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ESC/POS® Information Manual

Guide to TM–T88/T88P (TM–T85/T85P)
9610-00

SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
SYSTEM DEVICE DIVISION

2070 Kotobuki Koaka, Matsumoto-shi, Nagano-ken 399, Japan

SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

SYSTEM DEVICE DIVISION

2070 Kotobuki Koaka, Matsumoto-shi, Nagano-ken 399, Japan

Introduction

ESC/POS

The market for store automation equipment is changing rapidly with the widespread
introduction of POS (point of sale) terminals. These terminals are now appearing even in small
retail stores and specialty shops. They occupy a secure position in the range of applications
available for personal computers.

As more personal computers come to be used as POS terminals, the demand for matching
standardized peripheral devi ces is expected to rise. At present, however, many of t he competing
POS terminal printer displays on the market employ mutually incompatible command sets. This
imposes limits on the expandability and range of applications possible with PC-based systems.
There is a need for a new command set designed to provide the expandability and universal
applicability demanded by the market.

To meet this need, Seiko Epson Corporation proposes the adoption of a newly developed
command set to standardize POS terminal peripheral devices: ESC/POS (Epson Standard Code
for Point of S ale).

The aim when developing ESC/POS was to create a set of control codes that could be used to
operate any output device c onnected to a PO S terminal. T hese new codes ar e intended to replace
the mutually incompatible command sets previously in use.

TM/DM series models already support ESC/POS, and they have been evaluated highly in the
marketplace.

Seiko Epson Corporation plans to produ ce new models in t he TM/DM series offeri ng ESC/POS
support and to continue to work for the standardization of the entire POS environment to
promote the dissemination of ESC/POS.

About This Manual

❏ Chapter 1 contains a table of supported commands, descriptions of all the commands

arranged by function with program examples and print samples, and character code tables.

❏ Chapter 2 contains an example showing several commands used in a program for issuing a

coupon containing bar codes.

❏ Chapter 3 contains a table of the commands listed by function type and a table showing

which commands are supported by various EPSON printers.

Rev. A i

Features

The TM-T88 and TM-T88P (TM-T85/T85P) can be used as one-statio n printers for ECR and POS,
as ticket-issuing devices, and as output devices for weighing and measuring. The printers have
the following features:

❏ Light weigh t and ultra- compact size.
❏ High speed printing: 16.5 lines per second. (12 lines per second for TM85/T85P).
❏ Low-noise thermal printing.
❏ Easy maintenance for tasks such as head cleaning.
❏ New paper handling enables easy paper roll setting.
❏ Command protocol based on the ESC/POS™ standard.
❏ Various layouts possible using page mode.
❏ Font selection (12 × 24 or 9 × 24) possible using a command.
❏ Character extension (up to 64 times the standard size) and character smoothing.
❏ Four different print densities selectable via DIP switch settings.
❏ Water-resistant operation panel.
❏ Bar code printing possible both in the vertical direction (fence bar code) and horizontal

direction (ladder bar code in page mode) using a command.

❏ Repeated operation and copy printing possible using macro definitions.
❏ Control capability for two drawers via the built-in interface.
❏ The auto-cutter is equipped.

Option

❏ EPSON power supply unit, PS-170.

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Specifications

❏ Printing specifications

Printing method: Thermal line printing
Printing speed: Approximately 16.5 lines/second (1/6-inch feed)

(Approximately 12 lines/second for TM-T85/T85P)

Paper feed speed: Approximately 70 mm/s

Approximately 50 mm/s for TM-T85/T85P)

Dot density: 180 dpi × 180 dpi
Printing width: 72 mm (2.83”), 512 dot positions

❏ Character specifications

Character fonts: 12 × 24/9 × 24
Characters per line: 42/56
Character size: 1.41(W) × 3.39(H) mm/.99(W) × 3.39(H) mm
Character sets: ASCII: 95 characters

International: 32 characters
Extended graphics: 128 characters × 6 pages

❏ Paper size: Paper roll: 79-80(W) mm × 83.0 mm diameter
❏ Interface: RS-232 (seria l interface)

IEEE 1284 (parallel interface)
or
RS-485 ( a dealer option)

❏ Receive buffer: 4K or 45 bytes (selectable by DIP switch)

TM-T88

POWER

ERROR

PAPER

OUT

FEED

Rev. A iii

Contents
Chapter 1 Command Descriptions

Using Bit Value Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Print Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Line Spacing Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Character Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Panel Button Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19

Paper Sensor Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19

Print Position Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21

Bit-Image Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-28

Status Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32

Bar Code Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-39

Macro Function Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-44

Mechanism Control Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-46

Miscellaneous Function Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-47

Character Code Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-54

Chapter 2 Application
Chapter 3 Command Reference

Command Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Reference Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

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Chapter 1

Command Descriptions

Following this table are all the commands organized by function and described with program
examples and print samples. The print samples are images of the printing results of the program
examples; they do not represent actual printing.

Supported Commands

Command N ame Function Type

HT
LF

FF

CR
CAN
DLE EOT
DLE ENQ
ESC FF
ESC SP
ESC !
ESC $
ESC %
ESC &

✻ Select bit-image mode Bit image 1-28

ESC
ESC –
ESC 2
ESC 3
ESC =
ESC ?
ESC @
ESC D
ESC E
ESC G
ESC J
ESC L
ESC R
ESC S
ESC T

Horizontal tab Print position 1-23
Print and line feed Print 1-4
Print and return to standard mode (in page

mode)
Print and carriage return Print 1-4
Cancel print data in page mode Character 1-18
Real-time status transmission Status 1-35
Real-time reques t to p rin t e r Miscellaneous function 1-52
Print data in pag e mo de Print 1 -6
Set right-side character spacing Character 1-8
Select print mode(s) Character 1-13
Set absolute print position Print position 1-21
Select/cancel user-define d chara cte r set Character 1-9
Define user- defined characters Character 1-9

Turn underline mode on/off Character 1-14
Select default line spacing Line spacing 1-7
Set line spacing Line spacing 1-7
Select peripheral device Miscellaneous function 1-50
Cancel user-defined chara ct ers Character 1-9
Initialize printer Miscellaneous function 1-48
Set horizontal tab positions Print position 1-23
Turn emphasized mode on/off Character 1-14
Turn double-strike mode on/off Character 1-15
Print and feed paper Print 1-5
Select page mode Miscellaneous function 1-51
Select an international charac ter set Character 1-11
Select standard mode Miscellaneous function 1-51
Select print direction in page mode Print position 1-26

Print 1-6

Page
Number

Rev. A Command Descriptions 1-1

Command N ame Function Type

ESC V Turn 90° clockwise rotation mode on/off Character 1-16
ESC W Set printing area in page mode Print position 1-25
ESC \ Set relative print position Print position 1-22
ESC a Select justification Print position 1-22

ESC c 3

ESC c 4 Select paper sensor(s) to stop printing Paper sensor 1-19
ESC c 5 Enable/disable panel buttons Panel button 1-19
ESC d Print and feed n lines Print 1-5
ESC i Partial cut (one poin t lef t unc ut ) Mechanism c o nt rol 1-46
ESC p Generate pulse Miscellaneous function 1 -5 0
ESC t Select character code table Character 1-12
ESC u Transmit peripheral de vice status Status 1-38
ESC v Transmit paper sensor status Status 1-38
ESC { Turn upside-down printin g mode on/off Character 1-15
GS ! Select character size Character 1-16
GS $ Set absolute vertical print position in page mode Print position 1-27

✻ Define downloaded bit image Bit image 1-29

GS
GS / Print downloaded bit image Bit image 1-30
GS : Start/end macro definition Macro function 1-44
GS B Turn white/black reverse printing mode on/off Character 1-17
GS H Select printing position of HRI characters Bar code 1-43
GS I Transmit printer ID Miscellaneous function 1-49
GS L Set left ma rgi n Print positio n 1-24
GS P Set horizontal and vertical motion units Miscellaneous function 1-48
GS V Select cut mode and cut paper Mechanism control 1-46
GS W Set printing area width Print position 1-24
GS \ Set relative vert ic a l pr in t po s it io n in pag e mo d e Print position 1-27
GS ^ Execute macro Macro function 1-44
GS a Enable/disable Automatic Status Back (ASB) Status 1-32
GS b Turn smoothing mode on/off Character 1-18
GS f Select font for HRI characters Bar code 1-43
GS h Set bar code height Bar code 1-39
GS k Print bar code Bar code 1-42
GS r Transmit status Status 1-34
GS w Set bar code width Bar code 1-39

Select paper sensor(s) to output pap er-en d
signals

Paper sensor 1-20

Page
Number

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❏ ESC i, ESC u, and ESC v are supported only by TM-T85/T85P.

These commands are not recommended. (There are other commands which support the
same functions of the above commands.) For the TM -T88/T88P, GS V and GS r can be used
as the above commands.

❏ The functions of GS V and ESC c 5 are different for TM-T88/T88P and TM-T85/T85P.
❏ For DLE EOT, GS a and GS r, conditions of status changes for paper roll sensor and

automatic recovery error are different for TM-T88/T88P and TM-T85/T85P.

Using Bit Value Tables

For each command that has a compl ex method o f determi ning the variable n, there is a t able sho wing
how to calculate the variable in three numbering systems: binary, hexadecimal, and decimal.

When you look at the table, first find the value of each component of the variable. Then add the
values of the components together to determine the value of the variable n.

For example, here is how you would use the table below, which selects the print mode, to combine
double height, double width, and underline. In the table, you see that bit 4 on (or hex 10 or decimal

16) turns on double height, bit 5 on (or hex 20 or decimal 32) turns on double width, and bit 7 on (or
hex 80 or decimal 128) turns on underline mode.

To combine all three, turn on bits 4, 5, and 7, which is 10110000 in binary. Or you can add the hex
values 10, 20, and 80 for the hex sum of B0, or you can add the decimal values 16, 32, and 128 for the
decimal value of 176.

Therefore, you send the following to turn on do uble hei ght , doubl e wid th , and underli ne, d epending
on the numbering system used:

ASCII ESC ! n
Hex 1B 21 B0
Decimal 28 33 176

Bit Off/On Hex Decimal Function

0

1, 2 — — — Undefined.

3

4

5

6 — — — Undefined.

7

Off 00 0 Character f o nt A selected.
On 01 1 Character font B selected.

Off 00 0 Emphasized mode not selected.
On 08 8 Emphasized mode selected.
Off 00 0 Double-height mode not selected.
On 10 16 Double-height mode selected.
Off 00 0 Double-width mo de not selected.
On 20 32 Double-width mode selected.

Off 00 0 Underline mode not selected.
On 80 128 Underline mode selected.

Rev. A Command Descriptions 1-3

Note that the program examples throughout this chapter use decimal numbers, but binary, decimal,
and hexadecimal numbers all have the same printing results.

Print Commands

The TM-T88/T88P (TM-T85/T85P) supports the following commands for printing characters and
advancing paper. When executing printing with the standard mode selected, the printer executes
paper feed. When the page mode is selected, except for FF and ESC FF, only the data development
position is moved and actual printing and paper feeding are not executed.

Command Name
LF Print and line feed
CR Print and carriage return
ESC J Print and feed paper
ESC d Print and feed n lines
FF Print and return to standard mode (in page mode)
ESC FF Print data in page mode

LF

[Name] Print and line feed
[Format] ASCII LF

Hex 0A
Decimal 10

LF prints the data i n the print buffer and feeds one li ne. The amount of paper fed per li ne i s based on
the value set using the line spacing command. The default setting is 1/6 inch.

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, "AAAAA"; CHR$(&HA); AAAAA
PRINT #1, "BBBBB"; CHR$(&HA); BBBBB

CR

[Name] Print and carriage return
[Format] ASCII CR

Hex 0D
Decimal 13

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CR functions in the same way as LF when auto line feed is enabled. Auto line feed can be disabled or
enabled by DIP switch 1-1. This command sets the print position to the beginning of the line. When
auto line feed is disabled, this command is ignored. This command is available only with a parallel
interface an d is ignored with a serial interf ace.

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, "AAAAA"; CHR$(&HD); AAAAA
PRINT #1, " BBBBB"; CHR$(&HA); BBBBB

AAAAA BBBBB

←

Auto line feed enabled

←

Auto line feed disabled

ESC J n

[Name] Print and feed pa per
[Format] ASCII ESC J n

Hex 1B 4A n
Decimal 27 74 n

[Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255
ESC J n prints the data in the print buffer and feeds the pap er n × (vert ical or horizo ntal mot ion uni t).

This command is used to temporarily feed a specific length without changing the line spacing set by
other commands. The maximum paper feed amount is 40 inches. When standard mode is selected,
the vertical motion unit set by GS P is used. When page mode is selected, the vertical or horizontal
motion unit set by GS P is used for the print direction set by ESC T.

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"P";CHR$(180);CHR$(180);
PRINT #1, "AAAAA"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "BBBBB"; CHR$(&H1B);"J";CHR$(100);
PRINT #1, "CCCCC"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "DDDDD"; CHR$(&HA);

AAAAA
BBBBB

CCCCC
DDDDD

ESC J used to print one line and advance
the paper by 100/180 inc

h

ESC d n

[Name] Print and feed n lines
[Format] ASCII ESC d n

Hex 1B 64 n
Decimal 27 100 n

[Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255

Rev. A Command Descriptions 1-5

ESC d n prints the data in the pr int buffer and feeds n lines. The amount of pap er fed per line is based
on the value set using the line spac ing command. The maximum paper feed amount is 40 i nches. The
default setting of the paper feed amount is 1/6 inch.

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, "AAAAA"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "BBBBB"; CHR$(&H1B);"d";CHR$(6);
PRINT #1, "CCCCC"; CHR$(&HA);

AAAAA
BBBBB

CCCCC

FF

[Name] Print and return to standard mode (in page mode)
[Format] ASCII FF

Hex 0C
Decimal 12

ESC FF

[Name] Print data in page mode
[Format] ASCII ESC FF

ESC d used to print one line and
advance the paper by six lines

Hex 1B 0C
Decimal 27 12

FF prints the data in the print bu ffer collectively and returns to standard mode. The buffer data is
deleted after being printe d. This comman d returns the values set by ESC W to the default values.
The value set by ESC T is maintained. This command is enabled only in page mode.

ESC FF prints all buffered data in the printable area collectively, in page mode. This command is
enabled only in page mode. After printing, the printer does not clear the buffered data or values set
by other commands. When the printer returns to standard mode, FF or ESC S should be executed.
The above commands do not cut the paper.

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"L";←
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"W";CHR$(0);CHR$(0);CHR$(0);
CHR$(0);CHR$(120);CHR$(0);CHR$(240);CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"T";CHR$(0);←
PRINT #1, "AAAAA"; CHR$(&HA);←
PRINT #1, "BBBBB"; CHR$(&HA);←
PRINT #1, "CCCCC"; CHR$(&H1B);CHR$(&HC);←
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"V";CHR$(66);(CHR$(0);←
PRINT #1, CHR$(&HC);←

Select page mode

Select print direction
Store characters for printing
Store characters for printing

Batch print

Cut

Batch print and return to standard mode

AAAAA
BBBBB
CCCCC

AAAAA
BBBBB
CCCCC

←

Cut paper

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Line Spacing Commands

The TM-T88/T88P (TM-T85/T85 P ) su pports the following comman ds f or setting line spacing. These
commands only set the line spacing; they do not actually advance the paper. The line spacing can be
set independently in standard mode and in page mode. The line spacing set using these commands
affects the results of LF and ESC d and paper feeding by using the FEED button.

