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... control when printing on multi-part forms by ensuring that the forms stay properly aligned. EPSON 24-pin impact printers utilize ESC/P 2, which includes these additional features: el Proportionally-spaced scalab fonts Enhanced graphics printing which...you to tear off and top of impact printers. EPSON 9-pin impact printers utilize ESC/P, the original printer control language. Technical Brief-Multimedia projectors Page 2 Functionality-Control code/emulation All EPSON impact printers utilize EPSON Standard Code (ESC/P and ESC/P 2) printer control language, which is the industry ...
... control when printing on multi-part forms by ensuring that the forms stay properly aligned. EPSON 24-pin impact printers utilize ESC/P 2, which includes these additional features: el Proportionally-spaced scalab fonts Enhanced graphics printing which...you to tear off and top of impact printers. EPSON 9-pin impact printers utilize ESC/P, the original printer control language. Technical Brief-Multimedia projectors Page 2 Functionality-Control code/emulation All EPSON impact printers utilize EPSON Standard Code (ESC/P and ESC/P 2) printer control language, which is the industry ...
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.... 1/00 Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Start UP Utility Ver. 1.22 Copyright (C) SEIKO EPSON CORP. 1992 Printer: FX-2180 Mode: ESC/P Port: LPT1 Font : Roman Pitch : 10CPI Print Quality : LQ Character Table : PC 437 Continuous Rear : 11 inch Continuous Rear : 8.5mm Continuous Front : 7 inch Continuous Front : 8.5mm CutSheetFeeder 1 : 11 inch...
.... 1/00 Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Start UP Utility Ver. 1.22 Copyright (C) SEIKO EPSON CORP. 1992 Printer: FX-2180 Mode: ESC/P Port: LPT1 Font : Roman Pitch : 10CPI Print Quality : LQ Character Table : PC 437 Continuous Rear : 11 inch Continuous Rear : 8.5mm Continuous Front : 7 inch Continuous Front : 8.5mm CutSheetFeeder 1 : 11 inch...
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... designated as Original EPSON Products or EPSON Approved Products by Seiko Epson Corporation. EPSON and EPSON ESC/P are for damages resulting from the use of any options or any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of this product. EPSON® 24-Pin Dot Matrix Printer LQ-2170 All rights reserved. Seiko Epson Corporation and its...
... designated as Original EPSON Products or EPSON Approved Products by Seiko Epson Corporation. EPSON and EPSON ESC/P are for damages resulting from the use of any options or any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of this product. EPSON® 24-Pin Dot Matrix Printer LQ-2170 All rights reserved. Seiko Epson Corporation and its...
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Your printer provides the following: High speed draft mode printing of up to 440 characters at 10 cpi Easy paper... and nine letter quality bit-map fonts Multipart forms printing of advanced EPSON ESC/P 2TM commands and IBM® 2390/2391 plus up to expect from EPSON printers. Introduction Your new EPSON® 24-pin dot matrix printer combines a compact design and high performance with a wide range of ...Support of one original plus emulation Large printable area; 68 lines with A4 size paper Software utilities, including a printer driver and a remote control panel utility, that let you make...
Your printer provides the following: High speed draft mode printing of up to 440 characters at 10 cpi Easy paper... and nine letter quality bit-map fonts Multipart forms printing of advanced EPSON ESC/P 2TM commands and IBM® 2390/2391 plus up to expect from EPSON printers. Introduction Your new EPSON® 24-pin dot matrix printer combines a compact design and high performance with a wide range of ...Support of one original plus emulation Large printable area; 68 lines with A4 size paper Software utilities, including a printer driver and a remote control panel utility, that let you make...
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... there is not available, select the first printer driver available in the list, contact your printer driver is an update. LQ-870/1170 LQ-850+/ 1050+ LQ-85011050 LQ-510/550/1010 LQ-200 LQ-500 LQ-860+ / 1060+ LQ-2550 LQ-2500 LQ-800/1000 LQ-1500 See the program's documentation for EPSON ESC/P 2 printers. Setting Up the Printer 1-17 Click Options to darker or lighter...
