Brother International PJ-883 ESC/ P Brother Command Reference - Page 4

ESC/P Command Reference Contents Introduction 1 What is ESC/P 2 1. Using ESC/P Brother Commands 3 2. Examples of Using ESC/P Brother Commands 5 3. ESC/P Command Limitations 11 3.1 Print area...11 3.2 Characters...12 3.2.1 Character sizes 12 3.2.2 Character pitches 13 3.3 Print position...14 3.3.1 Characters 14 3.3.2 Bitmaps, barcodes and downloaded images 14 3.4 Line feed amount 15 4. Control Code List 16 5. Control Command Details 20 5.1 Character/style selection commands 20 ESC R ESC q ESC k ESC t Select international character set 20 Select character style 21 Select font 22 Select character code set 24 5.2 Text printing commands 25 ESC 4 ESC 5 ESC E ESC F ESC G ESC H ESC P ESC M ESC g ESC p ESC W SO ESC SO SI ESC SI DC2 DC4 ESC - ESC ! ESC SP ESC X Apply italic style 25 Cancel italic style 25 Apply bold style 26 Cancel bold style 26 Apply double-strike printing 27 Cancel double-strike printing 27 Apply pica pitch (10 cpi 28 Apply elite pitch (12 cpi 30 Apply micron pitch (15 cpi 31 Specify proportional characters 32 Specify double-width characters 32 Specify auto-canceling stretched characters 33 Specify auto-canceling stretched characters 33 Specify compressed characters 34 Specify compressed characters 34 Cancel compressed characters 35 Cancel auto-canceling double-width characters 35 Apply/cancel underlining 36 Global formatting 37 Specify character spacing 38 Specify character size 39 5.3 Line feed commands 40 ESC 0 ESC 2 ESC 3 ESC A Specify line feed of 1/8 inch 40 Specify line feed of 1/6 inch 40 Specify minimum line feed 41 Specify line feed of n/60 inch 41 5.4 Horizontal movement commands 42 ESC l ESC Q Specify left margin 42 Specify right margin 44 - i - Introduction