Command Name
ESC 2 Select default line spacing
ESC 3 Set line spacing

ESC 2

[Name] Select default line spacing
[Format] ASCII ESC 2

Hex 1B 32
Decimal 27 50

ESC 3 n

[Name] Set line spacing
[Format] ASCII ESC 3 n

Hex 1B 33 n
Decimal 27 51 n

[Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255

ESC 2 sets the line spacing to 1/6 inch. This is equivalent to 30 dots.
ESC 3 n sets the line spacing to n × (vertical or horizontal motion unit). The default setting of the

paper feed amount is 1/6 inch (n=60). The maximum line spacing amount is 40 inches. When
standard mode is selected, the vertical motion unit set by GS P is used. When page mode is selected,
the vertical or horizontal motion unit set by GS P is used for the print direction set by ESC T.

The line spacing can be set independently in standard mode and in page mode.

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"P";CHR$(180);CHR$(180);
FOR n=25 TO 50 STEP 5

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"3";CHR$(n);

PRINT #1, "AAAAA"; CHR$(&HA);
NEXT n
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"2";
PRINT #1, "BBBBB"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "CCCCC"; CHR$(&HA);

←

Set the default

←

Set line spacing

AAAAA
AAAAA

AAAAA
AAAAA

AAAAA

AAAAA
BBBBB

CCCCC

25/180-inch line spacing
30/180-inch line spacing
35/180-inch line spacing

40/180-inch line spacing
45/180-inch line spacing

50/180-inch line spacing

1/6-inch line spacing

Rev. A Command Descriptions 1-7

Character Commands

The TM-T88/T88P (TM-T85/T85P) supports the following commands for setting character font and
size:

Command Name
ESC SP Set right-side character spacing
ESC % Select/cancel user-defined character set
ESC & Define user-defined characters
ESC ? Cancel user-defined characters
ESC R Select an international character set
ESC t Select character code table
ESC ! Select print mode(s)
ESC – Turn underline mode on/off
ESC E Turn emphasized mode on/off
ESC G Turn double-strike mode on/off
ESC { Turn upside-down printing mode on/off
ESC V Turn 90° clockwis e rotation mode on/off
GS ! Select character size
GS B Turn white/black reverse printing mode on/off
GS b Turn smoothing mode on/off
CAN Cancel print data in page mode

ESC SP n

[Name] Set right-side character spacing
[Format] ASCII ESC SP n

Hex 1B 20 n
Decimal 27 32 n

[Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255

×

ESC SP n sets the right-side character spacing to n
change the spacing between characters. The default setting is n=0. When standard mode is selected,
the horizontal motion unit set by GS P is used. When page mode is selected, the vertical or horizon tal
motion unit set by GS P is used for the print direction set b y ESC T.

This command is effective for all characters (except for HRI characters).

(horizontal or vertical moti on unit ). It is used to

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The right-side character spacing can be set independently in standard mode and in page mode.

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"P";CHR$(180);CHR$(180);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);" ";CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, "AAAAA"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);" ";CHR$(6);
PRINT #1, "BBBBB"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);" ";CHR$(12);
PRINT #1, "CCCCC"; CHR$(&HA);

←

Character spacing set to 0

←

Character spacing set to 6

←

Character spacing set to 12

ESC % n

[Name] Select/cancel user-defined character set
[Format] ASCII ESC % n

Hex 1B 25 n
Decimal 27 37 n

←

AAAAA
BBBBB
CCCCC

0-inch right-side character spacing

←

6/180-inch right-side character spacing

←

12/180-inch right-side character spacing

[Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255

ESC & y c1 c2 [x1 d1 ... d(y × x1)] ... [xk d1 ... d(y × xk)]

[Name] Define user-defined characters
[Format] ASCII ESC & y c1 c2 [x1 d1 ... d(y × x1)] ... [xk d1 ... d(y × xk)]

Hex 1B 26

c1 c2 [x1 d1 ... d(y × x1)] ... [xk d1 ... d(y × xk)]

y

Decimal 27 38 y c1 c2 [x1 d1 ... d(y × x1)] ... [xk d1 ... d(y × xk)]

[Range] y = 3

32 ≤ c1 ≤ c2 ≤ 126
0 ≤ x ≤ 12 (Font A (12 × 24))
0 ≤ x ≤ 9 (Font B (9 × 24))
0 ≤ d1 ... d(y × xk) ≤ 255
k = c2-c1+1

ESC ? n

[Name] Cancel user-defined characters
[Format] ASCII ESC ? n

Hex 1B 3F n
Decimal 27 63 n

[Range] 32 ≤ n ≤ 126
ESC % n selects or cancels the user-defined character set. When the LSB (least significant bit) of n is 1,

the user-defined character set is selected. When it is 0, the int ern al cha rac ter set is selected; this is the
default settin g.

Rev. A Command Descriptions 1-9

ESC & y c1 c2 [x1 d1 ... d(y × x1)] ... [xk d1 ... d(y × xk)] defines user-defined characters from character
code c1 to c2. y and x are the configuration of a user-defined character. y specifies the number of
bytes in the vertical direction. x specifies the number of dots in the horizontal direction. Character
codes from the alphanumeric characters (20H (decimal 32) to 7EH (decimal 126)) ca n be defined by c1
and c2. Data (d) specifies a bit printed to 1 and not printed to 0. As the default, user-defined
characters are not defined and the internal character set is printed. Once the user-defined characters
have been defined, they are available until ESC ?, ESC @, or GS ✻ is executed; the user-defined
characters are redefined; the power is turned off; or the printer is reset. When this command is
executed, the downloaded bit image is canceled.

ESC ? n cancels the user-defined characters defined for the character code n. After the user-defined
characters are canceled, the internal character set is printed.

Program Example Program Example (continued)

y=3
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"&";CHR$(y);"AC";
x=9: PRINT #1, CHR$(x);
FOR i=1 TO y*x
READ d: PRINT #1, CHR$(d);
NEXT i
x=11: PRINT #1, CHR$(x);
FOR i=1 TO y*x
READ d: PRINT #1, CHR$(d);
NEXT i
x=12: PRINT #1, CHR$(x);
FOR i=1 TO y*x
READ d: PRINT #1, CHR$(d);
NEXT i
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"%";CHR$(0);←
PRINT #1, "A B C D E"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"%";CHR$(1);
PRINT #1, "A B C D E"; CHR$(&HA):
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"?";"A";
PRINT #1, "A B C D E"; CHR$(&HA);

DATA &H00,&H20,&H00,&H00,&HF8,&H00,&H03,&HFE
DATA &H00,&H0F,&HFF,&H80,&H3F,&HFF,&HE0,&H0F
DATA &HFF,&H80,&H03,&HFE,&H00,&H00,&Hf8,&H00
DATA &H00,&H20,&H00
DATA &H00,&H20,&H00,&H00,$HF8,&H00,&H03,&H8E
DATA &H00,&H0E,&H03,&H80,&H38,&H00,&HE0,&HE0
DATA &H00,&H38,&H38,&H00,&HE0,&H0E,&H03,&H80
DATA &H03,&H8E,&H00,&H00,&HF8,&H00,&H00,&H20
DATA &H00

Select the internal character set

Select the user-defined

←

character set

←

Cancel the user-defined character

Defines the
user-defined

characters as
"A", "B", and "C"

DATA &H00,&H30,&H00,&H00,&HF0,&H00,&H03,&HF0
DATA &H00,&H0F,&H3F,&HF8,&H3C,&H3F,&HF8,&HF0
DATA &H00,&H00,&HF0,&H00,&H00,&H3C,&H3F,&HF8
DATA &H0F,&H3F,&HF8,&H03,&HF0,&H00,&H00,&HF0
DATA &H00,&H00,&H30,&H00

Print Sample

←

ABCDE

♦◊⇑

A◊⇑DE

Characters from internal character set

←

Characters from user-defined character set

DE

←

Characters from user-defined character set

(cancel one character)

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ESC R n

[Name] Select an international character set
[Format] ASCII ESC R n

Hex 1B 52 n
Decimal 27 82 n

[Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 10
ESC R n selects an international character set n as follows. The default value is U.S.A. (n=0).

ASCII code

n Country

Hex2324405B5C5D5E607B7C7D 7E

Dec 35 36 64 91 92 93 94 96 123 124 125 126

0 U.S.A. # $ @

\

[

^` { ¦}

]

1 Fra nc e # $ à ° ç § ^ ` é ù è ¨

2 G ermany # $ § Ä Ö Ü ^ ` ä ö ü ß

3U.K. £

$@

[

\

]

^`

{ ¦ }

4 Denmark I # $ @ Æ Ø Å ^ ` æ ø å

5 Swe den # ¤ É Ä Ö Å Ü é ä ö å ü

6 Ita ly # $ @ ° \ é ^ ù à ò è ì

7 S pai n Pt $ @ ¡ Ñ ¿ ^ ` ¨ ñ }

8 Japan # $ @

¥

[

^` { ¦}

]

9 Nor way # ¤ É Æ Ø Å Ü é æ ø å ü

10 D enmark II # $ É Æ Ø Å Ü é æ ø å ü

Program Example Print Sample

~

~

~

~

~

~

FOR n=0 TO 10

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"R";CHR$(n);
PRINT #1, "# $ @ [ \ ] ^ ` { ¦ }

NEXT n

~

"; CHR$(&HA);

# $@[ \]^` { ¦}
# $à°ç§^`éùè¨←
# $§ÄÖÜ ^ `äöüß←

£ $@[\ ]^`{ ¦}

# $ @ÆØÅ^` æø å
# ¤ЙДЦЕЬйдцеь←
# $@°\й^щатим←

Pt $@¡Ñ¿^` ¨ñ}

# $@[¥]^`{¦}
# ¤ЙЖШЕЬйжшеь←
# $ЙЖШЕЬйжшеь←

←

n

=0 (Default setting)

n

=1

n

=2

~

←

n

=3

~

←

n

=4

n

=5

n

=6

~

←

n

=7

~

←

n

=8

n

=9

n

=10

Rev. A Command Descriptions 1-11

ESC t n

[Name] Select character code table
[Format] ASCII ESC t n

Hex 1B 74 n
Decimal 27 116 n

[Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 5

n = 255

ESC t n selects a page n from the character code table as follows. The default setting is page 0 (n=0).
The alphanumeric characters (20H (decimal 32) to 7FH (decimal 12 7)) are the same for each page. The
extended characters (80H (decimal 128) to FFH (decimal 255)) are different for each page.

n Character Code Table

0 Page 0 [PC437 (U.S.A. , Standard Europe)]

1 Page 1 [Katakana]

2 Page 2 [PC850 (Multilingual)]

3 Page 3 [PC860 (Portuguese)]

4 Page 4 [PC863 (Canadian-French)]

5 Page 5 [PC865 (Nordic)]

255 Page 255 [Space page]

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"t";CHR$(0); ←
GOSUB printing
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"t";CHR$(1);
GOSUB printing
END

printing:
FOR i=&H20 TO &H7F
PRINT #1, CHR$(i);
NEXT i
PRINT #1, CHR$(&HA);
FOR i=&H80 TO &HFF
PRINT #1, CHR$(i);
NEXT i
PRINT #1, CHR$(&HA);
RETURN

←

Select page 0

Select page 1

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ESC ! n

[Name] Select print mode(s)
[Format] ASCII ESC ! n

Hex 1B 21 n
Decimal 27 33 n

[Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255
ESC ! n selects print modes using n as follows. The default setting is n=0. This command is effective

for all characters (except for HRI characters). When underline mode is turned on, 90° clockwise­rotated characters and white/black reverse characters cannot be underlined.

Bit Off/On Hex Decimal Function

Off 00 0 Character font A (12 x 24) selected.

0

On 01 1 Character font B (9 x 24) selected.

1, 2 — — — Undef in e d.

Off 00 0 Emphasized mode not selected.

3

On 08 8 Emphasized mode selected.
Off 00 0 Double-height mode not selected.

4

On 10 16 Double-height mode selected.
Off 00 0 Double-width mode selected.

5

On 20 32 Double-width mo de n ot sel ec ted.

6 – – – Undefined.

Off 00 0 Un derline mode not selec ted .

7

On 80 128 Underline mode selected.

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"!";CHR$(0); "AA";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"!";CHR$(8); "BB";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"!";CHR$(16); "CC";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"!";CHR$(24); "DD";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"!";CHR$(32); "EE";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"!";CHR$(40); "FF";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"!";CHR$(48); "GG";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"!";CHR$(56); "HH"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"!";CHR$(129); "AA";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"!";CHR$(137); "BB";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"!";CHR$(145); "CC";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"!";CHR$(153); "DD";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"!";CHR$(161); "EE";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"!";CHR$(169); "FF";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"!";CHR$(177); "GG";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"!";CHR$(185); "HH"; CHR$(&HA);

AA: Normal
BB: Emphasized
CC: Double-height
DD: Emphasized + Double-height
EE: Double-width
FF: Emphasized + Double-width
GG: Double-height + Double-width
HH: Emphasized + Double-height + Double-width

←

Font A (12x24)

←

Font B (9x24)
with underline

Rev. A Command Descriptions 1-13

ESC – n

[Name] Turn underline mode on/off
[Format] ASCII ESC – n

Hex 1B 2D

n

Decimal 27 45 n

[Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 2

48 ≤ n ≤ 50

ESC – n turns underline mode on or off. When n=1 or 49, underline mode (one-dot width) is turned
on; when n=2 or 50, underline mode (two-dot width) is turned on; and when n=0 or 48, underline
mode is turned off. This command is effective for all characters (except for HRI characters). When
underline mode is on, 90° clockwise rotated characters and white/black reverse characters cannot be
underlined. The default sett ing is n=0.

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"-";CHR$(1);←
PRINT #1, "AAAAA"; CHR$(&HA); BBBBB
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"-";CHR$(0);←
PRINT #1, "BBBBB"; CHR$(&HA);

Select

Cancel

AAAAA

←

Underline (one-dot width) turned on

←

Underline turned off

ESC E n

[Name] Turn emphasized mode on/off
[Format] ASCII ESC E n

Hex 1B 45 n
Decimal 27 69 n

[Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255
ESC E n turns emphasized mode on or off. When the LSB (least significant bit) of n is 1, emphasized

mode is turned on; when it is 0, emphasized mode is turned off. The default setting is n=0.
Emphasized and double-strike printing appea r the same. This command is effective for all characters
(except for HRI characters).

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"E";CHR$(1);
PRINT #1, "AAAAA"; CHR$(&HA); BBBBB ←
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"E";CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, "BBBBB"; CHR$(&HA);

←

←

Select

Cancel

AAAAA ←

Emphasized
Normal

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ESC G n

[Name] Turn double-strike mode on/off
[Format] ASCII ESC G n

Hex 1B 47 n
Decimal 27 71 n

[Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255
ESC G n turns double-strike mode on or off. When the LSB (least significant bit) of n is 1, double-

strike mode is turned on; when it is 0, double-strike mode is turned off. The default setting is n=0.
Double-strike and emphasized printing appear the same. This command is effective for all characters
(except for HRI characters).

