Brother PT-9700PC, PT-9800PCN ESC/P Command Reference

ESC/P Command Reference

Version 1.03

Model Name: PT-9800PCN/PT-9700PC

Created by: Brother Industries, Ltd.

Machine Model: PT-9800PCN/PT-9700PC

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[Contents]

Control code list.................................................................................................................... 6

Print area ..............................................................................................................................9

Characters ..........................................................................................................................10

Print position....................................................................................................................... 11

Line feed amount ................................................................................................................ 12

Document creation flow ......................................................................................................13

Control command details ....................................................................................................15

Character/style selection commands ..............................................................................15

ESC R Select international character set .........................................................15

ESC k Select font (Over sea model only) ........................................................17

ESC t Select character code table.................................................................. 17

Text printing commands ..................................................................................................18

ESC 4 Apply italic style....................................................................................18

ESC 5 Cancel italic style.................................................................................. 18

ESC E Apply bold style ....................................................................................18

ESC F Cancel bold style.................................................................................. 19

ESC G Apply double-strike printing ..................................................................19

ESC H Cancel double-strike printing................................................................ 19

ESC W Specify double-width characters........................................................... 20

SI Specify compressed characters............................................................20

ESC SI Specify compressed characters............................................................20

DC2 Cancel compressed characters ............................................................ 21

ESC - Apply/cancel underlining ......................................................................21

ESC ! Global formatting .................................................................................. 22

ESC X Specify character size ..........................................................................23

ESC i f Apply/cancel a frame (global)...............................................................23

CAN Clear text.............................................................................................. 24

DEL Delete one character ............................................................................25

ESC CR Not available.........................................................................................25

Line feed commands.......................................................................................................26

ESC 0 Specify line feed of 1/8 inch..................................................................26

ESC 2 Specify line feed of 1/6 inch..................................................................26

ESC 3 Specify line feed of n/180 inch..............................................................26

ESC A Specify line feed of n/60 inch................................................................ 27

Horizontal movement commands....................................................................................28

CR Carriage return .....................................................................................28

ESC $ Specify absolute horizontal position .....................................................28

ESC \ Specify relative horizontal position .......................................................29

ESC a Specify alignment .................................................................................29

Vertical movement commands ........................................................................................30

LF Line feed...............................................................................................30

FF Page feed .............................................................................................30

ESC J Forward paper feed ..............................................................................30

Paper formatting.............................................................................................................. 31

ESC i l Specify label length ..............................................................................31

ESC i m Specify margin width ............................................................................31

Printer control commands ...............................................................................................32

ESC @ Initialize ................................................................................................32

Graphics commands .......................................................................................................33

ESC * Select bit image....................................................................................33

ESC K 8-dot single-density bit image............................................................... 38

ESC L 8-dot double-density bit image .............................................................39

ESC Y 8-dot double-speed double-density bit image....................................... 40

ESC Z 8-dot quadruple-density bit image ........................................................40

Kanji commands..............................................................................................................41

FS & Specify kanji mode (Chinese model only) .......................................... 41

FS . Cancel kanji mode (Chinese model only) .............................................41

FS Y Specify kanji size ................................................................................41

FS - Apply kanji underlining .........................................................................42

FS SI Specify half-width characters................................................................43

FS DC2 Cancel half-width characters ................................................................43

FS k Select font (Over sea model only) ........................................................43

Advanced commands...................................................................................................... 44

ESC i B Bar code ...............................................................................................44

ESC i Q 2D bar code (QR Code) ....................................................................... 48

ESC i P Specify QR Code version .....................................................................52

ESC i V 2D bar code (PDF417) .........................................................................53

ESC i D 2D bar code (DataMatrix) .....................................................................57

ESC i M 2D bar code (MaxiCode) ......................................................................60

ESC i F Print transferred data............................................................................ 62

ESC i a Switch command mode ........................................................................66

ESC i S Request printer status ..........................................................................67

ESC i L Apply/cancel rotated printing ................................................................70

ESC i C Specify cut setting ................................................................................70

ESC i U B Specify baud rate .............................................................................71

ESC i U b Specify bit length .................................................................................. 71

ESC i U P Specify parity setting ........................................................................72

ESC i U C Specify busy control......................................................................... 72