... there is not available, select the first printer driver available in the list, contact your printer driver is an update. LQ-870/1170 LQ-850+/ 1050+ LQ-85011050 LQ-510/550/1010 LQ-200 LQ-500 LQ-860+ / 1060+ LQ-2550 LQ-2500 LQ-800/1000 LQ-1500 See the program's documentation for EPSON ESC/P 2 printers. Setting Up the Printer 1-17 Click Options to darker or lighter...
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...selected. 4. PC 855, PC 857, PC 864, PC 866. MAZOWIA, Code MJK, Bulgaria, Estonia, PC774, IS0 Latin 2, PC 866 LAT. ESC/P2, IBM 2391 plus Auto, Parallel I/F, Option I/F 10 sec., 30 sec. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for rear tractor High speed draft Print ... to change and their available settings. Each item is described in the following table lists the items you finish changing the settings, turn off the printer. Italic France, Italic Germany, Italic U.K., Italic Denmark, Italic Sweden, Italic Italy, Italic Spain OCR-B, Orator, Orator-S, Script C, Roman T, Sans Serif H 3, 3.5, 4, 5.5, 6, 7, ...
...selected. 4. PC 855, PC 857, PC 864, PC 866. MAZOWIA, Code MJK, Bulgaria, Estonia, PC774, IS0 Latin 2, PC 866 LAT. ESC/P2, IBM 2391 plus Auto, Parallel I/F, Option I/F 10 sec., 30 sec. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for rear tractor High speed draft Print ... to change and their available settings. Each item is described in the following table lists the items you finish changing the settings, turn off the printer. Italic France, Italic Germany, Italic U.K., Italic Denmark, Italic Sweden, Italic Italy, Italic Spain OCR-B, Orator, Orator-S, Script C, Roman T, Sans Serif H 3, 3.5, 4, 5.5, 6, 7, ...
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... vertical printing alignment. Printing is normally bidirectional; High speed draft When you select ESC/P 2, the printer operates in draft mode. You can 't be selected by default settings: Draft... allows for the interface mode. 3-10 Using the Printer Software When you select high speed draft, the printer can set the page length to 330 cps at ...10 cpi in Default Setting mode. If you select IBM, the printer emulates an IBM printer... 6 fonts in draft mode. Interface mode The printer has two interfaces: parallel and Type-B (optional...
... vertical printing alignment. Printing is normally bidirectional; High speed draft When you select ESC/P 2, the printer operates in draft mode. You can 't be selected by default settings: Draft... allows for the interface mode. 3-10 Using the Printer Software When you select high speed draft, the printer can set the page length to 330 cps at ...10 cpi in Default Setting mode. If you select IBM, the printer emulates an IBM printer... 6 fonts in draft mode. Interface mode The printer has two interfaces: parallel and Type-B (optional...
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... line feed code to move the print position to the left margin. Buzzer (Beep) The printer beeps when some advanced graphics commands like those available in ESC/P 2 mode. When this setting is on, the printer can use some errors occur. Alternate Graphic Mode (AGM) When AGM is on; Auto carriage... auto carriage return feature is on, each line feed (LF) code or ESC J (n/180-inch line feed) code is available in IBM emulation mode only. This feature is accompanied by a carriage return (CR) code and the printer moves the next print position to the left margin. See "Troubleshooting" in...
... line feed code to move the print position to the left margin. Buzzer (Beep) The printer beeps when some advanced graphics commands like those available in ESC/P 2 mode. When this setting is on, the printer can use some errors occur. Alternate Graphic Mode (AGM) When AGM is on; Auto carriage... auto carriage return feature is on, each line feed (LF) code or ESC J (n/180-inch line feed) code is available in IBM emulation mode only. This feature is accompanied by a carriage return (CR) code and the printer moves the next print position to the left margin. See "Troubleshooting" in...