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"G";CHR$(1);←
PRINT #1, "AAAAA"; CHR$(&HA); BBBBB
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"G";CHR$(0);←
PRINT #1, "BBBBB"; CHR$(&HA);

Select

Cancel

AAAAA

←

Double-strike

←

Normal

ESC { n

[Name] Turn upside-down printing mode on/off
[Format] ASCII ESC { n

Hex 1B 7B n
Decimal 27 123 n

[Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255
ESC { n turns upside-down printing mode on or off. When the LSB (least significant bit) of n is 1,

upside-down printing mode is tur ned on; when it is 0 , upside -down printi ng mo de is turned off. The
default settin g is n=0. When upside-down mode is turned on, the printer prints 180°-rotated
characters from right to left. The line printing order is not reversed; therefore, be careful of the order
of the data transmitted. In standard mode, this command is enabled only when processed at the
beginning of a line. In page mode, an internal fl ag is activate d and this co mmand is enabled when t he
printer returns to standard mode.

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"{";CHR$(0);←
GOSUB printing
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"{";CHR$(1);←
GOSUB printing
END
printing:
PRINT #1, "ABCDE"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "BCDEF"; CHR$(&HA);
RETURN

Cancel

Select

Normal printing

ABCDE
BCDEF

ABCDE
BCDEF

Upside-down
printing

Rev. A Command Descriptions 1-15

ESC V n

[Name] Turn 90° clockwise rotation mode on/off
[Format] ASCII ESC V n

Hex 1B 56 n
Decimal 27 86 n

[Range] n = 0, 1, 48, 49
ESC V n turns 90° clockwise rot ation mode on or off. When n=1 or 49, 90° cl ock wise rotation mode is

turned on; when n=0 or 48, this mod e is turned off. The defau lt s etting is n=0. I n standard mode, this
command is enabled only when processed at the beginning of a line. In page mode, an internal flag is
activated and this command is enabled when the pri nter retur ns to standard mode. This command is
effective for all characters (except for HRI characters).

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"P";CHR$(180);CHR$(180);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);" ";CHR$(20);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"3";CHR$(15);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"V";CHR$(1);
GOSUB printing
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"2";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"V";CHR$(0);
GOSUB printing
END

Printing
PRINT #1, "AAAAA"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "BBBBB"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "CCCCC"; CHR$(&HA);
RETURN

←

Set paper feed amount

←

Set right-side spacing

←

Set line spacing

←

Select

←

Cancel

GS ! n

[Name] Select character size
[Format] ASCII GS ! n

Hex 1D 21 n
Decimal 29 33 n

Right-side spacing

ABC

ABC

ABC

AAAAA

A
B

BBBBB

C

CCCCC

Right-side spacing

ABC

ABC

ABC

Line
spacing

Line
spacing

ESC V

0

ESC V

1

[Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255

(1 ≤ vertical number of times normal font size ≤ 8,

1 ≤ horizontal number of times normal font size ≤ 8)

GS ! n selects the character height (vertical number of times normal font size) using bits 0 to 3 and
selects the character width (horizontal number of times normal font size) using bits 4 to 7, as follows.
The default setting is n=0. This co mmand is effect ive for al l cha racters (except for HRI characters). If

n is outside of the defined range, this command is ignored.

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Character Width S election Ch ar acter He ight Selec tio n

Hex Decimal Width Hex Decimal Height

00 0 1 (normal) 00 0 1 (normal)
10 16 2 (double width) 01 1 2 (double height)
20 32 3 02 2 3
30 48 4 03 3 4
40 64 5 04 4 5
50 80 6 05 5 6
60 96 7 06 6 7
70 112 8 07 7 8

.

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"!";CHR$(68);
PRINT #1, "BBBBB"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"!";CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, "AAAAA"; CHR$(&HA);

BBBBB

←

AAAAA

Normal

←

Select five-times
normal font height
and five-times
normal font width

GS B n

[Name] Turn white/ black reverse printing mode on/off
[Format] ASCII GS B n

Hex 1D 42 n
Decimal 29 66 n

[Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255
GS B n turns white/black reverse printing mode on or off. When the LSB (least significant bit) of n is

1, white/black reverse printing mode is turned on; when it is 0, this mode is turned off. The default
setting is n=0. In white/black reverse printing mode, characters are printed in white on a black
background. This command is effective for all characters (except for HRI characters).

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"B";CHR$(1);
PRINT #1, "AAAAA"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"B";CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, "BBBBB"; CHR$(&HA);

←

←

Select

Cancel

AAAAA

BBBBB

←

White/black reverse printing

←

Normal printing

Rev. A Command Descriptions 1-17

GS b n

[Name] Turn smoothing mode on/off
[Format] ASCII GS b n

Hex 1D 62 n
Decimal 29 98 n

[Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255
GS b n turns smoothing mode on or off. When the LSB (least significant bit) of n is 1, smoothing

mode is turned on; when it is 0, smoothing mode is turned off. The default setting is n=0. Smoothing
is available for quadruple-size or larger characters.

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"!";CHR$(68);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"b";CHR$(1);
PRINT #1, "AAAAA"; CHR$(&HA);

←

Select font size

←

Select smoothing

AAAAA

CAN

[Name] Cancel print data in page mode
[Format] ASCII CAN

Hex 18
Decimal 24

CAN deletes all the print data for the current print job in page mode. This command is enabled only
in page mode.

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"P";CHR$(180);CHR$(180);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"L";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"W";CHR$(0);CHR$(0);CHR$(0);

CHR$(0);CHR$(240);CHR$(0);CHR$(44);CHR$(1);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"T";CHR$(0);
FOR i=1 TO 200 : PRINT #1, "A"; : NEXT i
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"W";CHR$(60);CHR$(0);CHR$(90);

CHR$(0);CHR$(60);CHR$(0);CHR$(120);CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H18);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&HC);

←

Select page mode

←

Select print direction

←

Cancel print data

←

Batch print and return to standard mode

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAA AAAAAAAAAA
AAAAA AAAAAAAAAA
AAAAA AAAAAAAAAA
AAAAA AAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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Panel Button Command

TheTM-T88/T88P ( TM-T85/T85P) supports the following command for enabling and disabling the
panel button (FEED):

Command Name

ESC c 5 Enable/disable panel buttons

ESC c 5 n

[Name] Enable/disable panel buttons
[Format] ASCII ESC c 5 n

Hex 1B 63 35 n
Decimal279953n

[Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255
ESC c 5 n enables or disables the FEED button. When the LSB (least significant bit) of n is 1, this

button is disabled; when it is 0, this button is enabled. To prevent problems caused by accidentally
pressing the FEED button, use this command to disable t he button. When th e PAPER OUT LED blinks
to indicate th at the printer is w aiting for a ma cro to be execute d, the button i s enabled (but paper
cannot be fed). For TM-T88/T88P, when the printer cover is open, and the paper roll end sensor
detects a paper end, paper cannot be fed by the button regardless of the setti ng of this command. For
TM-T85/T85P, when the printer cover is open, paper can be fed by the button regardless of the
setting of this command. When the paper roll end sensor detects a paper end, paper canno t be fed by
the button.

Program Example

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"c5";CHR$(1);

←

Disable panel button

Paper Sensor Comm ands

The TM-T88/T88P (TM-T85/T85P) supports the following commands for controlling the paper
sensor(s) that stop printing and output paper-end signals:

Command Name
ESC c 4 Select paper sensor(s) to stop printing
ESC c 3 Select paper sensor(s) to output paper-end signals

ESC c 4 n

[Name] Select paper sensor(s) to stop printing
[Format] ASCII ESC c 4 n

Hex 1B 63 34 n
Decimal279952n

Rev. A Command Descriptions 1-19

[Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255

ESC c 4 n selects whether to stop print in g or not when the pap er near end is detect ed. The paper roll
near-end sensor is enabled when either bit 0 or bit 1 is on. When a paper near-end is detected,
printing stops after printing the current line. The printer goes off-line after printing stops. The
default settin g is n=0. If the paper roll near-end sensor is disabled and a paper near-end is detected,
printing does not stop. The printer does not g o off-line, and the PAPER OUT LED comes on. Paper
roll end sensor is always enabled and it detects a paper end, the printer stops printing.

The paper sensor(s) used to stop printing are selected by using n as follows :

Bit Off/On Hex Decimal Function

Off 00 0 Paper roll near-end sensor disabled.

0

On 01 1 Paper roll near-end sensor enabled.
Off 00 0 Paper roll near-end sensor disabled

1

On 02 2 Paper roll near-end sensor enabled.

2-7 - - - Undefined.

Program Example

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"c4";CHR$(1);

←

Paper roll near-end sensor enabled

ESC c 3 n

[Name] Select paper sensor(s) to output paper-end signals
[Format] ASCII ESC c 3 n

Hex 1B 63 33 n
Decimal279951n

[Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255
ESC c 3 n selects whet her to o utput paper-end signal s or no t to a par allel inter face. The default value

is to enable the paper roll near-end and paper roll end sensors (n=15).

When both of these sensors are selected to output signals and either one detects a paper-end, the
paper-end signal is output. When all sensors are disabled, and a paper end is detected, status is
always a paper present. The paper roll near-end sensor is enable d whe n eit her bi t 0 or bit 1 or bot h i s
on. The paper roll end sensor is enabled when either 2 or 3 or both bits is on. This command is
enabled on ly with a para llel interface and is ignore d with a seria l interface.

The paper sensor(s) used to output paper-end signals are selected by using n as follows:

Bit Off/On Hex Decimal Function

Off 00 0 Paper roll near-end sensor disabled.

0

On 01 1 Paper roll near-end sensor enabled.
Off 00 0 Paper roll near-end sensor disabled

1

On 04 2 Paper roll near-end sensor enabled.

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Bit Off/On Hex Decimal Function

Off 00 0 Paper ro ll en d sen sor di sa bl ed .

2

On 04 4 Paper ro ll en d sen sor en abl ed .
Off 00 0 Paper ro ll en d sen sor di sa bl ed .

3

On 08 8 Paper ro ll en d sen sor en abl ed .

4-7 - - - Undefined

TM-T88/T88P (TM-T85/T85P) Information Manual

Program Example

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"c3";CHR$(15);

←

All sensors enabled

Print Position Commands

The TM-T88/T88P ( TM-T85/T85 P) supports the following commands for setting the print position:

Command Name
ESC $ Set absolute print position
ESC \ Set relative print pos i ti on
ESC a Select justification
HT Horizontal tab
ESC D Set horizo ntal tab positions
GS L Set left marg in
GS W Set printing area width
ESC W Set printing area in page mode
ESC T Select print direction in page mode
GS $ Set absolute vertica l print position in page mode
GS \ Set relative vertical print position in page mode

ESC $

n

n

L

H

[Name] Set absolute print position

n

[Format] ASCII ESC $

Hex 1B 24
Decimal 27 36

0 ≤

n

L

nH

≤ 255

≤ 255

[Range] 0 ≤

n

L

H

n

n

L

H

n

n

L

H

Rev. A Command Descriptions 1-21

ESC \

n

n

L

H

[Name] Set relative print position
[Format} ASCII ESC \

Hex 1B 5C
Decimal 27 92

n

n

L

H

n

n

L

H

n

n

L

H

[Range] 0 ≤

ESC $

n

n

L

H

n

≤ 255

L

n

0 ≤

≤ 255

H

sets the print starting posit ion to (

+

n

L

× 256) × (horizontal or vertical motion unit)

n

H

from the beginning of the line. When a left margin is set in standard mode, the position of the left
margin is the beginning of the line.

ESC \

moves the print star ting po sition to (

n

n

L

H

+

n

× 256) × (horizontal or vertical motion unit)

n

L

H

from the current position. Use the complement of N for set ting N pitch mov ement to the left: -Np itch
= 65536 – N, where (

+

n

L

× 256) = 65536 - N.

n

H

When standard mode is selected, the hor izo ntal mot ion u nit set by GS P is used. When page mode is
selected, the horizontal or vertica l motio n unit set by GS P is used for the print direct ion set by ES C T .

If the excessive printing area is selected, it is ignored.

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"P";CHR$(180);CHR$(180);
PRINT #1, "ABCD";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"$";CHR$(90);CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, "EFGH"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "ABCD";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"\";CHR$(90);CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, "EFGH"; CHR$(&HA);

90/180 inch

ABCD EFGH
ABCD EFGH

90/180 inch

ESC a n

[Name] Select justification
[Format] ASCII ESC a n

Hex 1B 61 n
Decimal 27 97 n

[Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 2

48 ≤ n ≤ 50

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ESC a n aligns all t he data in one li ne to a specifi ed positio n. Left justif icati on is selecte d when n=0 o r
48, centering is selected when n=1 or 49, a nd right justificati on is selected when n=2 or 50 . The defau lt
setting is left justification (n=0). In standard mode, this command is enabled only when processed at
the beginning of a line. In page mod e, an internal flag is activa ted and this command is enabled when
the printer returns to standard mode.

Program Example Print Sample

FOR n=0 TO 2
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"a";CHR$(n);
PRINT #1, "ABC"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "ABCD"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "ABCDE"; CHR$(&HA);
NEXT n

ABC
ABCD
ABCDE

HT

[Name] Horizontal tab
[Format] ASCII HT

Hex 09
Decimal 9

ESC D n1 ... nk NUL

[Name] Set horizontal tab positions
[Format] ASCII ESC D n1 ... nk NUL

Hex 1B 44 n1 ... nk 00
Decimal 27 68 n1 ... nk 0

ESC a

0

ABC

ABCD

ABCDE

ESC a

1

ESC a

2

ABC

ABCD

ABCDE

[Range] 1 ≤ n ≤ 255

0 ≤ k ≤ 32

HT moves the print start position to th e next horizontal tab. Thi s command is ignored unless the next
horizontal tab position has been set.

ESC D n1 ... nk NUL sets a horizontal tab position to n columns from the beginning of a line, with k
indicating the total number of horizonta l tab positi ons to be set. When a left margin is set in st andard
mode, the position of the left margin is the beginning of the line. A maximum of 32 tab positions can
be set. This command cancels any previous horizontal tab settings. The default tab positions are
every eight characters for the font A (12 × 24).

Rev. A Command Descriptions 1-23

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, "0123456789012345678901234567890123456";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&HA);
GOSUB ht
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"D";CHR$(10);CHR$(20);
PRINT #1, CHR$(30);CHR$(0);
GOSUB ht
END

ht:

FOR i=1 TO 4

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H9); "H";
NEXT i
PRINT #1, CHR$(&HA);
RETURN

GS L

n

n

L

H

[Name] Set left margin
[Format] ASCII GS L

Hex 1D 4C
Decimal 29 76

0123456789012345678901234567890123456

HHHH

HHHH

↑↑↑

Tab
position
10

→

Default

n

n

L

H

n

n

L

H

n

n

L

H

8162432

Tab
position
20

Tab
position
30

0 ≤

n

L

n

H

≤ 255

≤ 255

[Range] 0 ≤

GS W

n

n

L

H

[Name] Set printing area width

n

[Format] ASCII GS W

Hex 1D 57
Decimal 29 87

0 ≤

n

L

n

H

≤ 255

≤ 255

+

n

n

L

=0,

n

L

=0. In standard mode, this command is enabled only when

n

H

[Range] 0 ≤

GS L

sets the left marg in to (

n

n

L

H

line. The def ault setting is

× 256) × (horizontal motion unit) from the beginning of a

H

n

L

H

n

n

L

H

n

n

L

H

processed at the beginning of a line. In page mode, an internal flag is activated and this command is
enabled when the printer returns to standard mode.