Character code ...................................................................................................................73

Standard character code table for ESC/P codes (Over sea modl only)............ 73

Eastern European character code table (Windows 1250) (Over sea modl only) .... 74

Western European character code table (Windows 1252) (Over sea modl only) ... 75

Appendix CG list (Chinese modl only) ................................................................ 76

Chinese character catalog (based on GB2312).................................................... 78

BROTHER PT-9800PCN/9700PC ESC/P specifications ....................................................84

Control code list

Character/style selection

ESC R 1B 52 Select international character set ESC k 1B 6B Select font ESC t 1B 74 Select character code table

Text printing

ESC 4 1B 34 Apply italic style ESC 5 1B 35 Cancel italic style ESC E 1B 45 Apply bold style ESC F 1B 46 Cancel bold style ESC G 1B 47 Apply double-strike printing ESC H 1B 48 Cancel double-strike printing ESC W 1B 57 Specify double-width characters SI 0F Specify compressed characters ESC SI 1B 0F Specify compressed characters DC2 12 Cancel compressed characters ESC - 1B 2D Apply/cancel underlining ESC ! 1B 21 Global formatting ESC X 1B 58 Specify character size ESC i f 1B 69 66 Apply/cancel a frame (global) CAN 18 Clear text DEL 7F Delete one character ESC CR 1B 0D Not available

Line feeds

ESC 0 1B 30 Specify line feed of 1/8 inch ESC 2 1B 32 Specify line feed of 1/6 inch ESC 3 1B 33 Specify minimum line feed ESC A 1B 41 Specify line feed of n/60 inch

Horizontal movement

CR 0D Carriage return ESC $ 1B 24 Specify absolute horizontal position ESC \ 1B 5C Specify relative horizontal position ESC a 1B 61 Specify alignment

Vertical movement

LF 0A Line feed FF 0C Page feed ESC J 1B 4A Forward paper feed

Paper formatting

ESC i l 1B 69 6C Specify label length ESC i m 1B 69 6D Specify margin width

Printer control

ESC @ 1B 40 Initialize

Graphics commands

ESC * 1B 2A Select bit image ESC K 1B 4B 8-dot single-density bit image ESC L 1B 4C 8-dot double-density bit image ESC Y 1B 59 8-dot double-speed double-density bit

image

ESC Z 1B 5A 8-dot quadruple-density bit image

Kanji commands

FS & 1C 26 Specify kanji mode FS . 1C 2E Cancel kanji size FS Y 1C 59 Specify kanji size FS - 1C 2D Apply kanji underlining FS S 1C 0F Specify half-width characters FS DC2 1C 12 Cancel half-width characters FS k 1C 6B Select font

Advanced commands

ESC i B 1B 69 42 Bar code ESC i Q 1B 69 51 2D bar code (QR Code) ESC i P 1B 69 50 Specify QR Code version ESC i V 1B 69 56 2D bar code (PDF417) ESC i D 1B 69 44 2D bar code (DataMatrix) ESC i M 1B 69 4D 2D bar code (MaxiCode) ESC i F 1B 69 46 Print transferred data ESC i a 1B 69 61 Switch command mode ESC i S 1B 69 53 Request printer status ESC i L 1B 69 4C Apply/cancel rotated printing ESC i C 1B 69 43 Specify cut setting ESC i U B 1B 69 55 42 Specify baud rate ESC i U b 1B 69 55 62 Specify bit length ESC i U P 1B 69 55 50 Specify parity setting ESC i U C 1B 69 55 43 Specify busy control

)

Print area

The print area for each tape width is listed below.

Length (④) (label length)

Width (①)

(tape width)

②

Printable area

⑤

Top margin (③)

Bottom mar

in (③

Left margin (⑥)

Right margin (⑥)

Type

Width

(mm)

Printable

area

(vertical)

(mm/dots)

Top/bottom

margins

(mm)

Length

(mm)

Printable

area

(horizontal)

mm/dots

Left/right

margins

(mm)

Dot position

① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥

36 36 27.1/384 4.45 24 24 22.6/320 0.71 18 18 16.5/234 0.75 12 12 10.6/150 0.71

9 9 7.5/106 0.76 6 6 4.5/64 0.74

3.5 6 4.5/64 0.74

The dot position for the lowest dot is specified as 1. (1 through 384)

1 ~ 384 16 33 ~ 352 13 76 ~ 309 9

118 ~ 267 6 140 ~ 245 4 161 ~ 224 2 161 ~ 224 2

・ The maximum length (④) is 1 m, and the minimum left and right margins (⑥) are 1

Max. no.

of printed

lines

mm.

