Brother International PJ-883 ESC/ P Brother Command Reference - Page 34

ESC/P Command Reference ESC P Apply pica pitch (10 cpi) ASCII: ESC P Hexadecimal: 1B 50 Parameters None Description  Prints the subsequent text with the pica pitch (10 characters/inch).  The character spacing is 20 dots (30 dots for 300dpi printers).  If the character width is 20(or 30) dots or less, the character spacing is specified as 20(or 30) minus the character width.  If the character width exceeds 20(or 30) dots, the character spacing is specified as the character width. (The spacing between characters is 0 dot.) In this case, the pitch does not exactly equal the pica pitch.  With double-width characters, the character spacing is doubled (40(or 60) dots).  With half-width characters, the character spacing is halved (10(or 15) dots).  When the character spacing is changed with ESC SP, the setting is updated.  This command is invalid when proportional pitch is selected.  In outline fonts, the spacing between characters is 0 dot.  Please refer to Appendix A: Specifications.  Setting Full Width Double Width Half Width (dots) 16 24 32 48 16 24 32 48 16 24 32 48 Gothic 16 24 32 - 32 48 64 - 8 12 16 - Letter Gothic Bold 8 10 14 22 16 20 28 44 4 5 7 11 Brussels - 25 35 56 - 50 70 112 - 13 18 26 Width (dots) Helsinki 16 21 28 44 30 42 56 88 8 11 14 22 San Diego - 24 35 57 - 48 70 114 - 12 18 29 Brougham - 11 16 26 - 22 32 52 - 6 8 13 The above table refers to characters with a fixed pitch. (Applying styles may increase the size.) - 28 - 5. Control Command Details