LP 990 (260-2879) Control Codes Faxback Doc. # 4683
EPSON FX-80
The commands available in Epson FX-80 emulation are listed below.
FUNCTION MNEMONIC HEX. DEC. REMARKS
Bell BEL 07 7
Backspace BS 08 8
Cancel CAN 18 24
Horizontal Tab HT 09 9 The maximum HTAB position is
subject to current paper width.
Line Feed LF 0A 10
Vertical Tab VT 0B 11 If a request is made for a
location outside the printer's
logical page, the current page
is ejected.
Carriage Return CT 0D 13
Page End FF 0C 12
Condensed Mode ON SI 0F 15 Characters are printed at 17.1
CPI (137 characters on one 8"
line). When current paper size
is letter or legal, and print
orientation is portrait, 132
characters are printed over a
width of 7.7", until left or
right margins are specified.
Enlarged Mode ON SO 0E 14
Printer Select DC1 11 17
Condensed Mode OFF DC2 12 18
Deselect Printer DC3 13 19
Enlarged Mode OFF DC4 14 20
Delete DEL 7F 127
Enlarged Mode ON ESC SO 1B 0E 27 14 Same as SO
Condensed Mode ON ESC SI 1B 0F 27 15 Same as SI
1/8" LF Pitch ESC 0 1B 30 27 48
7/72" LF Pitch ESC 1 1B 31 27 49
1/6" LF Pitch ESC 2 1B 32 27 50
N/216" LF Pitch ESC 3(n) 1B 33 27 51 (0 < n < 255)
Italic (Alternate)
Mode ON ESC 4 1B 34 27 52 Italic font is selected.
Italic (Alternate)
Mode OFF ESC 5 1B 35 27 53 Normal font is selected.
Print Code Area
Expand ESC 6 1B 36 27 54 80 H to 9F H are accepted as a
character set.
Print Code Area
Expand Cancel ESC 7 1B 37 27 55 ESC 6 setting is canceled.
Paper Out Detection
Disable ESC 8 1B 38 27 56 This command is ignored.
Paper Out Detection
Enable ESC 9 1B 39 27 57 This command is ignored.
Print Mode Select ESC !(n) 1B 21 27 33 (0 < n < 63)
Underline Print
Mode ON/OFF ESC - (n) 1B 2D 27 45 n=1, 49 OFF
(minus) n=0, 48 OFF
VFU Channel Select ESC / (n) 1B 2F 27 47 (0 < n < 7)
Home Head (Printing
from left mast to
right for 1 line) ESC < 1B 3C 27 60 This command is ignored since
the printer has no print head
mechanism.
MSB 0 Set ESC = 1B 3D 27 61
MSB 1 Set ESC > 1B 3E 27 62
MSB Control
Sequence Cancel ESC # 1B 23 27 35
Printer Initialize ESC @ 1B 40 27 64 Print buffer is cleared. All
printer status is initialized as
the printer is turned ON.
Line Space Setting ESC A (n) 1B 41 27 65 n/72" LF Pitch Setting. (0<n<85)
Vertical Tab Set ESC B n1 1B 42 27 66 (1 < nk < current form length)
n2...nk0 (1 < k < 16)
Form Length Setting
by Number of Lines ESC C (n) 1B 43 27 67 Form length=line spacing x n.
(1 < n < 127)
If a request is made for a
specified position outside the
printer's logical page, the
position is specified to the
appropriate logical page limit.
For Length Setting
in Inches ESC C (n) 1B 43 27 67 (1 < n < 22)
(0) If a request is made for a
specified position outside the
printer's logical page, the
position is specified to the
appropriate logical page limit.
Horizontal Tab Set ESC D n1 1B 44 27 68 (1 < nk < margin length)
n2...nk0 (1 < k < 32)
When the specified HTAB position
exceeds the current paper width,
the data is ignored. The maximum
tab number is 256.
Emphasized Mode
Setting ESC E 1B 45 27 69 Double printing at 2-dot spacing
Emphasized Mode
Cancel ESC F 1B 46 27 70
Double Strike
Mode Setting ESC G 1B 47 27 71 Double printing at 1-dot spacing
Double Strike
Mode Cancel ESC H 1B 48 27 72
Control Code Select ESC I (n) 1B 49 27 73 Undefined codes in the range 00H
to IF H and 80 H to 9F H are
assigned as character codes.
n=0, 48 Control code
n=9, 49 Printable character
n/216" Line Feed ESC J (n) 1B 4A 27 74 0 < n < 255
8-pin Normal Density
Bit Image ESC K n1 1B 4B 27 75 Data per a line n=2 x 256 + n1
n2 bit Prints about 1/5 page
without expansion memory.
8-pin Dual Density
Bit Image ESC L n1 1B 4C 27 76 Same as above.
n2
Elite Size Mode ESC M 1B 4D 27 77 12 CPI
Perforation Line
Skip ON ESC N (n) 1B 4E 27 78 This command is ignored.
Perforation Line
Skip OFF ESC O 1B 4F 27 79 This command is ignored.
Pica Size Mode ESC P 1B 50 27 80
Right Margin Set ESC Q (n) 1B 51 27 81 n:depends on print mode.
National Character
Select ESC R (n) 1B 52 27 82 (0 < n < 10)
Super/Subscript
Mode ON ESC S (n) 1B 53 27 83 n=0, 48 Superscript
n=1, 49 Subscript
Super/Subscript ESC T 1B 54 27 84
Mode OFF
One-way Print
ON/OFF ESC U (n) 1B 55 27 85 This command is ignored.