GS W

setting is

sets the printing area width to (

n

n

L

H

=0,

n

L

=2. In standard mode, this command is enabled only when processed at the

n

H

+

n

× 256) × (horizontal motion unit). The default

n

L

H

beginning of a line. In page mode, an internal fl ag is activate d and this co mmand is enabled when t he
printer returns to standard mode.

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If the above commands set the printing area width to less than the width of one character, the
printing area width is extended to accommodate one character for the line.

The horizontal motion unit uses the horizontal value set by the GS P command. The default setting
of the horizontal motion unit is 1/180 inch.

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"P";CHR$(180);CHR$(180);
PRINT #1, "01234567890123456789"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"L";CHR$(60);CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"W";CHR$(120);CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, "01234567890123456789"; CHR$(&HA);

ESC W

x

x

y

y

dx

L

H

L

H

dx

L

H

dy

dy

L

H

[Name] Set printing area in page mode
[Format] ASCII ESC W

Hex 1B 57
Decimal 27 87

x

x

y

y

dx

[Range] 0 ≤

(except for

ESC W

x

x

y

L

H

L

,

L

y

dx

H

,

,

H

dx

dx

L

,

L

H

dx

=

L

dy

H

L

= 0 or

H

dy

L

dx

,

H

dy

sets the size and positi on of the print ing area in pag e mode

H

as follows:

Horizontal starting posi tion = (x
Vertical starting position = (y
Printing area width = (dx
Printing area height = (dy

+ dxH × 256) × (horizontal motion unit)

L

L

+ xH × 256) × (horizontal motion unit)

L

+ yH × 256) × (vertical motion un it)

L

+ dyH × 256) × (vertical m otion unit)

01234567890123456789

0123456789
0123456789

Left Printing area
margin width

x

x

y

y

dx

dx

dy

L

H

L

x

x

y

H

y

H

≤ 255

y

L

y

L

L

x

x

L

dy

dy

,

,

L

H

dy

=

L

= 0)

H

H

L

H

dx

dx

H

L

H

dx

dx

H

L

H

dy

L

H

dy

dy

L

H

dy

dy

L

H

The default settings are as follows:

= 0, xH = 0, yL = 0, y

x

L

= 0, dxH = 2, dyL = 126, dyH = 6

dx

L

H

= 0

This command is enabled only in page mode. If this command is processed in standard mode, an
internal flag is activated and this command is enabled when the printer selects page mode.

The horizontal and vertical motion units use the horizontal and vertical values set by the GS P
command. The default settings of the horizontal and vertical motion units are 1/180 and 1/360
inches, respectively.

Rev. A Command Descriptions 1-25

Program Example Print Sample

AAAAA
BBBBB

CCCCC

DDDDD

Printing
by ESC W

area set

←

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"L";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"W";CHR$(0);CHR$(0);CHR$(0);CHR$(0);CHR$(180);

CHR$(0);CHR$(132);CHR$(3);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"T";CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, "AAAAA"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "BBBBB"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"T";CHR$(2);
PRINT #1, "CCCCC"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "DDDDD"; CHR$(&HC);

←

Select page mode

←

Select print direction

←

Store characters for printing

←

Store characters for printing

←

Select print direction

←

Store characters for printing

←

Batch print and return to standard mode

ESC T n

[Name] Select print direction in page mode
[Format] ASCII ESC T n

Hex 1B 54 n
Decimal 27 84 n

[Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 3

48 ≤ n ≤ 51

ESC T n sets the print direction and starting position in page mode specified by n as shown below.
The default sett ing is n=0. This command is enabled only in page mode. If this command is
processed in standard mode, an internal flag is activated and this command is enabled when the
printer returns to page mode. .

n Print Direction Starting Position

0, 48 Left to right Upper left (A in the figure)

1, 49 Bottom to top Lower left (B in the figure)

2, 50 Right to left Lower right (C in the figure)

3, 51 Top to bottom Upper right (D in the figure)

A

Printing area

B

Paper feed direction

D

C

The parameters for the horizontal or vertical motion units (x or y) differ depending on the starting
position of the printing area as follows:

If the starti ng position is t he upper left or lower right of the printing area (n = 0, 2, 48, or 50):

❏ These commands use horizontal motion units: ESC SP, ESC $, ESC \
❏ These commands use vertical motion units: ESC 3, ESC J, GS $, GS \

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If the start ing position is t he lower left o r upper right of the printing area (n = 1, 3, 49, or 51):

❏ These commands use horizontal motion units: ESC 3, ESC J, GS $, GS \
❏ These commands use vertical motion units: ESC SP, ESC $, ESC \

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"L";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"W";CHR$(0);CHR$(0);CHR$(0);CHR$(0);

CHR$(240);CHR$(0);CHR$(224);CHR$(1);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"T";CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, "AAAAA"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "BBBBB"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"T";CHR$(1);
PRINT #1, "CCCCC"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "DDDDD"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"T";CHR$(2);
PRINT #1, "EEEEE"; CHR$(&HC);

GS $

n

n

L

H

←

Select page mode

←

Select print direction

←

Store characters for printing

←

Store characters for printing

←

Select print direction

←

Store characters for printing

←

Store characters for printing

←

Select print direction

←

Batch print and return to standard mode

[Name] Set absolute vertical print position in page mode

n

[Format] ASCII GS $

Hex 1D 24
Decimal 29 36

0 ≤

n

L

n

H

≤ 255

≤ 255

[Range] 0 ≤

n

L

H

n

n

L

H

n

n

L

H

AAAAA
BBBBB

CCCCC

DDDDD

←

EEEEE

Printing
area set

by ESC W

GS \

n

n

L

H

[Name] Set relative vertical print position in pag e mode

n

[Format] ASCII GS \

Hex 1D 5C
Decimal 29 92

0 ≤

n

L

n

H

≤ 255

≤ 255

[Range] 0 ≤

GS $

sets the vertical print st art in g position for buffer characte r dat a in p age mode to (

n

n

L

H

n

L

H

n

n

L

H

n

n

L

H

+

n

n

L

H

× 256) × (vertical or horizontal motion unit) from the starting position by ESC T. This command is
effective only in page mode.

GS \

moves the vert ical print starting position in page mode to (

n

n

L

H

+

n

L

× 256) × (vertical or

n

H

horizontal motion unit) fr om the current p osition. This command i s effecti ve only in p age mod e. Use
the complement of N for setting pitch movement upward: − N pitch = 65536 − N, where
(

+

n

L

× 256) = 65536 - N.

n

H

Rev. A Command Descriptions 1-27

The horizontal and vertical motion units set by GS P is used for the print direction set by ESC T.

If the excessive printing area is selected, it is ignored.

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"P";CHR$(180);CHR$(180);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"L";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"W";CHR$(0);CHR$(0);CHR$(0);CHR$(0);

CHR$(180);CHR$(0);CHR$(132);CHR$(3);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"T";CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, "AAAAA"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "BBBBB";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"$";CHR$(90);CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, "CCCCC"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "DDDDD"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "EEEEE";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"\";CHR$(90);CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, "FFFFF"; CHR$(&HC);

←

Select page mode

←

Select print direction

←

Store characters for printing

←

Store characters for printing

←

Store characters for printing

←

Batch print and return to standard mode

AAAAA
BBBBB

DDDDD
EEEEE

Bit-Image Commands

The TM-T88/T88P (TM-T85/T85P) supports the following bit-image commands:

Command Name

✻ Select bit-image mode

ESC
GS

✻ Define downloaded bit image

CCCCC

FFFFF

90/180 inch

←

Printing

area set
by ESC W

90/180 inch

GS / Print downloaded bit image

ESC ✻

m n

n

L

d1 ... dk

H

[Name] Select bit-image mode
[Format] ASCII ESC ✻ m

Hex 1B 2A m
Decimal 27 42 m

[Range] m = 0, 1, 32, 33

n

0 ≤

≤ 255

L

n

0 ≤

H

≤ 3

0 ≤ d ≤ 255

n

n

d1 ... dk

L

H

n

n

d1 ... dk

L

H

n

n

d1 ... dk

L

H

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ESC ✻ m

(

+

n

n

L

d1 ... dk selects a bit-image mode using m for the number of dots specified by

n

n

L

H

× 256). Set a bit to 1 to print a dot, or set a bit to 0 to not pr int a dot. d ind ica tes t he bit i m age

H

data. The modes selectable by m are as follows:

Vertical Direction Hor izo ntal Dire ction

m Mode

0 8-dot single-density 8 60 90 n

1 8-dot double-density 8 60 180 n
32 24-dot single-density 24 180 90 (n
33 24-dot double-density 24 180 180 (n

Program Example Print Sample

m=1: GOSUB bitimage8
END

bitimage8:

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"*";CHR$(m);CHR$(180);CHR$(0);
FOR i=1 TO 180 : PRINT #1, CHR$(i); : NEXT i
PRINT #1, CHR$(&HA);
RETURN

Number of Bit s

for vertical data

Dot Density

(DPI)

Dot Density

(DPI)

m=0: GOSUB bitimage8

Amount of

Data (k)

L

+ nH x 256

L

+ nH x 256

L

+nH x 256) x 3

L

+ nH x 256) x 3

m

=0

m

=1

GS ✻ x y d1 ... d(x × y × 8)

[Name] Define downloaded bit image
[Format] ASCII GS ✻ x y d1 ... d(x × y × 8)

Hex 1D 2A x y d1 ... d(x × y × 8)
Decimal 29 42 x y d1 ... d(x × y × 8)

[Range] 1 ≤ x ≤ 255

1 ≤ y ≤ 48
x × y ≤ 1536
0 ≤ d ≤ 255

Rev. A Command Descriptions 1-29

GS / m

[Name] Print downloaded bit image
[Format] ASCII GS / m

Hex 1D 2F m
Decimal 29 47 m

[Range] 0 ≤ m ≤ 3

48 ≤ m ≤ 51

✻ x y d1 ... d(x × y × 8) defines a d ownl oaded bi t image u sing x × 8 d ot s in the horizontal direction

GS

and y × 8 dots in t he ve rt ic al di re cti on. On ce a downloaded bit image h as been defi ned, i t is avail able
until another definition is made; ESC & or ESC @ is exec uted; the printer is reset; or the power i s
turned off. When this command is executed, the user-defined characters are cleared. The default
setting is no downloaded bit image defined.

GS / m prints a downloaded bit image using the mode specified by m, as follows. In standard mode,
this command is effective only when there is no dat a in the print buf fer. This command is ignored if a
downloaded bit image has not been defined.

m Mode Vertical Dot Density (DPI ) Horizontal Dot Density (DPI)

0, 48 Normal 180 180
1, 49 Double-width 180 90
2, 50 Double-height 90 180
3, 51 Quadruple 90 90

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Program Example Program Example (continued)

x=16: y=5
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"*";CHR$(x);CHR$(y);
FOR i=1 TO x*y*8

READ a$: d=VAL("&H"+a$)

Define
downloaded
bit image

PRINT #1, CHR$(d);

NEXT i

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"/";CHR$(0);CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"/";CHR$(1);CHR$(&HA); ←

←

Normal

Doublewidth

END

DATA FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,C0,00,00,00,03,C0
DATA 00,00,00,03,CF,FF,FF,FF,F3,CF,FF,FF,FF,F3,CF,FF
DATA FF,FF,F3,CF,FF,FF,FF,F3,CF,FF,FF,FF,F3,CF,C0,FC
DATA 03,F3,CF,C0,FC,03,F3,CF,C0,FC,03,F3,CF,C0,FC,03

DATA F3,CF,C0,FC,03,F3,CF,C0,FC,03,F3,CF,C0,FC,03,F3
DATA CF,C0,FC,03,F3,CF,C0,FC,03,F3,CF,C0,00,03,F3,C0
DATA 00,00,00,03,C0,FF,00,03,F3,C3,FF,C0,03,F3,C7,FF
DATA E0,03,F3,C7,FF,F0,03,F3,CF,FF,F8,03,F3,CF,FF,FC
DATA 03,F3,CF,E3,FE,03,F3,CF,C1,FF,03,F3,CF,C0,FF,83
DATA F3,CF,C0,7F,C7,F3,CF,C0,3F,FF,F3,CF,C0,1F,FF,F3
DATA CF,C0,0F,FF,E3,CF,C0,07,FF,E3,CF,C0,03,FF,C3,C0
DATA 00,00,FF,03,C0,00,00,00,03,C0,3F,FF,FC,03,C0,FF
DATA FF,FF,03,C3,FF,FF,FF,C3,C7,FF,FF,FF,E3,C7,FF,FF
DATA FF,E3,CF,FF,FF,FF,F3,CF,F0,00,0F,F3,CF,C0,00,03
DATA F3,CF,C0,00,03,F3,CF,C0,00,03,F3,CF,C0,00,03,F3
DATA CF,C0,00,03,F3,CF,C0,00,03,F3,CF,C0,00,03,F3,CF
DATA C0,00,03,F3,CF,C0,00,03,F3,C0,00,00,00,03,C0,00
DATA 00,00,73,C0,00,00,03,C3,C0,00,00,1E,03,C0,00,00
DATA 70,03,C0,00,03,C0,03,C0,00,1E,00,03,C0,00,78,00
DATA 03,C0,03,C0,00,03,C0,0E,00,00,03,C0,78,00,00,03
DATA C3,C0,00,00,03,CE,00,00,00,03,C0,00,00,00,03,CF

DATA FF,FF,FF,F3,CF,FF,FF,FF,F3,CF,FF,FF,FF,F3,CF,FF
DATA FF,FF,F3,CF,FF,FF,FF,F3,CF,FF,FF,FF,F3,CF,C0,0F
DATA C0,03,CF,C0,0F,C0,03,CF,C0,0F,C0,03,CF,C0,0F,C0
DATA 03,CF,C0,0F,C0,03,CF,E0,1F,C0,03,CF,FF,FF,C0,03
DATA CF,FF,FF,CO,03,C7,FF,FF,80,03,C7,FF,FF,80,03,C1
DATA FF,FE,00,03,C0,3F,F0,00,03,C0,00,00,00,03,C0,0F
DATA FF,F0,03,C0,FF,FF,FF,03,C3,FF,FF,FF,C3,C7,FF,FF
DATA FF,E3,C7,FF,FF,FF,E3,CF,FF,FF,FF,F3,CF,F0,00,0F
DATA F3,CF,C0,00,03,F3,CF,C0,00,03,F3,CF,C0,00,03,F3
DATA CF,C0,00,03,F3,CF,C0,00,03,F3,CF,C0,00,03,F3,CF
DATA C0,00,03,F3,CF,F0,00,0F,F3,CF,FF,FF,FF,F3,C7,FF
DATA FF,FF,E3,C7,FF,FF,FF,E3,C3,FF,FF,FF,C3,C0,FF,FF
DATA FF,03,C0,0F,FF,F0,03,C0,00,00,00,03,C0,FF,00,03
DATA F3,C3,FF,C0,03,F3,C7,FF,E0,03,F3,C7,FF,F0,03,F3
DATA CF,FF,F8,03,F3,CF,FF,FC,03,F3,CF,E3,FE,03,F3,CF
DATA C1,FF,03,F3,CF,C0,FF,83,F3,CF,C0,7F,C7,F3,CF,C0
DATA 3F,FF,F3,CF,C0,1F,FF,F3,CF,C0,0F,FF,E3,CF,C0,07
DATA FF,E3,CF,C0,03,FF,C3,C0,00,00,FF,C3,C0,00,00,00
DATA 03,C0,00,00,00,03,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF

Print Sample

←

0

GS/

←

1

GS/

Rev. A Command Descriptions 1-31

Status Commands

The TM-T88/T88P (TM-T85/T85P) supports the following status transmission commands. These
commands can be used to determine the status of the printer, paper sensors, and peripheral devices
connected to the printer. ESC u and ESC v are supported only by TM-T85/T85P.

