skip over perforation
ESC EM	25	19	Cut sheet feeder on/off	ESC O	79	4F	Cancel skip over perforation
ESC SP	32	20	Set inter character space	ESC P	80	50	Select 10 cpi
ESC !	33	21	Master select	ESC Q	81	51	Set right margin
ESC #	35	23	Cancel MSB control	ESC R	82	52	International character set
ESC $	36	24	Set absolute print position	ESC S0	83	53	Select superscript mode
ESC %	37	25	Select user-defined set	ESC S1	83	53	Select subscript mode
ESC &	38	26	Define user-defined characters	ESC T	84	54	Cancel superscript/subscript
ESC (-	40	28	Select Score	ESC U	85	55	Turn unidirectional mode on/off
ESC *	42	2A	Select graphics mode	ESC W	87	57	Turn double-wide on/off
ESC +	43	2B	Set n/360-inch Line Spacing	ESC Y	89	59	High-speed dbl-density graphics
ESC -	45	2D	Turn underlining on/off	ESC Z	90	5A	Quadruple-density graphics
ESC /	47	2F	Select vertical tab channel	ESC \	92	5C	Retrieve relative position
ESC 0	48	30	Select 1/8-inch line spacing	ESC a	97	61	Select justification
ESC 2	50	32	Select 1/6-inch line spacing	ESC b	98	62	Set vertical tabs in channels
ESC 3	51	33	Select n/216-inch line spacing	ESC g	103	67	Select 15 CPI
ESC 4	52	34	Select italic mode	ESC k	107	6B	Select typestyle family
ESC 5	53	35	Cancel italic mode	ESC l	108	6C	Set left margin
ESC 6	54	36	Enable printable characters	ESC p	112	70	Turn proportional mode on/off
ESC 7	55	37	Enable upper control codes	ESC q	113	71	Select character style
ESC :	58	3A	Copy ROM into RAM	ESC t	116	74	Select character table
ESC <	60	3C	Unidirectional mode (1 line)	ESC w	119	77	Turn double-high on/off
ESC =	61	3D	Set MSB to 0	ESC x	120	78	Select NLQ or draft

NOTE!! The ESC character is DEC 027 or HEX 1B. Use the above table to determine which character code (Dec or Hex) that should be sent after the ESC character.

EXAMPLE. To set the "emphasized" mode in the printer, either of the following character strings may be sent.

ASCII…..ESC….E

Decimal…027…..069

Hex……..1B……45