Vertical Motion Commands

Vertical tab stops define the line numbers at which the paper stops when performing vertical tab operations. After vertical tab stops have been set, any change of the vertical pitch causes a proportional change in the vertical tab stop positions.

Line Feed

Control character: LF

Hexadecimal: 0A

This command moves the paper forward one line position without performing a carriage return. The VMI determines the distance from one line to the next.

Form Feed

Control character: FF

Hexadecimal: 0C

This command advances the paper to the top margin of the next page and causes the printer to perform a carriage return to the left margin.

Tab Vertically

Control character: VT

Hexadecimal: 0B

This command advances the paper to the next print line without performing a carriage return.

Tab Vertically Absolute

Escape sequence:

ESC

VT

n

Hexadecimal:

1B

0B

n

This command moves the paper vertically (up or down) to the line specified by the variable n. The line space is the distance defined by the VMI or the distance set by the operator via the Form Config switch. The valid range of n is 1 through 126.

TI Model 855 Printer WP Emulation 5-16

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Epson 8900 Series manual Vertical Motion Commands, Tab Vertically Absolute