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...by EPSON. For further information about using . The software manual should explain the required format and punctuation. Using the command summary The following section lists and describes all .) In addition, your printer recognizes are using printer commands, see the comprehensive ESC/P ...Reference Manual published by lowercase italicized letters, usually n. ESC D nn is a command that uses 1 to turn it Off. The ...
...by EPSON. For further information about using . The software manual should explain the required format and punctuation. Using the command summary The following section lists and describes all .) In addition, your printer recognizes are using printer commands, see the comprehensive ESC/P ...Reference Manual published by lowercase italicized letters, usually n. ESC D nn is a command that uses 1 to turn it Off. The ...
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... Spacing Set n/360-inch Line Spacing A-18 Specifications, Command Summary, and Character Tables Commands Arranged by Topic General operation ASCII ESC @ ESC U l/0 ESC EM n Dec. 64 85 25 Hex. 40 55 19 Description Initialize Printer Turn Unidirectional Mode On/Off Control Paper Loading/Ejecting n = "1" n = "2" Select bin 1 of CSF Select bin 2 of CSF n = "R" Eject a sheet...
... Spacing Set n/360-inch Line Spacing A-18 Specifications, Command Summary, and Character Tables Commands Arranged by Topic General operation ASCII ESC @ ESC U l/0 ESC EM n Dec. 64 85 25 Hex. 40 55 19 Description Initialize Printer Turn Unidirectional Mode On/Off Control Paper Loading/Ejecting n = "1" n = "2" Select bin 1 of CSF Select bin 2 of CSF n = "R" Eject a sheet...
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... 51 28 63 28 43 43 43 4E 4F Description Set Left Margin n = left margin column Set Right Margin n = right margin column Set Page Format ESC ( c 4 0 m1 m2 n1 n2 m = m1 + m2 x 256 m: Top margin in defined units n = nl + n2 x 256 n: Bottom margin in defined units Set Page Length in Defined... Units ESC ( C 2 0 n1 n2 n = nl + n2 x 256 n: Number of defined units Set Page Length in Lines n = number of lines Set Page Length in Inches n = number of inches...
... 51 28 63 28 43 43 43 4E 4F Description Set Left Margin n = left margin column Set Right Margin n = right margin column Set Page Format ESC ( c 4 0 m1 m2 n1 n2 m = m1 + m2 x 256 m: Top margin in defined units n = nl + n2 x 256 n: Bottom margin in defined units Set Page Length in Defined... Units ESC ( C 2 0 n1 n2 n = nl + n2 x 256 n: Number of defined units Set Page Length in Lines n = number of lines Set Page Length in Inches n = number of inches...
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...Absolute Horizontal Print Position n = nl + n2 x 256 n: Specifies print position from top margin in defined units Set Relative Vertical Print Position ESC(v20nln2 n=n1+n2x256 n: Moves current print position in defined units Set Horizontal Tabs Up to 32 tabs entered in ascending order; Set Absolute ...Vertical Print Position ESC (V 2 0 nl n2 n=n1+n2x256 n: Specifies print position from left margin in LQ for this command. Set Relative Horizontal Print Position n = nl + n2 x 256 n: Moves current ...
...Absolute Horizontal Print Position n = nl + n2 x 256 n: Specifies print position from top margin in defined units Set Relative Vertical Print Position ESC(v20nln2 n=n1+n2x256 n: Moves current print position in defined units Set Horizontal Tabs Up to 32 tabs entered in ascending order; Set Absolute ...Vertical Print Position ESC (V 2 0 nl n2 n=n1+n2x256 n: Specifies print position from left margin in LQ for this command. Set Relative Horizontal Print Position n = nl + n2 x 256 n: Moves current ...
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... 58 Description Select Typeface n = 0: Roman 7: Orator 1: Sans Serif 8: Orator-S 2: Courier 9: Script C 3: Prestige 10: Roman T 4: Script 11: Sans Serif H 5: OCR-B Select Font by Pitch and Point ESC X m n1 n2 m: Set pitch to 16 tabs; Hex. 66 42 11 OB 74 4A Description Set Vertical Tabs Up to 360/m cpi m = 0 : No change in...
