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Print and paper feed
The print and feed commands control printing on the receipt and paper feed by the printer.
Print and feed paper one line
ASCII LF
Hexadecimal 0A
Decimal 10
Prints one line from the buffer and feeds paper one line.
Carriage return/line feed pair prints and feeds only one line.
Print and carriage return
ASCII CR
Hexadecimal 0D
Decimal 13
Prints one line from the buffer and feeds paper one line. The printer can be set through the configuration menu to ignore or use this command. Some applications expect the command to be ignored while others use it as print command.
Related information
See ignoring/using the carriage return in Diagnostics for more information.
This command is ignored in LEGACY emulation.
Carriage return/line feed pair prints and feeds only one line.
Feed n print lines
ASCII | DC4 n |
Hexadecimal | 14 n |
Decimal | 20 n |
Value of n: | The number of lines to feed at current |
| line height setting. |
Range of n: | |
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Feeds the paper n lines at the current line height without printing. Ignored on receipt if current line is not empty.
Related information
This is ignored in LEGACY emulation and the parameter byte goes into the print buffer.
Feed n dot rows
ASCII | NAK n |
Hexadecimal | 15 n |
Decimal | 21 n |
Value of n: | n/203 inch |
Range of n: | |
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Feeds the paper n dot rows (n/8 mm, n/203 inch), without printing. Receipt moves n rows if the print buffer is empty.
Related information
This is ignored in LEGACY emulation and the parameter byte goes into the print buffer.
