Horizontal Motion Commands

The following paragraphs describe the commands for horizontal motion and horizontal tab functions in the Model 855 WP emulation mode.

Backspace

Control character: BS

Hexadecimal: 08

This command causes the printer to move the printhead one HMI position to the left. The next character printed following a BS command overstrikes the most recently printed character. In the backward print mode, each BS control character moves the printhead to the right one HMI position.

Tab Horizontally

Control character: HT

Hexadecimal: 09

This command moves the printhead to the next horizontal tab stop. If the printer receives an HT command following the last horizontal tab stop on a line, the printer performs a carriage return and a line feed and starts the next print operation at the left margin.

Carriage Return

Control character: CR

Hexadecimal: 0D

This command causes the printer to perform the following functions.

qThe printer prints the current line of data from the print buffer and begins the next line at the left margin.

qIf right margin justification is active, the CR command causes each line of print to occupy the entire space between the left and right margins.

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