Epson FX Printer Codes

Printer Operation:
Decimal

ASCII

Description

BEL

Beeper

17

DC1

Select printer

19

DC3

Deselect printer

27 25
48

Esc EM 0

Turn cut sheet feeder control off

27 25
52

Esc EM 4

Turn cut sheet feeder control on

27 56

Esc 8

Disable paper out sensor

27 57

Esc 9

Enable paper out sensor

27 60

Esc <

Select unidirectional mode for one

line

27 64

Esc @

Initialize printer

27 85
48

Esc U 0

Cancel unidirectional mode

27 85
49

Esc U 1

Select unidirectional mode

27 115
48

Esc s 0

Turn half speed mode off

27 115
49

Esc s 1

Turn half speed mode on

Vertical/Horizontal Motion:
Decimal

ASCII

Description

BS

Backspace

HT

Horizontal tab

10

LF

Line Feed

11

VT

Vertical Tab

12

FF

Form Feed

27 47 c

ESC / c

Select vertical tab channel (c=0..7)

27 48

ESC 0

Select 8 lines per inch

27 49

ESC 1

Select 7/72 inch line spacing

27 50

ESC 2

Select 6 lines per inch

27 51 n

ESC 3 n

Select n/216 inch line spacing (n=0..255)

27 65 n

ESC A n

Select n/72 inch line spacing (n=0..85)

27 66 0

ESC B NUL

Clear Vertical tabs

27 66
tabs

ESC B tabs

Select up to 16 vertical tabs where tabs are

ascending values from 1..255 ending with NUL

27 67 n

ESC C n

Select page length in lines (n=1..127)

27 67 48 ESC C 0 n
n

Select page length in inches (n=1..22)

27 68 0

Clears all horizontal tables

ESC D NUL

27 68
tabs 0

ESC D tabs
NUL

Sets up to 32 horizontal tabs with ascending

values 1-137. NUL or a value less than previous
tab ends command.

27 74 n

ESC J n

Immediate n/216 inch line feed (n=0..255)

27 78 n

ESC N n

Select skip over perforation (n=1..127)

27 79

ESC O

Cancel skip over perforation

27 81 n

ESC Q n

Set right margin (n=column)

27 98 b
c 0

ESC b c
NUL

Clear vertical tabs in channel (c=0..7)

27 98 c
tabs

ESC b c
tabs

27 101
48 s

ESC e 0 s

27 101
49 s

ESC e 1 s

27 102
48 s

ESC f 0 s

27 102
49 s

ESC f 1 s

Select up to 16 vertical tabs in channels

(c=0..7) where tabs are ascending values from
1..255 ending with NUL
Set horizontal tab to increments of 's'
Set vertical tab to increments of 's'
Set horizontal skip to increments of 's'
Set vertical skip to increments of 's'

27 106 n ESC j n

Reverse linefeed (n/216 inch after buffer)

27 108 n ESC l n

Set left margin (n=column)

Printing Style:

Decimal ASCII

Description

27 33 n

Master select where n is a combination of:

ESC ! n

0 Pica 16 Double Strike

1 Elite 32 Double Wide
4 Condensed 64 Italic
8 Emphasized 128 Underline
Pica & Elite and Condensed/Emphasized are mutually
exclusive
27 107
48

ESC k 0

27 107
49

ESC k 1

27 120
48

ESC x 0

27 120
49

ESC x 1

Select NLQ Roman font

Select NLQ Sans Serif font
Select draft mode
Select NLQ mode

Print Size and Character Width

Decimal

ASCII

Description

14

SO

Select double width for one line

15

SI

Select condensed mode

18

DC2

Cancel condensed mode

20

DC4

Cancel one line double width mode

27 14

ESC SO

Double width for one line (duplicate)

27 15

ESC SI

Select condensed mode (duplicate)

27 77

ESC M

Select elite width (12 cpi)

27 80

ESC P

Select pica width (10 cpi)

27 87 48

ESC W 0

Cancel double width mode

27 87 49

ESC W 1

Select double width mode

Print Enhancement:

Decimal

ASCII

Description

27 45 48

ESC - 0

Cancel underlining

27 45 49

ESC - 1

Select underlining

27 69

ESC E

Select emphasized mode

27 70

ESC F

Cancel emphasized mode

27 71

ESC G

Select double strike mode

27 72

ESC H

Cancel double strike mode

27 83 48

ESC S 0

Select superscript

27 83 49

ESC S 1

Select subscript

27 84

ESC T

Cancel superscript/subscript

Character Sets:

Decimal

ASCII

Description

27 52

ESC 4

Select italic mode

27 53

ESC 5

Cancel italic mode

27 54

ESC 6

Enable printing of characters (128-159,255)

27 55

ESC 7

Cancel [ESC 6] command

27 82 n

ESC R n

Select International character set where

numeric 'n' is:
0 USA
1 France
2 Germany
3 United
Kingdom

7 Spain
8 Japan
9 Norway
10 Denmark II

4 Denmark I
5 Sweden
6 Italy

11 Spain II
12 Latin America

27 116 0

ESC t
NUL

Select italic character set

27 116 1

ESC t
SOH

Select Epson character set

User Defined Characters:

Decimal

ASCII

Description

27 37 0

ESC % NUL

Selects normal character set

27 37 1

ESC % SOH

Selects user defined set

27 38 0

ESC & NUL ?

Select user defined chars (see manual)

27 58 0 0 ESC : NUL NUL

Copy ROM into RAM
0
NUL

Graphics Character Sets:

Decimal

ASCII

Description

27 42 0 n1 ESC * NUL n1
n2
n2

Select single density graphics

27 42 1 n1 ESC * SOH n1
n2
n2

Select double density graphics

27 63 s n

ESC ? s n

27 75 n1
n2

ESC K n1 n2

27 76 n1
n2

ESC L n1 n2

27 89 n1
n2

ESC Y n1 n2

27 90 n1
n2

ESC Z n1 n2

27 94 m
n1 n2

ESC ^ m n1 n2

Other:

Reassign graphics mode

's'=(K,L,Y or Z) to mode 'n'=(0..6)
Single density graphics (60 dpi)
Double density graphics (120 dpi)
Hi-speed double den graphics (120 dpi)
Quad density graphics (240 dpi)
Select 9 pin graphics mode
number of columns = n1 + (n2 * 256)

Decimal

ASCII

Description

13

CR

Carriage Return

24

CAN

Cancel text in line (but not control codes)

127

DEL

Delete character (but not control codes)

27 32 n

ESC SP n

Space in n/72 inch following each NLQ char

27 35

ESC #

MSB control sequence cancel

27 36

ESC $

Select absolute dot position

27 61

ESC =

MSB = 0

27 62

ESC >

MSB = 1

27 73 48

ESC I 0

Cancel above [ESC I 1]

27 73 49

ESC I 1

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

27 92

ESC \

Select relative dot position

NLQ justification where numeric 'n' is:

27 97 n

ESC a n

27 112

ESC p

0 left justification (default)

1 center
2 right justification
3 full justification
Select/cancel proportional mode

the codes listed are relative to the Epson LX 800

in several situations where a numeric value of zero or one is
required, the ASCII value of the number can be substituted