Command Name
GS a Enable/disable Automatic Status Back (ASB)
GS r Transmit status
DLE EOT Real-time status transmission
ESC u Transmit peripheral device status
ESC v Transmit paper sensor status

GS a n

[Name] Enable/disable Automatic Status Back (ASB)
[Format] ASCII GS a n

Hex 1D 61 n
Decimal 29 97 n

[Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255
GS a n selects a status for ASB tran smission. ASB is en abled if any status item i s selected . The print er

automatically transmits a 4-byte status message whenever the status changes. Multiple status items
can be selected. When n=0, ASB is disabled. The default (n=0 or 2) depends on DIP switch 2-1
settings. If ASB is enabled when the printer is disabled by ESC = , the printer transmits a 4-byte
status message whenever the status changes. The status items are selected using n as follows:

Bit Off/On Hex Decimal Function

Off 00 0

0

On 01 1

Off 00 0 On-line/off-line status disabled.

1

On 02 2 On-line/off-line status enabled.
Off 00 0 Error status disab led.

2

On 04 4 Error status en ab led .
Off 00 0 Paper roll sensor status disabled.

3

On 08 8 Paper roll sensor status enabled.

4-7 — — — Undefined.

Drawer kick-out connector pin 3 status
disabled.

Drawer kick-out connector pin 3 status
enabled.

Program Example

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"a";CHR$(4);

←

Enable "Error" status

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First byte (printer information)

Bit Off/On Hex Decimal Status for ASB

0 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to Off.
1 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to Off.

Off 00 0 Drawer ki ck-o ut con ne cto r pin 3 is LOW.

2

On 04 4 Dra wer ki ck-o ut c onne ctor pin 3 is HIGH.
Off 00 0 On-line.

3

On 08 8 Off-line.

4 On 10 16 Not used. Fixed to On.

Off 00 0 Cover closed.

5

On 20 32 Cover open.
Off 00 0 Paper is not being fed by the paper feed butt on.

6

On 40 64 Paper is being fed by the paper feed button.

7 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to Off.

Second byte (printer information)

Bit Off/On Hex Decimal Status for ASB

0-2 — — — Undefined.

Off 00 0 No auto-cutter error.

3

On 08 8 Auto-cutter error occurred.

4 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to Off.

Off 00 0 No unrecoverable error.

5

On 20 32 Unrecoverable error occurred.
Off 00 0 No automatically recoverable error.

*6

On 40 64 Automatically recoverable error occurred.

7 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to Off.

* For TM-T88/T88P, bit 6 is on when a head temperature error occurs and the cover is open during
printing. For TM-T85/T85P, bit 6 is on when a head temperature error occurs.

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Third byte (paper sensor information)

Bit Off/On Hex Decimal Status for ASB

Off 00 0 Paper rol l nea r-en d sensor : pap er ad eq ua te.

0, 1

On 03 3 Paper roll near-end sensor: paper near en d.
Off 00 0 Paper roll end sensor: paper present.

*2, 3

On 0C 12 Paper roll end sensor: paper not present.
4 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to Off.
5, 6 — — — Undefined.
7 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to Off.

* For TM-T88/T88P, when the cover is open, paper detection may be incorrect.

Fourth byte (paper sensor information)

Bit Off/On Hex Decimal Status for ASB

0-3 — — — Undefined.
4 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to Off.
5, 6 — — — Undefin ed.
7 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to Off.

GS r n

[Name] Transmit status
[Format] ASCII GS r n

Hex 1D 72 n
Decimal 29 114 n

[Range] n = 1, 2, 49, 50
GS r n transmits 1 byte of status data specified by n as follows: paper sensor status when n=1 or 49

and drawer kick-out connector status when n=2 or 50. When the paper roll end sensor detects a
paper-end, the printer goes off-line and does not execute this command. Therefore, bits 2 and 3 do
not transmit paper-end status

Program Example

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"r";CHR$(1);

.

←

Transmits paper sensor status

Paper sensor status (n=1, 49)

Bit Off/On Hex Decimal Status

Off 00 0 Paper rol l nea r-en d sensor : pap er ad eq ua te.

0, 1

On 03 3 Paper roll near-end sensor: paper near en d.

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Bit Off/On Hex Decimal Status

Off 00 0 Paper roll end sensor: paper present.

*2, 3

On (0C) (12) Paper roll end sensor: paper not present.
4 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to Off.
5, 6 — — — Undefined.
7 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to Off.

* For TM-T88/T88P, when the cover is open, paper detection may be incorrect.

Drawer kick-out connector status (n=2, 50).

Bit Off/On Hex Decimal Status

Off 00 0 Drawer ki ck-o ut con ne cto r pin 3 is LOW.

0

On 01 1 Dra wer ki ck-o ut c onne ctor pin 3 is HIGH.
1-3 — — — Undefined.
4 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to Off.
5, 6 — — — Undefin ed.
7 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to Off.

DLE EOT n

[Name] Real-time status transmissi on
[Format] ASCII DLE EOT n

Hex 10 04 n
Decimal 16 4 n

[Range] 1 ≤ n ≤ 4
DLE EOT n transmits the specified status in real time.

With a serial interface model, this command is executed even when the printer is off-line, the receive
buffer is full, or an error occurs.

With a parallel interface model, this command is not executed in the following status because the
printer is busy and unable to receive data from the host computer.

❏ Receive buffer is full when DIP switch 2-1 is set to On.
❏ Printer is off-line, an error occurs, or receive buffer is full when DIP switch 2-1 is set to Off.

Rev. A Command Descriptions 1-35

n indicates the status function as follows:

n Func tion

1 Transmit printer status

2 Transmit off-line status

3 Transmit error status

4 Transmit paper roll sensor status

Program Example

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H10);CHR$(&H4);CHR$(2); ←

Transmits off-line status

Printer status (n=1)

Bit Off/On Hex Decimal Status

0 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to Off.
1 On 02 2 Not used. Fixed to On.

Off 00 0 Drawer kick-out connector pin 3 is LOW.

2

On 04 4 Drawer kick-out connector pin 3 is HIGH.
Off 00 0 On-line.

3

On 08 8 Off-line.
4 On 10 16 Not used. Fixed to On.
5, 6 — — — Undefined.
7 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to Off.

Off-line status (n=2)

Bit Off/On Hex Decimal Status

0 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to Off.
1 On 02 2 Not used. Fixed to On.

Off 00 0 Cover is closed.

2

On 04 4 Cover is open.
Off 00 0 Paper is no t being fed by the paper feed button.

3

On 08 8 Paper is being fed by the paper feed button.

4 On 10 16 Not used. Fixed to On.

Off 00 0 No pa per-end stop.

5

On 20 32 Printing stops due to paper-end.

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Bit Off/On Hex Decimal Status

Off 00 0 No error.

6

On 40 64 Error occurred.

7 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to Off.

Error status (n=3)

Bit Off/On Hex Decimal Status

0 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to Off.
1 On 02 2 Not used. Fixed to On.
2 — — — Undefined.

Off 00 0 No auto-cu tter error.

3

On 08 8 Auto-cutter error occurred.

4 On 10 16 Not used. Fixed to On.

Off 00 0 No unreco v era bl e error .

5

On 20 32 Unrecoverable error occurred.
Off 00 0 No auto -re coverable error.

*6

On 40 64 Auto-recoverable error occurred.

7 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to Off.

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* For TM-T88/T88P, bit 6 is on when a head temperature error occurs and the cover is open during
printing. For TM-T85/T85P, bit 6 is on when a head temperature error occurs.

Paper roll sensor status (n=4)

Bit Off/On Hex Decimal Status

0 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to Off.
1 On 02 2 Not used. Fixed to On.

Off 00 0 Paper roll nea r-en d sens or: pap er adequ at e.

2, 3

On 0C 12 Paper roll near-end sensor: paper near end.

4 On 10 16 Not used. Fixed to On.

Off 00 0 Paper roll end sensor: paper present.

*5, 6

On 60 96 Paper roll end sensor: paper not present.

7 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to Off.

* For TM-T88/T88P, when the cover is open, paper detection may be incorrect.

Rev. A Command Descriptions 1-37

ESC u n

[Name] Transmit peripheral device status
[Format] ASCII ESC u n

Hex 1B 75 n
Decimal 27 117 n

[Range] n = 0, 48
ESC u n transmits the status of dra wer kick-out connect or pin 3 as 1 byt e of data when n=0 or 48. This

command allows the host to determine the status of a peripheral device. GS r is preferred for
checking the status because ESC u is not a recommended command. This command is supported
only by TM-T85/T85P.

Program Example

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"p";CHR$(0);CHR$(25);CHR$(250);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"u";CHR$(0);

Peripheral device status

Bit Off/On Hex Decimal Status

Off 00 0 Drawer ki ck-o ut con ne cto r pin 3 is LOW.

0

On 01 1 Dra wer ki ck-o ut c onne ctor pin 3 is HIGH.
1-3 — — — Undefined.
4 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to Off.
5, 6 — — — Undef in e d.
7 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to Off.

ESC v

[Name] Transmit paper sensor status
[Format] ASCII ESC v

Hex 1B 76
Decimal 27 118

←

Generates a pulse

ESC v transmits the status of a paper sensor as 1 byte of data. GS r is preferred for checking the
status because ESC v is not a recommended command. When the paper roll end sensor detects a
paper-end, the printer goes off-line and does not execute this command. Therefore, bits 2 and 3 do
not transmit paper-end status. The status to be transmitted is shown in the table below. This
command is supported only by TM-T85/T85P.

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Program Example

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"v";

Paper sensor status

Bit Off/On Hex Decimal Status

Off 00 0 Paper rol l nea r-en d sensor : pap er ad eq ua te.

0, 1

On 03 3 Paper roll near-end sensor: paper near en d.
Off 00 0 Paper roll end sensor: paper present.

2, 3

On (0C) (12) Paper roll end sensor: paper not present.
4 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to Off.
5, 6 — — — Undefin ed.
7 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to Off.

Bar Code Command s

The TM-T88/T88P (TM-T85/T85P) supports the following bar code commands:

Command Name
GS h Set bar code height
GS w Set bar code width
GS k Print bar code
GS H Sele ct printing position of Human Readable Interpretation (HRI) characters
GS f Select font for HRI characters

GS h n

[Name] Set bar code height
[Format] ASCI GS h n

Hex 1D 68 n
Decimal 29 104 n

[Range] 1 ≤ n ≤ 255
GS h n selects the height of a bar code. n specifies the number of dots in the vertical direction. One

dot corresponds to 1/180 inch. The default setting is n=162.

Rev. A Command Descriptions 1-39

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"h";CHR$(50);

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"k";CHR$(2);
PRINT #1, "496595707379";CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&HA);

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"h";CHR$(100);

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"k";CHR$(2);
PRINT #1, "496595707379";CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&HA);

←

Set height to 50

←

Print bar code

←

Set height to 100

←

Print bar code

←

Height: 50 dots

←

Height: 100 dots

GS w n

[Name] Set bar code width
[Format] ASCII GS w n

Hex 1D 77 n
Decimal 29 119 n

[Range] 2 ≤ n ≤ 6
GS w n selects the horizontal size of a bar code. n specifies the bar code width as shown below. The

multilevel bar codes are UPC-A, UPC-E, JAN13 (EAN13), JAN8 (EAN8), CODE93, and CODE128.
The binary level bar codes are CODE39, ITF, and CODABAR. The default setting is n=3.

Module Width (mm) for

n

2 0.282 0.282 0.706

3 0.423 0.423 1.129

4 0.564 0.564 1.411

5 0.706 0.706 1.834

6 0.847 0.847 2.258

Multilevel Bar Code

Thin Element Width (mm) T h i ck El ement Width (m m)

Binary Level Bar Code

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Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"w";CHR$(3);←
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"k";CHR$(2);←
PRINT #1, "496595707379";CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&HA);

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"w";CHR$(4);←
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"k";CHR$(2);←
PRINT #1, "496595707379";CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&HA);

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"w";CHR$(5);←
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"k";CHR$(2);←
PRINT #1, "496595707379";CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&HA);

Set width size to 3
Print bar code

Set width size to 4
Print bar code

Set width size to 5
Print bar code

← Width size 3

← Width size 4

← Width size 5

Rev. A Command Descriptions 1-41

➀ GS k m d1 ... dk NUL ➁ GS k m n d1 ... dn

[Name] Print bar code
[Format] ➀ ASCII GS k m d1 ... dk NUL

Hex 1D 6B m d1 ... dk 00
Decimal 29 107 m d1 ... dk 0

➁ ASCII GS k m n d1 ... dn

Hex 1D 6B m n d1 ... dn
Decimal 29 107 m n d1 ... dn

[Range] ➀ 0 ≤ m ≤ 6 (k and d depend on the bar code system used)

➁ 65 ≤ m ≤ 73 (n and d depend on the bar code system used)

➀ GS k m d1 ... dk NUL and ➁ GS k m n d1 ... dn select a bar code system and print the bar code. m

specifies a bar code system as follows:

m Bar Code System Number of Characters Remarks

➀

0
1
2
3
4

5
6

65
66
67
68
69

UPC-A
UPC-E
JAN13 (EAN13)
JAN8 (EAN8)
CODE39

ITF
CODABAR

UPC-A
UPC-E
JAN13 (EAN13)
JAN8 (EAN8)
CODE39

≤ k ≤ 12

11

≤ k ≤ 12

11

≤ k ≤ 13

12

≤ k ≤ 8

7

≤ k

1

≤ k (even number)

1

≤ k

1

≤ n ≤ 12

11

≤ n ≤ 12

11

≤ n ≤ 13

12

≤ n ≤ 8

7

≤ n ≤ 255

1

≤ d ≤ 57

48

≤ d ≤ 57

48

≤ d ≤ 57

48

≤ d ≤ 57

48

≤ d ≤ 57, 65 ≤ d ≤ 90,

48
d = 32, 36, 37, 43, 45, 46, 47

≤ d ≤ 57

48

≤ d ≤ 57, 65 ≤ d ≤ 68,

48
d = 36, 43, 45, 46, 47, 58

48

≤ d ≤ 57
≤ d ≤ 57

48

≤ d ≤ 57

48

≤ d ≤ 57

48

≤ d ≤ 57, 65 ≤ d ≤ 90,

48
d = 32, 36, 37, 43, 45, 46, 47

➁

70
71

72
73

ITF
CODABAR

CODE93
CODE128

≤ n ≤ 255 (even number)

1

≤ n ≤ 255

1

≤ n ≤ 255

1

≤ n ≤ 255

2

≤ d ≤ 57

48

≤ d ≤ 57, 65 ≤ d ≤ 68,

48
d = 36, 43, 45, 46, 47, 58

≤ d ≤ 127

0

≤ d ≤ 127

0

In GS k m d1 ... dk NUL, d indicates the character code to be printed and k indicates the number of
characters to be printed. In GS k m n d1 ... dn, n indicates the number of the bar code data; the printer
processes n bytes from the next character data as bar code data. d indicates the character code to be
printed. If n is outside of the specified range, the printer stops command processing and processes
the following data as normal data. If the bar code width exceeds the printing area, the printer does
not print the bar code. In standard mode, these commands are enabled only when no data exists in
the print buffer.