... 58 Description Select Typeface n = 0: Roman 7: Orator 1: Sans Serif 8: Orator-S 2: Courier 9: Script C 3: Prestige 10: Roman T 4: Script 11: Sans Serif H 5: OCR-B Select Font by Pitch and Point ESC X m n1 n2 m: Set pitch to 16 tabs; Hex. 66 42 11 OB 74 4A Description Set Vertical Tabs Up to 360/m cpi m = 0 : No change in...
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... below: n=0: l0cpi 16: double-strike 1: 12 cpi 32: double-width 2: prop.64: italic 4: cond. 128: underline 8: bold A-22 Specifications, Command Summary, and Character Tables ASCII ESC P ESC M ESC g ESC p 1/0 ESC x n ESC 4 ESC 5 ESC E ESC F ESC !
... below: n=0: l0cpi 16: double-strike 1: 12 cpi 32: double-width 2: prop.64: italic 4: cond. 128: underline 8: bold A-22 Specifications, Command Summary, and Character Tables ASCII ESC P ESC M ESC g ESC p 1/0 ESC x n ESC 4 ESC 5 ESC E ESC F ESC !
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nn 40 45 Hex. Font enhancement ASCII SI DC2 so ESC W l/0 DC4 ESC - 1/0 ESC w l/0 ESC G ESC H ESCSO ESC S l ESC T Dec. 15 18 14 87 20 45 119 71 72 83 83 84 ESC q n 113 ESC ( - OF 12 OE 57 14 2D 77 47 48 53 53 54 71 28 2D ...-Strike Printing Select Superscript Printing Select Subscript Printing Cancel Superscript/Subscript Printing Select Character Style n = 0: Normal style 1: Outline 2: Shadow 3: Outline with shadow Select Line/Score ESC ( - 3 0 1 nl n2 nl = 1: Underline n1 = 2: Strikethrough nl = 3: Overscore n2 = 0: Cancel score line selected by nl n2 = 1: Single continuous line ...
nn 40 45 Hex. Font enhancement ASCII SI DC2 so ESC W l/0 DC4 ESC - 1/0 ESC w l/0 ESC G ESC H ESCSO ESC S l ESC T Dec. 15 18 14 87 20 45 119 71 72 83 83 84 ESC q n 113 ESC ( - OF 12 OE 57 14 2D 77 47 48 53 53 54 71 28 2D ...-Strike Printing Select Superscript Printing Select Subscript Printing Cancel Superscript/Subscript Printing Select Character Style n = 0: Normal style 1: Outline 2: Shadow 3: Outline with shadow Select Line/Score ESC ( - 3 0 1 nl n2 nl = 1: Underline n1 = 2: Strikethrough nl = 3: Overscore n2 = 0: Cancel score line selected by nl n2 = 1: Single continuous line ...
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...nl = first character number n2 = last character number d0 = left space of character dl = body width of character d2 = right space of data as Characters ESC (^ nl n2 data n = nl + n2 x 256 n: amount of data data: print n bytes of character data: 3 bytes required for each column; ...Set n=0: USA 8: Japan 1: France 9: Norway 2: Germany 10: Den. II 3: UK 11: Spain II 4: Denmark 12: L. Character handing ASCII ESC : 0 n 0 ESC R n ESC & nn ESC % n ESC (ˆ nn Dec. 58 82 38 37 40 94 Hex. 3A 52 26 25 28 5E Description Copy ROM to RAM n = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or...
...nl = first character number n2 = last character number d0 = left space of character dl = body width of character d2 = right space of data as Characters ESC (^ nl n2 data n = nl + n2 x 256 n: amount of data data: print n bytes of character data: 3 bytes required for each column; ...Set n=0: USA 8: Japan 1: France 9: Norway 2: Germany 10: Den. II 3: UK 11: Spain II 4: Denmark 12: L. Character handing ASCII ESC : 0 n 0 ESC R n ESC & nn ESC % n ESC (ˆ nn Dec. 58 82 38 37 40 94 Hex. 3A 52 26 25 28 5E Description Copy ROM to RAM n = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or...
