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Epic 3000 Programmer's Guide
[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
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
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.
100-14362
IPCL
1.00
2.00
3.01
4.00
4.95
5.94
6.93
8.00 &%F7
9.04
9.90 &%F3
10.95
12.23 &%F2
13.00
13.87
14.86 &%F6
Table 2 Character Pitch
Rev A
Programming Codes
<n> Resulting
Characters
per Inch
16 16.00
17 17.33
18 17.33
19 18.91
20 20.8
21 20.8
22 23.11
23 23.11
24 23.11
25 23.11
26 26
27 26
28 26
29 29.71
30 29.71
IPCL
&%F1
&%F5
&%F4
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