Epson POS

The ESC/POS is a set of instructions for thermal paper printers communicated over serial, parallel, or USB.

Instructions

See the command reference list below for a detailed list of instructions.

Epson's command list shows the command with ASCII names rather than the hex values, so sending 1B 40 to initialize a printer is equivalent to ESC @.

Here are some common instructions:

• 1B 40 Initialize the ESC/POS printer
• 1C 70 01 00 = Print first bit image stored in NVRam
• 1B 64 05 1D 56 01 = Epson cutter command
• 0A = Line feed

See Also

PHP Library:

• https://github.com/mike42/escpos-php

Epson's 'official' documents:

• https://download.epson-biz.com/modules/pos/index.php?page=prod&pcat=3&pid=21

Epson's Logo Utility:

• https://download.epson-biz.com/modules/pos/index.php?page=single_soft&cid=2346&scat=44&pcat=3

Command References:

• http://www.smartlab.at/tabshop-pos/escpos-codes/
• http://www.starasia.com/Download/Manual/escpos_cm_en.pdf
• http://content.epson.de/fileadmin/content/files/RSD/downloads/escpos.pdf
• http://www.aures-support.fr/DE/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ESCPOS-command-manual20160428.pdf
• https://reference.epson-biz.com/modules/ref_escpos/index.php?content_id=72