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Hex. 116 74 54 36 55 37 Description Select Character Table Select character table n assigned by ESC ( t n = 0, 1, 2, 3, "1", "2", or "3" n = 2: Remaps downloaded characters from 0-127 to 128-255 Enable Printing of Upper Control Codes With graphics character tables this command enables the printing of codes 128-159 Enable Upper Control Codes Cancels ESC 6 Specifications, Command Summary, and Character Tables A-25 ASCII ESC t n ESC 6 ESC 7 Dec.
Hex. 116 74 54 36 55 37 Description Select Character Table Select character table n assigned by ESC ( t n = 0, 1, 2, 3, "1", "2", or "3" n = 2: Remaps downloaded characters from 0-127 to 128-255 Enable Printing of Upper Control Codes With graphics character tables this command enables the printing of codes 128-159 Enable Upper Control Codes Cancels ESC 6 Specifications, Command Summary, and Character Tables A-25 ASCII ESC t n ESC 6 ESC 7 Dec.
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A-26 Specifications, Command Summary, and Character Tables Hex. 40 116 28 74 Description Assign Character Table ESC ( t 3 0 dl d2 d3 Assign Character Table set by d2 and d3 to d1 d1 = 0, 1, 2, 3, "0", "l", "2", or "3" d2 d3 Character Table 0 0 Italic 1 0 PC 437 1 10 PC 437 ... 0 ISO Latin lT* 7F 2 ISO Latin 2* 1D 7 ISO 8859-7* 1B 0 MAZOWIA* 1C 0 Code MJK* 20 0 Bulgaria* 25 0 Estonia* 23 0 Roman 8 *Available in certain areas. ASCII ESC ( t nn Dec.
A-26 Specifications, Command Summary, and Character Tables Hex. 40 116 28 74 Description Assign Character Table ESC ( t 3 0 dl d2 d3 Assign Character Table set by d2 and d3 to d1 d1 = 0, 1, 2, 3, "0", "l", "2", or "3" d2 d3 Character Table 0 0 Italic 1 0 PC 437 1 10 PC 437 ... 0 ISO Latin lT* 7F 2 ISO Latin 2* 1D 7 ISO 8859-7* 1B 0 MAZOWIA* 1C 0 Code MJK* 20 0 Bulgaria* 25 0 Estonia* 23 0 Roman 8 *Available in certain areas. ASCII ESC ( t nn Dec.
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... Character Tables A-27 ESC c nl n2 99 ESC SP n 32 ESC ( U nn 40 85 Hex. 63 20 28 55 Description Set Horizontal Motion Index (HMI) Change Pitch in 3600/h DPI m: Number of space added to the space between characters Units are l/120 inch (draft) and l/180 inch (LQ and proportional) Define ...Unit ESC ( U 1 0 n Define positioning unit as n/3600 inch n = 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, or 60 n = 10; Spacing ASCII Dec. default...
... Character Tables A-27 ESC c nl n2 99 ESC SP n 32 ESC ( U nn 40 85 Hex. 63 20 28 55 Description Set Horizontal Motion Index (HMI) Change Pitch in 3600/h DPI m: Number of space added to the space between characters Units are l/120 inch (draft) and l/180 inch (LQ and proportional) Define ...Unit ESC ( U 1 0 n Define positioning unit as n/3600 inch n = 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, or 60 n = 10; Spacing ASCII Dec. default...
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... Dec. Hex. 42 2A Description Select Bit Image ESC * m nl n2 data n = nl + n2 x 256 n: Total columns Total data = (nl + n2 x 256) x f m Horizontal density (dpi) Vertical density (dpi) Pins Adjacent dot printing t 0 60 60 8 ...
... Dec. Hex. 42 2A Description Select Bit Image ESC * m nl n2 data n = nl + n2 x 256 n: Total columns Total data = (nl + n2 x 256) x f m Horizontal density (dpi) Vertical density (dpi) Pins Adjacent dot printing t 0 60 60 8 ...