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 7 Spain I
1 France 8 Japan
2 Germany 9 Norway
3 United Kingdom 10 Denmark II
4 Denmark I 11 Spain II
5 Sweden 12 Latin America
6 Italy
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
- the codes listed are relative to the Epson LX 800
- in several situations where a numeric value of zero or one is
required, the ASCII value of the number can be substituted