Characters

This system uses single-byte character codes and is installed with two bitmap fonts (Letter

Gothic and Helsinki).

Each font has six sizes: 21 dots, 28 dots, 44 dots, 56 dots, 88 dots and 120 dots.

The single-byte character codes are installed with one bitmap fonts (Helsinki).

Each font has six sizes: 24 dots, 32 dots, 48 dots, 64 dots.

The double-byte character codes are available GB 2312, one bitmap fonts (boldface).

Each font has six sizes: 24 by 24 dots, 32 by 32 dots, 48 by 48 dots, 64 by 64 dots.

Character size

Each font is available in full size, compressed (half width) and double width.

Full size

Half width

Double width

Line-drawing characters (┘└ ┤─ ├ │ ┼ ┬ ┐┌) and shaded characters appear with the width

of the Letter Gothic font, regardless of the specified font setting.

Print position

The print position is the standard position for printing characters, bitmaps and bar codes.

With the print position, there is a horizontal print position, which is the reference point for

vertical position movement.

Each character is arranged so that their top edge aligns with the print position.

The baseline of each character is the bottom edge of the character, regardless of size, font,

etc.

All characters on the same line are printed so that the baseline position is the same for

each character.

Print position

Baseline position

If the text consists of characters with different heights, the characters are aligned on the

baseline of the tallest character in the line of text.

In addition, underlines are printed 4 dots below the baseline position.

Bitmaps, bar codes and transferred images

These types of image data are treated in the same way as characters and are printed so

that the bottom edge of the image aligns with the baseline.

Same line

Print position

Baseline position

・Horizontal movement to the right between characters or images is regarded as being on

the same line; however, movement to the left is regarded as being on different lines if text

wrapping occurs.

Line feed amount

The line feed amount is the amount of vertical movement from the print position of one line

to the print of the next line.

HHHHHHHHHHHHH

The line feed amount is specified using ESC 0, ESC 2, ESC A and ESC 3.

Line feed amount

Document creation flow

The flow for creating documents is shown below.

A Switch command mode (ESC i a) and Initialize (ESC @)

B Format settings

1. Apply/cancel rotated printing (ESC i L)

2. Specify line feed amount (ESC 0, ESC 2, ESC 3 and ESC A)

C Print operations

1. Specify print position

Specify vertical position (ESC J)

Specify horizontal position (ESC $, ESC \ and ESC a)

2. Transfer print data (one line)

If necessary, transfer text processing codes (see D), bit images, bar codes

and downloaded data (see E).

3. End of line and feed paper (CR and LF)

4. Repeat 1 through 3 described above.

5. End of page, Specify cut setting (ESC i C) and Page feed (FF)

6. Repeat 1 through 6 described above.

7. End of document

D Text operations

1. Select character set

Select font (ESC k)

Select character code (ESC t)

Select international character set (ESC R)

Specify character size (ESC X)

2. Character style (ESC 4, ESC 5, ESC E, ESC F, ESC G, ESC H, ESC W, SI,

ESC SI, DC2, ESC – and ESC !)

3. Character code

4. ANK mode/Kanji mode select.（FS &、FS.）

5. Specify Character code for Kanji code

Character size (FS Y)

6. Decorating for Kanji. (FS -, FS !, FS SI, FS DC2.)

7. Kanji Code

*Repeat steps 1 through 7, as necessary.

The steps 4 through 7 are Chinese model only.

E Bit image (ESC *, ESC K, ESC L, ESC Y and ESC Z)

Bar code (ESC i B)

2D bar code (ESC i Q, ESC i V and ESC i D)

Downloaded data (ESC i F)

With transferred data, the image data must first be transferred and saved on

the main unit.

