TransAct Technologies ITHERM 280 User Manual

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Programming Codes

iTherm

®

280 Programmer’s Guide

Page 94

Rev C

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[ESC] [ P

Set character pitch


ASCII

[ESC] [ P <n>

Hexadecimal 1BH 5BH 50H <n>
Decimal

<27> <91> <80> <n>

IPCL

&%F1, &%F2, &%F3, &%F4, &%F5, &%F6, &%F7

EPOS

[ESC] [SP] <n>

Description The [ESC] [ P <n> command sets character per inch print pitch to <n>.

The printer resolution limits the exact print pitch. The following table lists
the exact pitch for various values on <n>.

<n>

Resulting

Characters

per Inch

IPCL

1

1.00

2

2.00

3

3.01

4

4.00

5

4.95

6

5.94

7

6.93

8

8.00

&%F7

9

9.04

10

9.90

&%F3

11

10.95

12

12.23

&%F2

13

13.00

14

13.87

15

14.86

&%F6

<n>

Resulting

Characters

per Inch

IPCL

16

16.00

17

17.33

&%F1

18

17.33

19

18.91

20

20.8

&%F5

21

20.8

22

23.11

23

23.11

24

23.11

&%F4

25

23.11

26

26

27

26

28

26

29

29.71

30

29.71

Table 10 Character Pitch


This command disables any right-side spacing set by the [ESC] V command. In addition
when font changes are made, the character pitch is maintained.

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