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Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"k";CHR$(2);
PRINT #1, "496595707379";CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"k";CHR$(67);CHR$(12);
PRINT #1, "496595707379";

←

←

Print bar code

Print bar code

GS H n

[Name] Select printing position of HRI characters
[Format] ASCII GS H n

Hex 1D 48 n
Decimal 29 72 n

[Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 3

48 ≤ n ≤ 51

GS f n

[Name] Select font for HRI characters
[Format] ASCII GS f n

Hex 1D 66 n
Decimal 29 102 n

[Range] n = 0, 1, 48, 49
GS H n selects the printing position for HRI characters when printing a bar code. n selects the

printing position as follows:

n Printing Position

0, 48 Not printed

1, 49 Above the bar code

2, 50 Below the bar code

3, 51 Both above and below the bar code

The default sett ing is n=0. HRI characters are printed using the font specified by GS f.

Rev. A Command Descriptions 1-43

GS f n selects a font for the HRI characters used when printing a bar code. When n=0 or 48, the font

49659 957 7 7 703

49659 957 7 7 703

49659 957 7 7 703

49659 957 7 7 703

496 5 9 957 7 7 703

A (12 × 24) is selected. When n=1 or 49, the font B ( 9 × 24) i s sel ected . T he de fault sett ing is n=0. HRI
characters are printed at the position specified by GS H.

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"h";CHR$(80);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"f";CHR$(0);
FOR n=0 to 3

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"H";CHR$(n);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"k";CHR$(2);
PRINT #1, "496595707379";CHR$(0);

PRINT #1, CHR$(&HA);
NEXT n
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"f";CHR$(1);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"H";CHR$(2);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"k";CHR$(2);
PRINT #1, "496595707379";CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&HA);

←

Set height to 80 dots

←

Select font

←

Select print position

←

Print bar code

←

Select font

←

Select print position

←

Print bar code

←

←

←

←

←

94965 9570737 7

Macro Function Commands

The TM-T88/T88P (TM-T85/T85P) supports the following macro function commands.

Command Name

GS : Start/end macro definition

GS H

GS H

GS H

GS H

GS H

0

1

2

3

2

Font A
(12x24)

Font B
(9x24)

GS :

[Name] Start/end macro definition
[Format] ASCII GS :

GS ^ r t m

[Name] Execute macro
[Format] ASCII GS ^ r t m

[Range] 0 ≤ r ≤ 255

GS ^ Execute macro

Hex 1D 3A
Decimal 29 58

Hex 1D 5E r t m
Decimal 29 94 r t m

0 ≤ t ≤ 255
m = 0, 1

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GS : starts or ends macro definition. Macro definition starts when this command is received during
normal operation and ends when it is received during macro definition. If the printer receives this
command again immediately after previously receiving it, the printer remains in the macro
undefined state.

The macro definition can contain up to 2048 bytes. If the macro definition exceeds this value, the
excess data is not stored.

GS ^ r t m executes a macro r times while waiting t × 100 msec for each macro execution. When m=0,
the macro executes r times continuously at the interval specified by t. When m=1, the printer waits
for the period specified by t, blinks the PAPER OUT LED indicator, and then waits for the FEED button
to be pressed. After this button is pressed, the printer executes the macro once. The printer repeats
this operation r times.

If this command is received while a macro is being defined, the printer ends macro definition mode
and clears the definition. If a macro is not d efined or if r is 0, nothing is executed. When the macro is
executed by pressing the FEED button (m=1), paper cannot be fed with this b utton.

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);":";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"a";CHR$(1);
PRINT #1, "*** Hello";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"!";CHR$(17);
PRINT #1, "EPSON";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"!";CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, "World! ***";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&HA); CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"a";CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"-";CHR$(1);
PRINT #1, "No. "; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "Name "; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "Address ";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"V";CHR$(66);CHR$(60)
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"-";CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);":";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"^";CHR$(2);CHR$(0);CHR$(0);

Defines a
macro

***

No.
Name

Address

***

No.
Name

Address

*Cutting is different, depndin g

on the printer model

EPSON

Hello

EPSON

Hello

World!

World!

***

***

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Mechanism Control Commands

TheTM-T88/T88P (TM-T85/T85P) supports the following mechanism control commands. Cutting is
diffferent for TM-T88/T88P and TM-T85/T85P. A full cut of GS V and ESC i are supported only by
TM-T85/T85P.

Command Name
GS V Select cut mode and cut paper
ESC i Partial cut (one point left uncut)

➀ GS V m ➁ GS V m n

[Name] Select cut mode and cut paper
[Format] ➀ ASCII GS V m

Hex 1D 56 m
Decimal 29 86 m

➁ ASCII GS V m n

Hex 1D 56 m n
Decimal 29 86 m n

[Range] ➀ m = 1, 49 (for TM-T88/T88P)

m = 0, 1, 48, 49 (for TM-T85/T85P)

➁ m = 66 (for TM-T88/T88P)

m = 65, 66 (for TM-T85/T85P)
0 ≤ n ≤ 255

ESC i

[Name] Partial cut (one point left uncut)
[Format] ASCII ESC i

Hex 1B 69
Decimal 27 105

GS V m and GS V m n select a paper cutting mode and then cut the paper. When standard mode is
selected, these commands are effective only processed at the beginning of a line.

When m=1 or 49 in GS V m, the printer executes a partial cut (o ne point left un cut). For TM-T85/
T85P, when m=0 or 48, the printer executes a full cut. When using this command, there is a gap
between the auto-cutter position and the print position.

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When m=66 in GS V m n, the printer feeds the paper to (cutting position + n × vertical motion unit)
and executes a partial cut (one point left uncut). For TM-T85/T85P, when m=65, the printer feeds the
paper to (cutting position + n × vertical motion unit) and executes a full cut. The vertical motion unit
is specified by GS P. The default setting of the vertical motion unit is 1/360 inch.

The value of m selects the mode for GS V m and GS V m n as follows:

m

0, 48 Full cut (cuts the paper completely)

1, 49 Partial cut (one point left uncut)

65 Feeds paper to (cutting pos iti on + n x vertical motion un it )

and cuts the paper completely

66 Feeds the paper to (cutting po s iti on + n x vertical motion

unit) and cuts the paper partially ( one point left uncut)

Print Mode

ESC i executes a parti al cut of the p ap er wi th one poi nt left uncut. ESC i operates in t he same w ay a s
GS V when m=1 or 49. GS V is preferred for cutting paper because ESC i is not a recommended
command. ESC i is supported only by TM-T85/T85P.

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, " AAAAA"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"J";CHR$(250);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"V";CHR$(1);
PRINT #1, " BBBBB"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"V";CHR$(66);CHR$(0);

←

Cut paper

←

Feed paper and cut

Partial cut (one point left uncut)

Paper fed to the cutting position and
partial cut (one point left uncut)
performed

AAAAA

BBBBB

Miscellaneous Function Commands

The TM-T88/T88P (TM-T85/T85P) supports the following miscellaneous function commands:

Command Name
GS P Set horizontal and vertical motion units
ESC @ Initialize printer
GS I Transmit printer ID
ESC p Generate pulse
ESC = Select peripheral device
ESC L Select page mode
ESC S Select standard mode
DLE ENQ R eal-time request to printer

Rev. A Command Descriptions 1-47

GS P x y

[Name] Set horizontal and vertical motion units
[Format] ASCII GS P x y

Hex 1D 50 x y
Decimal 29 80 x y

[Range] 0 ≤ x ≤ 255

0 ≤ y ≤ 255

GS P x y sets the horizontal and vertical motion units to 1/x and 1/y inches, respectively. The
horizontal and vertical motion units indicate the minimum pitch used for calculating the values of
related commands (shown below). The default values are x=180 and y=360. These values equal a
normal dot pitch in horizontal and half dot pitch in vertical. When x and y are set to 0, the default
setting of each value is used.

Commands used with the horizontal motion unit (1/x) in standard mode: ES C SP, ESC $, ESC \,
GS L, and GS W.

Commands used with the vertical motion unit (1/y ) in standard mode: ESC 3, ESC J, and GS V.
Commands used with the horizontal and vertical motion units (1/x and 1/y) in page mode (either x

or y can be used, depending on the print direction set with ESC T): ESC SP, ESC $, ESC \, ESC 3,
ESC J, ESC W, GS $, GS \, and GS V.

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"P";CHR$(180);CHR$(180); AAAAA
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"3";CHR$(30);
PRINT #1, "AAAAA"; CHR$(&HA); CCCCC
PRINT #1, "BBBBB"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"P";CHR$(180);CHR$(90); DDDDD
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"3";CHR$(30);
PRINT #1, "CCCCC"; CHR$(&HA); EEEEE
PRINT #1, "DDDDD"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "EEEEE"; CHR$(&HA);

←

Set line spacing

←

Set line spacing

BBBBB

ESC @

[Name] Initialize printer
[Format] ASCII ESC @

Hex 1B 40
Decimal 27 64

30/180-inch line spacing

30/90-inch line spacing

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ESC @ initializes the prin ter. All settings, including character font an d line spacing settings, are
canceled. The data in the print buffer is cleared and the print er mode is reset to t he mode that wa s in
effect when the power was turned on. The DIP switch settings are not checked again, the data in the
receive buffer is not cleared, and any macro definitions are not cleared.

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"!";CHR$(17);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"E";CHR$(1);
PRINT #1, "AAAAA"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"@"; ←
PRINT #1, "BBBBB"; CHR$(&HA);

Initialize printer

AAAAA

←

BBBBB

All settings are canceled after ESC @ is executed

GS I n

[Name] Transmit printer ID
[Format] ASCII GS I n

Hex 1D 49 n
Decimal 29 73 n

[Range] 1 ≤ n ≤ 3

49 ≤ n ≤ 51

GS I n transmits the printer ID specified by n as follows. Each printer ID consists of 1 byte of data.

n Printer ID Specification ID (he xade cim a l)

1, 49 Printer model ID

2, 50 Type ID See table below.
3, 51 ROM version ID Dep en ds on RO M ve rs io n.

TM-T88/T88P 20 (decimal 32)
TM-T85/T85P 08 (decimal 8)

Type ID

Bit Off/On Hex Decimal Function

0 Off 00 0 Two-byte charac ter code not supported .
1 On 02 2 Auto-cutter equipped.
2 Off 00 0 Customer display not connected
3 Off 00 0 Without MICR model
4 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to Off.
5, 6 — — — Undefined.
7 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to Off.

Rev. A Command Descriptions 1-49

Program Example

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"I";CHR$(1);

←

Transmits printer ID

ESC p m t1 t2

[Name] Generate pulse
[Format] ASCII ESC p m t1 t2

Hex 1B 70 m t1 t2
Decimal 27 112 m t1 t2

[Range] m = 0, 1, 48, 49

0 ≤ t1 ≤ 255
0 ≤ t2 ≤ 255

ESC p m t1 t2 sends a pulse (on time= t1 × 2 msec / off time= t2 × 2 msec) to the specified connector
pin. When m=0 or 48, the pul s e is sent to dr awer ki ck-ou t c onnect or pi n 2; when m=1 or 49, the pulse
is sent to drawer kick-out connector pin 5.

Program Example

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"p";CHR$(0);CHR$(25);CHR$(250);

ESC = n

[Name] Select peripheral device
[Format] ASCII ESC = n

Hex 1B 3D n
Decimal 27 61 n

[Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255
ESC = n selects the device to which the host computer sends data, based on the value of n as follows:

Bit Off/On Hex Decimal Function

Off 00 0 Printer disabled.

0

On 01 1 Printer en abled.

1-7 – – – Undefined.

When the LSB (least significant bit) of n is 1, the printer is enabled; when it is 0, the pri nter is di sabled.

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When the printer is disabled, it ignores all received data with the exception of DLE ENQ 1 and DLE
ENQ 2. The default setting is n=1. If ASB is enabled when the printer is disabled by ESC =, the

printer transmits a 4-byte status message whenever the status changes.

Program Example Print Sample

AAAAA CCCCC
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"=";CHR$(1);
PRINT #1, "AAAAA";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"=";CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, " BBBBB";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"=";CHR$(1);
PRINT #1, " CCCCC"; CHR$(&HA);

ESC L

[Name] Select page mode
[Format] ASCII ESC L

Hex 1B 4C

←

Printer enabled

←

Printer disabled

←

Printer enabled

Decimal 27 76

ESC S

[Name] Select standard mode
[Format] ASCII ESC S

Hex 1B 53
Decimal 27 83

ESC L switches from standard mode to page mode. This command is enabled only when processed
at the beginning of a line in standard mode; it has no effect in page mode. Standard mode is selected
as the default.

The following commands are not effective in page mode: ESC V, ESC a, ESC {, GS L, and GS W.

If these commands are processed in page mode, an internal flag is activated.
ESC S switches from page mode to standard mode. This command is effective only in page mode.

Data buffered in page mode is cleared. This command returns the values set by ESC W to the default
values. The value set by ESC T is maintained. The printer returns to standard mode with ESC S, FF,
and ESC @. When it returns to standard mode by ESC @, all settings are canceled. This command
sets the print position to the beginning of the line. The setting of ESC T and ESC W are not effective
in printing in standard mode but an internal flag is a ctivated. In standard mode, FF, CAN, ESC FF,
ESC S, GS $ and GS / are ignored. Standard mode is selected as the default.

Rev. A Command Descriptions 1-51

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"L";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"W";CHR$(0);CHR$(0);CHR$(0);

CHR$(0);CHR$(60);CHR$(0);CHR$(180);CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"T";CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, "AAAAA"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "BBBBB"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "CCCCC";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);CHR$(&HC)
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"S";

←

Select page mode

←

Select print direction

←

Store characters for printing

←

Store characters for printing

←

Batch print

←

Select standard mode

AAAAA
BBBBB

CCCCC

DLE ENQ n

[Name] Real-time request to printer
[Format] ASCII DLE ENQ n

Hex 10 05 n
Decimal 16 5 n

[Range] n = 1, 2
DLE ENQ n responds to a request in real time from the host computer, specified by n as shown

below. When an auto-cutter error occurs, after removing a cause of the error, the printer can recover
from the error by using this command wi thout turni ng off the power. If an auto-cutter error occurs in
page mode and the printer recovers from the error by setting n to 2, the printer returns to standard
mode after clearing the data develo ped in page mode and set ting t he printi ng area d efined by ESC W
to the default values. If an auto-cutter error o ccur s when the printer is disabled by ESC =, the printer
can recover from the error by using DLE ENQ.

With a serial interface model, this command is executed even when the printer is off-line, the receive
buffer is full, or an error occurs.

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With a parallel interface model, this command is not executed in the following status because the
printer is busy and unable to receive data from the host computer.

❏ Receive buffer is full when DIP switch 2-1 is set to on.
❏ Printer is off-line, an error occurs, or receive buffer is full when the DIP switch 2-1 is set to

off.

n Request

1 Restarts printing from the beginning of the line where an

2 Recovers from an error after clearing the receive and print

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H10);CHR$(&H5);CHR$(2);

error occurred, after recovering from the error.

buffers.

