<s>
ESC/P	B-Language
,	O
short	O
for	O
Epson	O
Standard	O
Code	O
for	O
Printers	O
and	O
sometimes	O
styled	O
Escape/P	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
printer	O
control	O
language	O
developed	O
by	O
Epson	O
to	O
control	O
computer	O
printers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ESC/P	B-Language
derives	O
its	O
name	O
from	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
the	O
escape	O
sequences	O
used	O
,	O
which	O
start	O
with	O
the	O
escape	B-Algorithm
character	I-Algorithm
ESC	O
(	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
code	I-Protocol
27	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ESC/P	B-Language
control	O
codes	O
are	O
sometimes	O
also	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Epson	O
LQ	O
codes	O
,	O
as	O
they	O
were	O
made	O
popular	O
by	O
the	O
Epson	O
LQ	O
series	O
of	O
dot	O
matrix	O
printers	O
,	O
even	O
though	O
ESC/P	B-Language
was	O
introduced	O
long	O
before	O
LQ	O
printers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
several	O
variants	O
of	O
ESC/P	B-Language
,	O
as	O
not	O
all	O
printers	O
implement	O
all	O
commands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ESC/P	B-Language
J84	O
adds	O
special	O
support	O
for	O
Japanese	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ESC/P2	O
is	O
a	O
more	O
recent	O
variant	O
of	O
ESC/P	B-Language
by	O
Epson	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ESC/P2	O
is	O
backward	B-General_Concept
compatible	I-General_Concept
with	O
ESC/P	B-Language
,	O
but	O
adds	O
commands	O
for	O
new	O
printer	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
scalable	O
fonts	O
and	O
enhanced	O
graphics	O
printing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ESC/P	B-Language
-R	O
is	O
a	O
variant	O
now	O
used	O
by	O
Epson	O
on	O
many	O
inkjet	O
printers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ESC/POS	B-Language
is	O
a	O
variant	O
for	O
controlling	O
receipt	O
printers	O
as	O
commonly	O
used	O
at	O
the	O
point	O
of	O
sale	O
(	O
POS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ESC/P	B-Language
-K	O
adds	O
special	O
support	O
for	O
Chinese	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2014	O
,	O
few	O
modern/office/consumer	O
non-Epson	O
printers	O
use	O
ESC/P	B-Language
;	O
instead	O
most	O
are	O
driven	O
through	O
a	O
standardized	O
page	O
description	O
language	O
,	O
usually	O
PCL	B-Language
or	O
PostScript	B-Language
,	O
or	O
they	O
use	O
proprietary	B-Application
protocols	O
such	O
as	O
Hardware	O
Code	O
Pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
many	O
current	O
clone	O
thermal	O
receipt	O
printers	O
still	O
continue	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
ESC/POS	B-Language
command	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
all	O
current	O
Epson	O
receipt/thermal	O
printers	O
support	O
ESC/POS	B-Language
and	O
some	O
Epson	O
Stylus	O
inkjets	O
still	O
seem	O
to	O
be	O
using	O
some	O
variant	O
of	O
ESC/P	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
See	O
the	O
Gutenprint	B-Application
(	O
Gimp	B-Application
Print	I-Application
)	O
project	O
for	O
source	O
code	O
examples	O
.	O
</s>
