Brother International TD-2020 ESC/ P Command Reference - Page 4

ESC/P Command Reference Contents Introduction 1 What is ESC/P 2 1. Using ESC/P Commands 3 2. Examples of Using ESC/P Commands 5 3. ESC/P Command Limitations 11 3.1 Print area...11 3.2 Characters...13 3.2.1 Character sizes 13 3.2.2 Character pitches 14 3.3 Print position...15 3.3.1 Characters 15 3.3.2 Bitmaps, barcodes and downloaded images 15 3.4 Line feed amount 16 4. Control Code List 17 5. Control Command Details 21 5.1 Character/style selection commands 21 ESC R ESC q ESC k ESC t Select international character set 21 Select character style 22 Select font 23 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 DC 4 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 29 Apply micron pitch (15 cpi 30 Specify proportional characters 31 Specify double-width characters 31 Specify auto-canceling stretched characters 32 Specify auto-canceling stretched characters 32 Specify compressed characters 33 Specify compressed characters 33 Cancel compressed characters 34 Cancel auto-canceling double-width characters 34 Apply/cancel underlining 35 Global formatting 36 Specify character spacing 37 Specify character size 38 5.3 Line feed commands 39 ESC 0 ESC 2 ESC 3 ESC A Specify line feed of 1/8 inch 39 Specify line feed of 1/6 inch 39 Specify minimum line feed 40 Specify line feed of n/60 inch 40 5.4 Horizontal movement commands 41 ESC l ESC Q Specify left margin 41 Specify right margin 43 - i Introduction