Program Example

Rev. A Command Descriptions 1-53

Character Code Tables

SP in a table represents space. Refer to page 1-58 for information on how to read these tables.

Page 0 (PC437: U.S.A., Standard Europe) (International character set: U.S.A)

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Using the Character Code Tables

The example below uses Page 0 (PC437) (see page 1-54) to illustrate the use of the character code
tables.

You can find the character “A” in Page 0 as follows:

The decimal value for the character “A” is 65.
Follow its co lumn straight up to find the digits.

Hexadecimal......4

Binary.................0100

These numbers are the most significant bits of the ASCII code.

Follow its row to the left to find the digits.

Hexadecimal......1

Binary.................0001

These numbers are the least significant bits of the ASCII code.

The combination of the numbers above is the ASCII code for character “A”.

Decimal ..............65

Hexadecimal......41

Binary.................01000001

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Chapter 2

Application

This chapter presents an exampl e illustr ating ESC/POS command fun cti ons and printing result s. The
example shows how to issue a coupon containing bar codes with the TM-T88.

Coupon Issuing

Procedure Commands Used Description

1. Print message A

2. Print bar code A

3. Execute partial cut

4. Print bar code B

5. Print message B

6. Execute partial cut

ESC a, LF, GS !, ESC !, GS b,
ESC J

GS h, GS H, GS k

GS V
GS h, GS k
GS !, GS b, LF

GS V

Sets the print position to the center with
Changes the font size with

message A.
Selects smoothing with

Prints bar code A after selecting th e height of the bar
code with
characters with

Executes a partial cut of the paper.
Changes the height of bar code B and prints it.
Prints message B after changing the font size with

selecting smoothing with
Feeds the paper to the cutting position an d executes a

partial cut.

and the printing pos iti on of th e HR I

GS h

GS H

.

and

GS !

for the enlarged characters.

GS b

GS b

ESC !

.

.

ESC a

and prints

GS !

and

Print Sample

LUCKY NOW OFFERS CHEC KOUT COUP ONS!

GOOD FRI SEPT. 20 199 6

GLADE

PLUG-INS

GOOD ON ONE WAR MER UN IT ONLY

SAVE 65¢

*00002*

GOOD FRI SEPT. 20 199 6

*00002*

PLUG INTO 30 DAY FRESH NESS

GOOD ON ONE WAR MER UN IT ONLY

REDEEMABLE ONLY AT

LUCKY

Message A

←

Bar code A

←

Partial cut

←

Bar code B

Message B

←

Partial cut

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Program Example

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"@";←
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"a";CHR$(1);←

Initializes the printer

Selects center print position

PRINT #1, "LUCKY NOW OFFERS CHECKOUT COUPONS!";CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, " ";CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "GOOD FRI SEPT. 20 1996";CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"!";CHR$(16);

←

Selects double-width font size

PRINT #1, "GLADE";CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "PLUG-INS";CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"!";CHR$(0);

←

Selects normal font size

PRINT #1, "GOOD ON ONE WARMER UNIT ONLY";CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"!";CHR$(56);←

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"b";CHR$(1);←

Selects character print mode

(emphasized + double-height + double-width)

Selects smoothing

PRINT #1, "SAVE 65";CHR$(&H9B);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"J";CHR$(120);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"b";CHR$(0);←
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"!";CHR$(0);←

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"h";CHR$(80);←
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"H";CHR$(2);←
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"k";CHR$(4);"*00002*";CHR$(0);←

Cancels smoothing
Cancels previous character print mode

Sets bar code height to 80 dots

Selects printing position for HRI characters

Prints bar code

PRINT #1, CHR$(&HA);CHR$(&HA);CHR$(&HA);

PRINT #1, "GOOD FRI SEPT. 20 1996";CHR$(&HA);CHR$(&HA);

Prints message A

Prints bar code A

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"V";CHR$(1);

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"h";CHR$(50);←
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"k";CHR$(4);"*00002*";CHR$(0);←

←

Executes partial cut

Sets bar code height to 50 dots

Prints bar code

PRINT #1, CHR$(&HA);

PRINT #1, "PLUG INTO 30 DAY FRESHNESS";CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "GOOD ON ONE WARMER UNIT ONLY";CHR$(&HA);CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "REDEEMABLE ONLY AT";CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"!";CHR$(34);←
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"b";CHR$(1);←

Selects triple-width/triple-height font size

Selects smoothing

PRINT #1, "LUCKY";CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"b";CHR$(0);←
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"!";CHR$(0);←

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"V";CHR$(66);CHR$(60);←

Cancels smoothing
Selects normal font size

Feeds the paper and executes a full cut

Prints bar code B

Prints message B

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Chapter 3

Command Reference

Command Classification

ESC/POS printer commands in this chapter are classified by function and by sheet and grade. The
sheet and grade classification is called matrix classification.

The sheet classification is divided into single sheet commands and multiple sheet commands. The grade
classificat ion is separated into basic commands and extension commands.

Basic commands are defined as fundamental p rinter cont rols, i ncludi ng print commands a nd chara cter
type selection commands. Extension commands are defined as control codes for functions specific to
individual printers. These commands are further divided into mechanical extension commands that
relate to additional mechanical functions such as stamp and auto-cutter units, hardware extension

commands that relate to additional hardware functions such as panel button control, and software
extension commands that relate to additional software functions such as user-defined and Bar code

control.

The commands can also be classified by function, which is how they are presented in Chapter 1 and
the Function Type table in this chapter. The function types, such as Print Commands and Line
Spacing Commands, are briefly explained in the corresponding sections of Chapter 1.

The illustration below shows the ESC/POS command overview diagram for printers.

Multiple sheet

Sheet

Single sheet

Multiple sheet
commands

Single sheet commands

Basic commands

Grade

Mechanical extension commands

Extension commands

Hardware extension commands

Software extension commands

Rev. A Command Reference 3-1

Function Type

Function Type Command Name Matrix Category

Print
commands

Line spacing
commands

LF
FF

CR
ESC FF
ESC J
ESC K
ESC d
ESC e
GS FF
ESC 2
ESC 3

ESC C

Print and line feed Basic single

1. Print and eject cut sheet (in
standard mode)

2. Print and return to standard
mode (in page mode)

3. Print and feed label to print
starting position (on label)

Print and carriage return Mechanical extension
Print data in page mode Software extension
Print and feed paper Mechanical extension
Print and reverse feed Mechanical extension
Print and feed n lines Basic single
Print and reverse feed n lines Mechanical extension
Print and eject label Hardware extensio n
Select default line s pa c in g Mechanical exte n sio n
Set line spacing Mechanical extension

Set cut sheet eject length Mecha ni cal extensio n

Mechanical extension

Mechanical extension

Mechanical extension

Supported Command

T88 T88M T85

●●●

●●●

OOO

●●●

●●●

●●●

●●●

●●●

Character
commands

The TM-T88/T88P/T88M/T88PM/T85/T85P supports the commands marked with a ● in the “Supported Command” column.
The TM-T88P/T88PM/T85P supports the commands marked with a O in the “Supported Comman d” co lumn .

CAN
ESC SP
ESC !
ESC %

ESC &
ESC –
ESC ?
ESC E
ESC G
ESC R

ESC V

ESC r
ESC t

Cancel print data in page mode Software extension
Set right-si de c h ar a c ter spacing Basic sin gle
Select print mode(s ) Basic single
Select/cancel user-defined

character set
Define user-defined chara cte rs Software extens ion
Turn underline mode on/off Software extension
Cancel user-defined chara cte rs Software extension
Turn emphasized mode on/off Software extension
Turn double-strike mode on/off Softwa re exten s ion
Select an international character

set
Turn 90° clockwise rotation mode

on/off
Select print color Mecha ni cal ext en s io n
Select character code table Basic single

Software extension

Basic single

Software extension

●●●

●●●

●●●

●●●

●●●

●●●

●●●

●●●

●●●

●●●

●●●

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Function Type Command Name Matrix Category

Character
commands
(continued)

Paper sensor
commands

Panel button
commands

Printing
paper
commands

Print position
commands

The TM-T88/T88P/T88M/T88PM/T85/T85P supports the commands marked with a ● in the “Supported Command” column.
The TM-T88P/T88PM/T85P supports the commands marked with a O in the “Supported Command” column.

ESC z Turn parallel printing mode on/off

for receipt and journal paper

ESC { Turn upside-down printing mode

on/off

GS ! Select character size Software extension ●●●
GS B Turn white/black reverse printing

mode on/off

GS b Turn smoothing mode on/off Software extension ●●●
ESC c 3 Select paper sensor(s) to output

paper-end signals

ESC c 4 Select paper sensor(s) to stop

printing

ESC c 5 Enable/disable pan el buttons Hardware extension
ESC c 6 Enable/disable on-line switch Hardware extension
ESC c 0 Select paper type(s) for printing Basic multiple
ESC c 1 Select paper type(s) for command

settings

ESC f Set cut sheet wait time Mechanical extension
HT Horizontal tab Software extension
RS Journa l ta b Mechanical extensio n
ESC $ Set absolute print position Software extension
ESC D Set horizontal t ab po sit ions Software exten s ion ●●●
ESC T Select print direction in page mode Software extension ●●●
ESC W Set printing area in page mode Software extens ion ●●●
ESC \ Set relative print position Software extension ●●●
ESC a Se lect ju st ifi c at io n Software extension ●●●
GS $ Set absolute vertical print position in

page mode

GS L Set left margi n Software extension ●●●
GS W Set printing area width Software exten sion ●●●
GS \ Set relative vertical print position in

page mode

Mechanical extension

Basic single

Software extension ●●●

Mechanical extension

Mechanical extension ●●●

Mechanical extension

Software extension ●●●

Software extension ●●●

Supported Command

T88 T88M T85

●●●

OOO

●●●

●●●

●●●

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Function Type Command Name Matrix Category

Mechanism
control
commands

Status
commands

ESC < Return home Mechanical extension
ESC F Se t/c ancel cu t shee t reverse eject Mechanical extension
ESC U Turn unidirectional printing mode

on/off

ESC i Partial c ut (on e po in t left uncut) Mechani cal extension
ESC m Partial cut (three points left uncut) Mechanical extension
ESC o Stamp Mechanical extension
ESC q Release Mechanical extension
GS V Select cut mode and cut paper Mechanical extension
DLE EOT Real-time status transmission Hardware extension ●●●
DLE EOT BS Real-time MICR status transmission Hardware extension

Mechanical extension

Supported Command

T88 T88M T85

●

●●●

ESC u Transmit periph era l devi ce statu s Hardware extensio n
ESC v T ran smi t pa per sen sor sta tus Hardware extension
GS ENQ Transmi t real -time printer status Ha rdware extension

GS a Enable/disable Automatic Status

GS r Transmit status Hardware extension ●●●

Bit-image
commands

Bar code
commands

Macro
function
commands

MICR
commands

The TM-T88/T88P/T88M/T88PM/T85/T85P supports the commands marked with a ● in the “Supported Command” column.
The TM-T88P/T88PM/T85P supports the commands marked with a O in the “Supported Comman d” co lumn .

ESC

✻

GS

✻

GS / Print down lo a ded bit ima g e Software exten s ion ●●●
GS H Select printing position of HRI

GS f Select font for HRI characters Software extension ●●●
GS h Set bar code height Software extension ●●●
GS k Print bar code Software extension ●●●
GS w Set bar code width Software extension ●●●
GS : Start/end macro de fini tion So ftware ext en sion
GS ^ Execute macro Software extension ●●●

FS a 0 Read check paper Mechanical extension
FS a 1 Load check paper to print starting

FS a 2 E je ct check pape r Mechanical extension
FS b Request retransmission of check

FS c MICR mechanism cleaning Mechanical extension

Back (ASB)

Select bit-image mode Basic single ●●●
Define downloaded bit image Software extension ●●●

characters

position

paper reading result

Hardware extension

Software extension

Mechanical extension

Mechanical extension

●●●

●●●

●●●

●

●

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Function Type Command Name Matrix Category

Kanji control
commands

Miscellaneous
function
commands

The TM-T88/T88P/T88M/T88PM/T85/T85P supports the commands marked with a ● in the “Supported Command” column.
The TM-T88P/T88PM/T85P supports the commands marked with a O in the “Supported Command” column.

FS ! Select print mode( s ) for Ka nj i

characters

FS & Se lect Kan j i char acter mo d e Software extension ●
FS – Turn underline mode on/off for Kanji

characters

FS . Cancel Kanji character mode Software extension ●
FS 2 Define user-defined Kanji

characters

FS C Se lect Kan j i charact er cod e system Software exten sion ●
FS S Set Kanji character spacing Software extension ●
FS W Turn quadruple-size mode on/off for

Kanji characters

DLE ENQ Real-time request to printe r Software extension
ESC = Select periphera l devi ce Software extension ●●●
ESC @ Initialize printer Basic single ●●●
ESC L Select page mode Software extension ●●●
ESC S Select standard m o de So ftwa re exte ns ion ●●●
ESC p Generate pulse Hardware extension ●●●
FS L Select double-density page mode Software extension
GS < Initialize printer mechanism Mechanical extension
GS A Adjust label print starting position Hardware extension
GS C 0 Select counter print mode Software extension
GS C 1 Select count mode (A) Software extension
GS C 2 Set counter Software extension
GS C ; Select count mode (B) Software extension
GS E Select head control method Hardware extension
GS I Transmit printer ID Hardware extension
GS P Set horizon t al an d vertic al mo t io n

units

GS c Print counter S o f tw a r e e x t ension
GS z 0 Set on-l ine recovery wait time Software extension

Software extension

Software extension ●

Software extension ●

Software extension ●

Software extension ●●●

Supported Command

T88 T88M T85

●

●●●

●●●

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Reference Table

Command Nam e Function

HT Horiz onta l tab Moves the printing

LF Print and line feed Prints the data in the

FF 1. Print and eject

CR Print and carriage

CAN Cancel print data

The commands supported by each printer are marked by a ● or a O. The functions of the commands marked by a O ma y differ, de pe nd in g on the printer mo d el.

cut sheet (in
standard
mode)

2. Print and return
to standard
mode (in page
mode)

3. Print and feed
label to print
starting position
(on label)

return

in page mode

position to the next
horizontal tab position.

print buffer and feeds
one line based on the
current line spacing.

Prints the da ta in the
print buffer and ejects
the cut sheet.

Prints the da ta in the
print buffer and returns
to standard mode.

Prints the da ta in the
print buffer and feeds
the next label to the
print starting position.

When auto line feed is
enabled, this
command functions in
the same way as LF.
When auto line feed is
disabled, this
command p rints the
data in the print buffer
and does not feed the
paper, or is ignored.

Deletes a ll th e pr i n t
data in the current
printing area in pag e
mode.

Supported Command

TM-

T85

TM-

T88/

T88M

TM-

L60II

TM-300/300M TM-U200 TM-

ABCDB D

U375/

U375M

TM-

H5000/

H5000M

TM-

U925

TM-

U950/

U950M

TM­295

TM-

215S

●●●●●●●●● ● ● ●●

●●●●●●●●● ● ● ● ● ●●

●●●●●

●●● ● ● ●

●

OOO

●●●●● ●

●●●●

O●

●●● ● ● ●

3-7

Command Name Function

RS Journal tab Moves the print position

to the beginning of the
journal pape r.