Control command details

Character/style selection commands

ESC R Select international character set

[ASCII] ESC R n

[Decimal] 27 82 n

[Hexadecimal] 1B 52 n [Parameters] 0≤n≤13, 64

[Description]

・Selects the character set for the country, and switches some character codes in the code

table according to the value of n.

n=0: USA

n=1: France

n=2: Germany

n=3: UK

n=4: Denmark

n=5: Sweden

n=6: Italy

n=7: Spain

n=8: Japan

n=9: Norway

n=10: Denmark II

n=11: Spain II

n=12: Latin America

n=13: South Korea

n=64: Legal

・The following 12 codes are changed.

23h, 24h, 40h, 5Bh, 5Ch, 5Dh,

5Eh, 60h, 7Bh, 7Ch, 7Dh, 7Eh

・The default setting is n=0

・When using the standard character code table, printing is performed according to the

specified international character set.

[Example]

Code

5Ch ESC R 08h 5Ch FF

Print result

\¥

ESC k Select font (Over sea model only)

[ASCII] ESC k n

[Decimal] 27 107 n

[Hexadecimal] 1B 6B n [Parameters] 0≤n≤1

[Description]

・Selects the font.

Bitmap fonts

n=0 Helsinki

n=1 Letter Gothic

・The default value is n=0 (Helsinki).

ESC t Select character code table

[ASCII] ESC t n

[Decimal] 27 116 n

[Hexadecimal] 1B 74 n

[Parameters] n=0, 1, 2

[Description]

・From the three built-in character code tables, select the character code table to be used.

・n=0: Standard character code table

・n=1: Eastern European character code table

・n=2: Western European character code table

・n=3: (Spare)

・The default setting is n=0.

Text printing commands

ESC 4 Apply italic style

[ASCII] ESC 4

[Decimal] 27 52

[Hexadecimal] 1B 34

[Parameters] None

[Description]

・Applies the italic style to the following text.

ESC 5 Cancel italic style

[ASCII] ESC 5

[Decimal] 27 53

[Hexadecimal] 1B 35

[Parameters] None

[Description]

・Cancels the italic style.

[Example]

Code

ABC ESC 4 DEF ESC 5 GHI FF

Print result

ABCDEFGHI

ESC E Apply bold style

[ASCII] ESC E

[Decimal] 27 69

[Hexadecimal] 1B 45

[Parameters] None

[Description]

・Prints the following text in bold.

ESC F Cancel bold style

[ASCII] ESC F

[Decimal] 27 70

[Hexadecimal] 1B 46

[Parameters] None

[Description]

・Cancels the bold style.

[Example]

Code

ABC ESC E DEF ESC F GHI FF

Print result

ABCDEFGHI

ESC G Apply double-strike printing

[ASCII] ESC G

[Decimal] 27 71

[Hexadecimal] 1B 47

[Parameters] None

[Description]

・Prints the following text in bold.

ESC H Cancel double-strike printing

[ASCII] ESC H

[Decimal] 27 72

[Hexadecimal] 1B 48

[Parameters] None

[Description]

・Cancels the bold style.

[Example]

Code

ABC ESC E DEF ESC F GHI FF

Print result

ABCDEFGHI

ESC W Specify double-width characters

[ASCII] ESC W n

[Decimal] 27 87 n

[Hexadecimal] 1B 57 n

[Parameters] n=0 and 1 or 48 and 49

[Description]

・Specifies double-width characters.

・If n=1 or 49 (“1”), double-width characters are specified.

・If n=0 or 48 (“0”), double-width characters are cancelled.

[Example]

Code

ABC ESC W 1 ABC ESC W 0 ABC FF

Print result

ABC

SI Specify compressed characters

[ASCII] SI

[Decimal] 15

[Hexadecimal] 0F

[Parameters] None

[Description]

・Prints the following text in half-width characters.

ESC SI Specify compressed characters

[ASCII] ESC SI

[Decimal] 27 15

[Hexadecimal] 1B 0F

ABC

[Parameters] None

[Description]

・Same as SI

DC2 Cancel compressed characters

[ASCII] DC2

[Decimal] 18

[Hexadecimal] 12

[Parameters] None

[Description]

・Cancels compressed characters specified with SI.

ESC - Apply/cancel underlining

[ASCII] ESC - n

[Decimal] 27 45 n

[Hexadecimal] 1B 2D n

[Parameters] n=0 and 1 or 48 and 49

[Description]

Applies or cancels underlining.

