Epson FX Printer Codes

Printer Operation:

Decimal ASCII Description
7 BEL Beeper
17 DC1 Select printer
19 DC3 Deselect printer
27 25 48 Esc EM 0 Turn cut sheet feeder control off
27 25 52 Esc EM 4 Turn cut sheet feeder control on
27 56 Esc 8 Disable paper out sensor
27 57 Esc 9 Enable paper out sensor
27 60 Esc < Select unidirectional mode for one line
27 64 Esc @ Initialize printer
27 85 48 Esc U 0 Cancel unidirectional mode
27 85 49 Esc U 1 Select unidirectional mode
27 115 48 Esc s 0 Turn half speed mode off
27 115 49 Esc s 1 Turn half speed mode on

Vertical/Horizontal Motion:

Decimal ASCII Description
8 BS Backspace
9 HT Horizontal tab
10 LF Line Feed
11 VT Vertical Tab
12 FF Form Feed
27 47 c ESC / c Select vertical tab channel (c=0..7)
27 48 ESC 0 Select 8 lines per inch
27 49 ESC 1 Select 7/72 inch line spacing
27 50 ESC 2 Select 6 lines per inch
27 51 n ESC 3 n Select n/216 inch line spacing (n=0..255)
27 65 n ESC A n Select n/72 inch line spacing (n=0..85)
27 66 0 ESC B NUL Clear Vertical tabs
27 66 tabs ESC B tabs Select up to 16 vertical tabs where tabs are ascending values from 1..255 ending with NUL
27 67 n ESC C n Select page length in lines (n=1..127)
27 67 48 n ESC C 0 n Select page length in inches (n=1..22)
27 68 0 ESC D NUL Clears all horizontal tables
27 68 tabs 0 ESC D tabs NUL Sets up to 32 horizontal tabs with ascending values 1-137. NUL or a value less than previous tab ends command.
27 74 n ESC J n Immediate n/216 inch line feed (n=0..255)
27 78 n ESC N n Select skip over perforation (n=1..127)
27 79 ESC O Cancel skip over perforation
27 81 n ESC Q n Set right margin (n=column)
27 98 b c 0 ESC b c NUL Clear vertical tabs in channel (c=0..7)
27 98 c tabs ESC b c tabs Select up to 16 vertical tabs in channels (c=0..7) where tabs are ascending values from 1..255 ending with NUL
27 101 48 s ESC e 0 s Set horizontal tab to increments of 's'
27 101 49 s ESC e 1 s Set vertical tab to increments of 's'
27 102 48 s ESC f 0 s Set horizontal skip to increments of 's'
27 102 49 s ESC f 1 s Set vertical skip to increments of 's'
27 106 n ESC j n Reverse linefeed (n/216 inch after buffer)
27 108 n ESC l n Set left margin (n=column)

 

Printing Style:

Decimal  ASCII  Description
27 33 n ESC ! n

Master select where n is a combination of:

0 Pica 16 Double Strike
1 Elite 32 Double Wide
4 Condensed 64 Italic
8 Emphasized 128 Underline

Pica & Elite and Condensed/Emphasized are mutually exclusive

27 107 48  ESC k 0  Select NLQ Roman font
27 107 49  ESC k 1 

Select NLQ Sans Serif font

27 120 48  ESC x 0 

Select draft mode

27 120 49  ESC x 1 

Select NLQ mode

 

Print Size and Character Width

Decimal  ASCII  Description
14  SO 

Select double width for one line

15 SI  Select condensed mode
18  DC2 

Cancel condensed mode

20 DC4

Cancel one line double width mode

27 14  ESC SO 

Double width for one line (duplicate)

27 15  ESC SI 

Select condensed mode (duplicate)

27 77  ESC M  Select elite width (12 cpi)
27 80  ESC P  Select pica width (10 cpi)
27 87 48  ESC W 0  Cancel double width mode
27 87 49  ESC W 1 

Select double width mode

Print Enhancement:

Decimal  ASCII  Description
27 45 48  ESC - 0 

Cancel underlining

27 45 49  ESC - 1 

Select underlining

27 69  ESC E 

Select emphasized mode

27 70  ESC F 

Cancel emphasized mode

27 71  ESC G  Select double strike mode
27 72  ESC H Cancel double strike mode
27 83 48  ESC S 0 

Select superscript

27 83 49  ESC S 1  Select subscript
27 84  ESC T 

Cancel superscript/subscript

Character Sets:

Decimal  ASCII  Description
27 52 ESC 4 Select italic mode
27 53 ESC 5 Cancel italic mode
27 54  ESC 6 Enable printing of characters (128-159,255)
27 55  ESC 7 

Cancel [ESC 6] command

27 82 n  ESC R n 

Select International character set where numeric 'n' is:

0 USA
1 France 
2 Germany 
3 United Kingdom 
4 Denmark I 
5 Sweden 
6 Italy


7 Spain
8 Japan
9 Norway
10 Denmark II
11 Spain II
12 Latin America
27 116 0  ESC t NUL 

Select italic character set

27 116 1  ESC t SOH 

Select Epson character set

 

User Defined Characters:

Decimal  ASCII  Description
27 37 0  ESC % NUL  Selects normal character set
27 37 1  ESC % SOH 

Selects user defined set

27 38 0  ESC & NUL ? 

Select user defined chars (see manual)

27 58 0 0 0  ESC : NUL NUL NUL 

Copy ROM into RAM

     

 

Graphics Character Sets:

Decimal  ASCII  Description
27 42 0 n1 n2  ESC * NUL n1 n2 

Select single density graphics

27 42 1 n1 n2  ESC * SOH n1 n2  Select double density graphics
27 63 s n  ESC ? s n 

Reassign graphics mode
's'=(K,L,Y or Z) to mode 'n'=(0..6)

27 75 n1 n2  ESC K n1 n2 

Single density graphics (60 dpi)

27 76 n1 n2  ESC L n1 n2 

Double density graphics (120 dpi)

27 89 n1 n2  ESC Y n1 n2 

Hi-speed double den graphics (120 dpi)

27 90 n1 n2  ESC Z n1 n2 

Quad density graphics (240 dpi)

27 94 m n1 n2  ESC ^ m n1 n2 

Select 9 pin graphics mode
number of columns = n1 + (n2 * 256)

Other:

Decimal  ASCII  Description
13 CR  Carriage Return
24  CAN 

Cancel text in line (but not control codes)

127  DEL 

Delete character (but not control codes)

27 32 n  ESC SP n 

Space in n/72 inch following each NLQ char

27 35  ESC #  MSB control sequence cancel
27 36  ESC $  Select absolute dot position
27 61  ESC =  MSB = 0
27 62  ESC >  MSB = 1
27 73 48  ESC I 0  Cancel above [ESC I 1]
27 73 49  ESC I 1 

Printable codes expansion (0-31,128-159)

27 92  ESC \ 

Select relative dot position

27 97 n  ESC a n 

NLQ justification where numeric 'n' is:

0 left justification (default)
1 center
2 right justification
3 full justification

27 112  ESC p 

Select/cancel proportional mode


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