DLE EOT Re al- ti me sta tu s

DLE EOT BS Re al-time MICR

DLE ENQ Real-time request

ESC FF Print data in

ESC SP Set right-side

ESC ! Select print

ESC $ Set absolute print

ESC % Select/cancel

ESC & Define user-

ESC

✻

The commands supported by each prin ter are ma rked by a

transmission

status transmission

to printer

page mode

character
spacing

mode(s)

position

user-defined
character set

defined
characters

Select bit-image
mode

Transmits a specified
status in real time.

Transmits MICR status in
real time.

Responds to a request
from the host compute r
in real time.

Prints the data in the
print buffer in page
mode.

Sets the right-side
character spacing.

Selects a print mode(s).

Sets the print starting
position from the
beginning of the line.

Selects or cancels the
user-defined character
set.

Defines user-defin ed
characters for a
specified character
code.

Selects a bit-image
mode for a specified
number of dots.

Supported Command

TM-

T85

TM-

T88/

T88M

TM-

L60II

TM-300/300M TM-U200 TM-

ABCDB D

U375/

U375M

TM-

H5000/

H5000M

TM-

U925

TM-

U950/

U950M

TM­295

TM-

215S

●

●●● ●● ● ● ● ● ●

OOO

●● ●●

●

●●●

●●● ●

●●●●●●●●● ● ● ● ● ●●

●●●●●●●●● ● ● ● ● ●●

●●● ● ● ● ●

●●●●●●●●● ●

●●●●●●●●● ●

●●●●●●●●● ●

●

●

●

●●

●●

●●

●

●

●

●

●

●

● or a O. The functions of the commands marked by a O may differ, dependi ng on the printer model.

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Supported Command

Command Nam e Function

ESC – Turn underline

mode on/off

ESC 2 Select default line

spacing

ESC 3 Set line spacing Sets the line spacing to

ESC < Return home Moves the p r in t h ea d t o

ESC = Select peripheral

device

ESC ? Cancel user-

defined
characters

ESC @ Initialize pr inter Clears the data in the

ESC C Set cut sheet

eject length

ESC D Set horizontal tab

positions

ESC E Turn emphasized

mode on/off

ESC F Set/cancel cut

sheet reverse
eject

The commands supported by each printer are marked by a

Turns underline mode
on or off.

Sets the line spac in g to
1/6 inch.

a specified value.

the home position.
Selects the device to

which the host
computer sends data.

Cancels the user­defined characters for a
specified character
code.

print buffer and rese ts
the printer mode to the
mode that was in effect
when the power was
turned on.

Sets the eject length for
a cut sheet to a
specified number of
lines.

Sets the hor izontal tab
positions.

Turns emphas ized
mode on or off.

Sets or cancels the cut
sheet reverse eject.

TM-

TM-

T85

T88M

T88/

TM-

L60II

●●●OOOO●● ● ● ● ●

●●●●●●●●● ●

●●●●●●●●● ●

●●● ●● ● ● ● ● ●

●●● ●● ● ● ● ●

●●●●●●●●● ● ● ● ● ●●

●●●●●●●●● ● ● ●●

●●●OOOO●● ● ● ● ●

● or a O. The functions of the commands marked by a O ma y differ, de pe nd in g on the printer mo d el.

TM-300/300M TM-U200 TM-

ABCDB D

U375/

U375M

●●●●● ● ●

●●●●●

TM-

H5000/

H5000M

●

●

●

TM-

U925

●●

●●

●●

TM-

U950/

U950M

TM­295

●

●

TM-

215S

●

●

●●

3-9

Command Nam e Function

ESC G Turn double-strike

mode on/off

ESC J Print and feed

paper

ESC K Print and reverse

feed

ESC L Select page

mode

ESC R Select an

international
character set

ESC S Select standard

mode

ESC T Select print

direction in pa ge
mode

ESC U Turn

unidirectional
printing mode on/
off

ESC V Turn 90°

clockwise rotation
mode on/off

ESC W Set printing area

in page mode

The commands supported by each prin ter are ma rked by a

Turns double-strike
mode on or off.

Prints the data in the
print buffer and feeds
the paper a specified
distance.

Prints the data in the
print buffer and feeds
the paper a specified
distance in the reverse
direction.

Switches from standard
mode to page mode.

Selects a coun tr y ’s
character set.

Switches from page
mode to standard
mode.

Selects the print
direction and sta r ti ng
position in page mode.

Turns unidirectional
printing mode on or of f .

Turns 90° clockwise
rotation mode on or off.

Sets the position and
size of the printing area
in page mode.

Supported Command

TM-

T85

TM-

T88/

T88M

TM-

L60II

TM-300/300M TM-U200 TM-

ABCDB D

U375/

U375M

TM-

H5000/

H5000M

TM-

U925

TM-

U950/

U950M

TM­295

TM-

215S

●●●OOOO●● ● ● ● ●

●●●●●●●●● ● ● ● ● ●●

●●●

●● ●

●●

●● ●

●

●●●●●●●●● ● ● ● ● ●●

●●● ●

●●●

●●●●● ● ●

●●●

●● ●

●

●● ●

●●

●●● ● ● ●

● or a O. The functions of the commands marked by a O may differ, dependi ng on the printer model.

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Supported Command

Command Nam e Function

ESC \ Set relative print

position

ESC a Select justification Aligns all the data in

ESC c 0 Select paper

type(s) for printing

ESC c 1 Select paper

type(s) for
command
settings

ESC c 3 Select paper

sensor(s) to ou tput
paper-end signals

ESC c 4 Select paper

sensor(s) to stop
printing

ESC c 5 Enable/disable

panel buttons

ESC d Print and feed n

lines

ESC e Print and reverse

feed n lines

The commands supported by each printer are marked by a

Sets the print starting
position based on the
current position.

one line to a spec if ie d
position.

Selects paper type(s) for
printing.

Selects paper type(s) for
use with various
command settings.

Selects paper sensor(s)
to output paper-end
signals.

Selects the paper
sensor(s) that stops
printing when the paper
runs out.

Enables or disables th e
panel buttons .

Prints the da ta in the
print buffer and feeds n
lines.

Prints the da ta in the
print buffer and feeds n
lines in the reverse
direction.

TM-

TM-

T85

T88M

T88/

TM-

L60II

●●● ● ● ● ●

●●● ●● ● ● ● ●

OOOOOOOOO O O O O

●●●●●●●●● ● ● ● ● ●

●●●●●●●●● ● ● ● ● ●●

●●●●●●●●● ● ● ● ● ●●

● or a O. The functions of the commands marked by a O ma y differ, de pe nd in g on the printer mo d el.

TM-300/300M TM-U200 TM-

ABCDB D

●● ●

●●

U375/

U375M

●

TM-

H5000/

H5000M

●

●

TM-

U925

●●

●●

TM-

U950/

U950M

TM­295

●●●●

TM-

215S

Supported Command

Command Nam e Function

ESC f Set cut sheet wait

time

ESC i Partial cut (one

point left uncut)

ESC m Partial cut (three

points left uncut)

ESC o Stamp Execut es stam p pri ntin g .
ESC p Generate pulse Outputs a specified

ESC q Paper release Release s the pa pe r. ●● ●
ESC r Select print color Selects the print color.

Sets the time that the
printer waits for cut
sheet to be inserted and
the time from insertion
of the sheet until printing
starts.

Executes a partial cut of
the paper with one
point left uncut.

Executes a partial cut of
the paper with three
points left uncut.

pulse to a specified
connector pin.

TM-

TM-

T85

T88M

T88/

TM-

L60II

●

●●●●●●●●● ● ● ● ● ●●

TM-300/300M TM-U200 TM-

ABCDB D

●●

U375/

U375M

●●●●●

TM-

H5000/

H5000M

TM-

U925

TM-

U950/

U950M

TM­295

TM-

215S

●● ● ●

●● ● ●

●●

●●●OO ●

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3-11

ESC t Select character

code table

ESC u Transmit

peripheral device
status

ESC v Transmit paper

sensor status

ESC z Tu rn paral lel

printing mode on/
off for receipt
and journal paper

The commands supported by each prin ter are ma rked by a

Selects a page from
the character code
table.

Transmits the status of a
specified connector
pin.

Transmits the status of a
paper sensor.

Turns parallel printing
mode on or off for
receipt and journal
paper.

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●●

●

●

●

OOOO

OOOO

●●

●

●● ● ●●●●

●●●●●

●

●

●●●

●

● or a O. The functions of the commands marked by a O may differ, dependi ng on the printer model.

3-12

Supported Command

Command Nam e Function

ESC { Turn upside-down

printing mode on/
off

FS ! Select print

mode(s) for Kanji
characters

FS & Select Kanji

character mode

FS – Turn underline

mode on/off for
Kanji character s

FS . Cancel Kanji

character mode

FS 2 Define user-

defined Kanji
characters

FS C Select Kanji

character code
system

FS L Select double-

density page
mode

FS S Set Kanji

character
spacing

FS W Turn qu ad rup le-

size mode on/off
for Kanji
characters

FS a 0 Read check

paper

The commands supported by each printer are marked by a

Turns upside-down
printing mode on or of f.

Selects print mod e ( s )
for Kanji characters. O O O O O O O O

Selects Kanji cha rac ter
mode.

Turns underline mode
on or off for Kanji
characters.

Cancels Kanji
character mode.

Defines user-defined
Kanji characters for
specified character
codes.

Selects the Kanj i
character code system. O O O O O O O O

Switches fr om standard
mode to double ­density page mode.

Sets the righ t- an d left­side Kanji chara cter
spacing.

Turns quadruple-size
mode on or off for Kanji
characters.

Selects the MICR
function and reads the
check paper.

TM-

TM-

T85

T88M

T88/

TM-

L60II

●●●●●●●●● ● ● ● ● ●●

OOOOO OO O

OOOOO OO O

OOOOO OO O

OOOOO OO O

OOOOO OO O

OOOOO OO O

● or a O. The functions of the commands marked by a O ma y differ, de pe nd in g on the printer mo d el.

TM-300/300M TM-U200 TM-

ABCDB D

U375/

U375M

O

TM-

H5000/

H5000M

OOO

TM-

U925

TM-

U950/

U950M

TM­295

TM-

215S

3-13

Command Nam e Function

FS a 1 Load check

paper to print
starting position

FS a 2 Eject check

FS b Request

FS c MICR mechanism

GS ENQ Transmit real-time

GS FF Print and eject

GS ! Select character

GS $ Set absolute

GS

✻

GS / Print downloaded

GS : Start/end macro

The commands supported by each prin ter are ma rked by a

paper

retransmission of
check paper
reading result

cleaning

printer status

label

size

vertical print
position in page
mode

Define
downloaded bit
image

bit image

definition

Loads check paper to
the print starting
position.

Ejects the check paper.

Retransmits the
previous check paper
reading results.

Cleans the MICR
mechanism.

Transmits the status of
the printer in real time.

Prints the data in the
print buffer and ejects
the label.

Selects the character
width and height.

Sets the absolute
vertical print starting
position in page mode.

Defines a downloaded
bit image using a
specified number of
dots.

Prints a downloade d bit
image using a specified
mode.

Starts or ends a macro
definition.

Supported Command

TM-

T85

TM-

T88/

T88M

TM-

L60II

TM-300/300M TM-U200 TM-

ABCDB D

U375/

U375M

TM-

H5000/

H5000M

OOO

OOO

OOO

OOO

TM-

U925

TM-

U950/

U950M

TM­295

●●

●

●●● ●

●●● ●

●●● ●

●●● ●

●●●

●●

●●

●

●

●

● or a O. The functions of the commands marked by a O may differ, dependi ng on the printer model.

TM-

215S

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Supported Command

Command Name Function

GS < Initialize printer

mechanism

GS A Adjust label

position to start
printing

GS B Turn white/blac k

reverse printing
mode on/off

GS C 0 Select counter

print mode

GS C 1 Select count

mode (A)

GS C 2 Set counter Sets the serial counter

GS C ; Select count

mode (B)

GS E Select head

control meth od

GS H Select printing

position of HRI
characters

GS I Transmit printer ID Transmits a specified

GS L Set left margin Sets the left margin

GS P Set horizontal and

vertical motion
units

The commands supported by each printer are marked by a

Feeds a label to the
print starting position.

Adjusts the label
position relative to the
default posit ion.

Turns white/black
reverse printing mode
on or off.

Selects a print mod e for
the serial counter.

Selects a count mode
for the serial counter.

value.
Selects a count mode

for the serial counter
and specifies the
counter value.

Selects the print spe e d
and head energizing
time.

Selects the print in g
position of HRI
characters when
printing a bar code.

printer ID.

using specified values.
Sets the horizontal and

vertical motion units.

TM-

TM-

T85

T88M

T88/

TM-

L60II

●

●

●●● ●

●

●

●

●

●●●

●●● ●●

●●● ● ●

●●●

● or a O. The functions of the commands marked by a O ma y differ, de pe nd in g on the printer mo d el.

TM-300/300M TM-U200 TM-

ABCDB D

U375/

U375M

●●●● ●

●

●

TM-

H5000/

H5000M

TM-

U925

●

●

●●

●●

TM-

U950/

U950M

●

●

●

TM­295

215S

●

TM-

Command Nam e Function

GS V Select cut mode

and cut paper

GS V Select cut mode

and cut paper

GS W Set printing area

width

GS \ Set relative

vertical print
position in page
mode

GS ^ Execute macro Executes a macro.

Cuts the specified
paper.

Advances the specified
paper to the cut
position and performs
the cut.

Sets the printing area
width to a defined area.

Moves the vertical print
starting position i n page
mode to a specified
distance from the
current position.

Supported Command

TM-

T85

TM-

T88/

T88M

TM-

L60II

TM-300/300M TM-U200 TM-

ABCDB D

U375/

U375M

TM-

H5000/

H5000M

●● ● ●

●● ●● ●

●●● ● ●

●●● ●

●●●

●

TM-

U925

TM-

U950/

U950M

TM­295

TM-

215S

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GS a Enable/disable

Automatic Status
Back (ASB)

GS b Turn smoothing

mode on/off

GS c Print cou nter Stores a se ria l cou nter

GS f Select font

for HRI characters

GS h Set bar code

height

The commands supported by each prin ter are ma rked by a

Selects a status for ASB
transmission.

Turns smoothing mode
on or off.

value in the print buffer
and increments or
decrements the counter
value.

Selects a font for the HRI
characters used when
printing a bar code.

Sets the height of a bar
code.

●●● ●● ●

●

●●

●

●●● ●

●

●●●

●●●

●

●

● or a O. The functions of the commands marked by a O may differ, dependi ng on the printer model.

3-16

Supported Command

Command Nam e Function

GS k Print bar code Selects a bar code

GS r Transmit status Transmits a specified

GS w Set bar code

width

GS z 0 Set on-line

recovery wait
time

The commands supported by each printer are marked by a

system and prints the
bar code.

status.
Sets the horizontal size of

the bar code.
Sets the on-line recovery

wait time.

TM-

TM-

T85

T88M

T88/

TM-

L60II

●●●

●●● ●●

●●●

● or a O. The functions of the commands marked by a O ma y differ, de pe nd in g on the printer mo d el.

TM-300/300M TM-U200 TM-

ABCDB D

●●

U375/

U375M

●

TM-

H5000/

H5000M

TM-

U925

●

●●

●

TM-

U950/

U950M

●

TM­295

215S

●

TM-