・If n=1, underlining is applied.

・If n=0, underlining is cancelled.

・The underlining specified by this code is a continuous line.

・Spaces between characters and words are also underlined.

[Example]

Code

ABC ESC - 1 ABC ESC - 0 ABC FF

Print result

ABCABC

ABC

ESC ! Global formatting

[ASCII] ESC ! n

[Decimal] 27 33 n

[Hexadecimal] 1B 21 n [Parameters] 0≤n≤255

[Description]

・Specifies a combination of the various print modes.

・Specifies modes according to the bit value of n.

・A combination of multiple print modes can be specified at one time.

Bit76543210

1 0

Underline Italics Not used Bold Bold Not used Not used Not used

Cancel Cancel Not used Cancel Cancel Not used Not used Not used

[Example] To apply underlining and the italic style at one time

Code

ABC ESC ! C0h ABC ESC ! 00h ABC FF

Print result

ABC

ESC X Specify character size

[ASCII] ESC X n

[Decimal] 27 88 n

[Hexadecimal] 1B 58 n [Parameters] 0≤n≤6 or 30h≤n≤36h

[Description]

・Specifies the character size.

・The character size can be set to AUTO or a fixed size (six sizes).

If n=0 (or 30h), the AUTO size is applied.

If n=1 (or 31h), the 4-point size is applied. (21 dots)

If n=2 (or 32h), the 6-point size is applied. (28 dots)

If n=3 (or 33h), the 9-point size is applied. (44 dots)

If n=4 (or 34h), the 12-point size is applied. (56 dots)

If n=5 (or 35h), the 18-point size is applied. (88 dots)

If n=6 (or 36h), the 24-point size is applied. (120 dots)

・Same as FS Y

<China>

If n=0 (or 30h), the AUTO size is applied.

If n=1 (or 31h), the 5-point size is applied. (24 dots)

If n=2 (or 32h), the 6-point size is applied. (32 dots)

If n=3 (or 33h), the 10-point size is applied. (48 dots)

If n=4 (or 34h), the 13-point size is applied. (64 dots)

If n=5 (or 35h), the 19-point size is applied. (48 dots × 2)

If n=6 (or 36h), the 26-point size is applied. (64 dots× 2)

・Same as FS Y

ESC i f Apply/cancel a frame (global)

[ASCII] ESC i f

[Decimal] 27 105 102

[Hexadecimal] 1B 69 66 [Parameters] 0≤n≤1 or 30h≤n≤31h

[Description]

・Applies a frame around the entire text.

If n=0 (or 30h), the frame is cancelled.

If n=1 (or 31h), a frame is applied.

CAN Clear text

[ASCII] CAN

[Decimal] 24

[Hexadecimal] 18

[Parameters] None

[Description]

・Clears all text, image data and bar codes that were received.

DEL Delete one character

[ASCII] DEL

[Decimal] 127

[Hexadecimal] 7F

[Parameters] None

[Description]

・The immediately preceding character within the same line is deleted.

・If the immediately preceding data is a bar code, the bar code is deleted.

・Image data is not deleted.

ESC CR Not available

[ASCII] ESC CR n

[Decimal] 27 13 n

[Hexadecimal] 1B 0D n [Parameters] 0≤n≤255

[Description]

・Does nothing.

Line feed commands

ESC 0 Specify line feed of 1/8 inch

[ASCII] ESC 0

[Decimal] 27 48

[Hexadecimal] 1B 30

[Parameters] None

[Description]

・Specifies a line feed of 1/8 inch (approximately 0.32 cm).

ESC 2 Specify line feed of 1/6 inch

[ASCII] ESC 2

[Decimal] 27 50

[Hexadecimal] 1B 32

[Parameters] None

[Description]

・Specifies a line feed of 1/6 inch (approximately 0.42 cm).

ESC 3 Specify line feed of n/180 inch

[ASCII] ESC 3 n

[Decimal] 27 51 n

[Hexadecimal] 1B 33 n [Parameters] 0≤n≤255

[Description]

・Specifies a line feed of n/180 inch per text line.

・If n is less than 24, the line feed amount is set to 24/180 inch (approximately 0.34 cm).

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