
Appendix F EPSON LQ 2550 and ESC/P2 Quick Reference Appendix F EPSON LQ 2550 and ESC/P2 Quick Reference
F-3 F-4
Table B-2: Control Codes Table B-4: Vertical Form Handling
Column/Row Mnemonic Function Escape Sequence Mnemonic Function
0/0 NUL Null
0/8 BS Backspace
0/9 HT Horizontal Tab
0/A LF Line Feed
0/B VT Vertical Tab
0/C FF Form Feed
0/D CR Carriage Return
0/E SO Double Width Printing By Line
0/F SI Condensed Printing
1/1 DC1 Select Printer
1/2 DC2 Select Pica (10 cpi)
1/3 DC3 Deselct Printer
1/4 DC4 Cancel Double Width Printing By Line
1/8 CAN Cancel Buffer
1/B ESC Initiate Escape Sequence
2/0 SP Space
7/F DEL Delete
Table B-3: Terminal Management
Escape Sequence Mnemonic Function
ESC @ Initialize Printer
ESC = Set Most Significant Bit to 0
ESC > Set Most Significant Bit to 1
ESC # Cancel Most Significant Bit Control
ESC 0 Set Line Space to / "
1
8
ESC 2 Set Line Space to / "
1
6
ESC 3 P1 Set Line Space to / " (P1 = 0...255)
P1
180
ESC + P1 Set Line Space to / " (P1 = 0/0...F/F)
P1
360
ESC A P1 Set Line Space to / " (P1 = 0/0...0/F)
P1
60
ESC B NUL Clear Vertical Tabs
ESC B P1 P2 . . . P16 NUL Set Vertical Tabs (P1...P16 = 0/1...F/F)
ESC C P1 Set Form Length in Lines (P1 = 0/1...F/F)
ESC C NUL P1 Set Form Length in Inches (P1 = 0/1...0/C)
ESC J P1 Perform / " Line Feed (P1 = 0/0...F/F)
P1
180
ESC N P1 Set Automatic Perforation Skip
P1 is the number of lines from bottom of
paper to skip. (P1 = 0/1...7/F)
ESC O Cancel Automatic Perforation Skip
ESC b P1 P2 .. P16 NUL Set Vertical Tabs in Channel P1
P1 = 0/0 .. 0/7 : channel 0 - 7
P2..P16 = line number (P2..P16 = 0/1..F/F)
ESC b P1 NUL Clear all Tabs in Channel P1
P1 = 0/0 .. 0/7 : channel 0 - 7
ESC j P1 Perform / " Reverse Line Feed
P1
180
(P1 = 0/0...F/F)
ESC / P1 Select Vertical Tab Channel
P1 = 0/0 .. 0/7 : channel 0 .. 7