Enlarged Mode Set ESC W (n) 1B 57 27 87 n=1, 49 ON
n=0, 48 OFF
Double-Speed Double ESC Y 1B 59 27 89 Prints about 1/5 page without
-Density Bit Image n1 n2 expansion memory.
Quadruple Density ESC Z 1B 5A 27 90 Prints about 1/5 page without
Bit Image n1 n2 expansion memory.
VFU Position Set ESC b m1 1B 62 27 98 VFU has 8 channels (0-7) with up
...mk0 to 16 positions for each channel
Incremental &
View Function ESC i (n) 1B 69 27 105 This command is ignored.
n/216" Backward
Line Feed ESC j (n) 1B 6A 27 106 (0 < n < 255)
If a request is made for a
location outside the printer's
logical page, the current cursor
position is moved to the
appropriate logical page limit.
Left Margin Set ESC I (n) 1B 6C 27 108 (1 < n < 137)
n:depends on print mode. If a
request is made for a specified
position outside the printer's
logical page limit.
P/S Character Print
ON/OFF ESC p (n) 1B 70 27 112 n=1, 49 ON n=2, 48 OFF
Half-Speed ON ESC s (n) 1B 73 27 115 This command is ignored since
print head speed is irrelevant.
8-pin Bit Image Mode ESC * (n) 1B 2A 27 42 Prints about 1/5 page without
mn1 mn2 expansion memory.
9-pin Bit Image Mode ESC ^ n1 1B 5E 27 94 n=0 Normal density
n2 n=1 Dual density
Prints about 1/5 page without
expansion memory.
Down Load ESC & (n) 1B 26 27 38 This command is ignored.
ROM CG Copy ESC : 1B 3A 27 58 This command is ignored.
Down Load Character ESC % 1 1B 25 27 37 This command is ignored.
Select 31 49
ROM CG Selection ESC % 0 1B 25 27 37 This command is ignored.
30 48
Paper Source ESC EM (n)
1B 19 31 27 25 49 n=1 TRAY 1
1B 19 32 27 25 50 n=2 TRAY 2
1B 19 45 27 25 69 n=E ENVELOPE FEEDER *
1B 19 4D 27 25 77 n=M MANUAL *
1B 19 43 27 25 67 n=C SELECT TRAY 1 THEN TRAY 2 *
1B 19 52 27 25 82 n=R EJECT THE CURRENT PAGE
Paper Size* ESC d (n)
1B 64 42 27 100 66 n=B LEGAL
1B 64 44 27 100 68 n=D LETTER
1B 64 50 27 100 80 n=P EXECUTIVE
1B 64 45 27 100 69 n=E INVOICE
1B 64 48 27 100 72 n=H A4
1B 64 4C 27 100 76 n=L B5
1B 64 52 27 100 82 n=R COMMERCIAL 10
1B 64 53 27 100 83 n=S INTERNATIONAL DL
1B 64 55 27 100 85 n=U INTERNATIONAL C5
1B 64 4D 27 100 77 n=M MONARCH 7 3/4
Orientation* ESC VP 56 50 86 80 PORTRAIT
ESC VL 56 4C 86 76 LANDSCAPE
* These codes are not part of the original code set for the FX-80. They are
unique to LP-990.
Paper Source //n//
2F 2F 31 2F 2F 47 47 48 47 47 n=1 TRAY 1
2F 2F 32 2F 2F 47 47 49 47 47 n=2 TRAY 2
2F 2F 45 2F 2F 47 47 69 47 47 n=E ENVELOPE FEEDER *
2F 2F 4D 2F 2F 47 47 77 47 47 n=M MANUAL *
2F 2F 43 2F 2F 47 47 67 47 47 n=C SELECT TRAY 1 THEN TRAY 2 *
2F 2F 52 2F 2F 47 47 82 47 47 n=R EJECT THE CURRENT PAGE
Paper Size* //d (n)//
2F 2F 64 42 2F 2F 47 47 100 66 47 47 n=B LEGAL
2F 2F 64 44 2F 2F 47 47 100 68 47 47 n=D LETTER
2F 2F 64 50 2F 2F 47 47 100 80 47 47 n=P EXECUTIVE
2F 2F 64 45 2F 2F 47 47 100 69 47 47 n=E INVOICE
2F 2F 64 48 2F 2F 47 47 100 72 47 47 n=H A4
2F 2F 64 4C 2F 2F 47 47 100 76 47 47 n=L B5
2F 2F 64 52 2F 2F 47 47 100 82 47 47 n=R COMMERCIAL 10
2F 2F 64 53 2F 2F 47 47 100 83 47 47 n=S INTERNATIONAL DL
2F 2F 64 55 2F 2F 47 47 100 85 47 47 n=U INTERNATIONAL C5
2F 2F 64 4D 2F 2F 47 47 100 77 47 47 n=M MONARCH 7 3/4
Orientation* //P// 2F 2F 50 2F 2F 47 47 80 47 47 PORTRAIT
2F 2F 4C 2F 2F 47 47 76 47 47 LANDSCAPE
* These codes are not part of the original code set for the FX-80. They are
unique to LP-990.
The printable character set for the Epson FX-80 emulation ranges from 20 H
to FF H, within standard ASCII characters are from 20 H to 7F H, and italic
characters are from A0 H to FF H.
(smm 07/27/93)