How do you define the length of a parameter in ESC/POS?

I need to be able to print Hebrew characters on my Epson TM-T20ii. I am trying to get my printer to switch to character code page 36(PC862) using

ESC t36

for some reason the printer is switching to code page 3 and then printing the number 6.

Is there a way to let the printer know that the 6 is part of my command? If you know of a different workaround please comment below.

Thanks

Solution

You are making a mistake, you aren't meant to replace n with an actual number.

The proper syntax in your case would be ←t$

Explanation: the manual says "ESC t n", n referring to the page sheet, however you don't replace n with a number rather with the ASCII character n, so in your example 36 = $ because $ is the 36th character on the ASCII table.