Form Feed

Control character: FF

Hexadecimal: 0C

The Form Feed command causes the printer to print the current contents of the print buffer and then move the print-head to the first print line of the next form.

Tab Vertically

Control character: VT

Hexadecimal: 0B

This command advances the print position vertically to the next vertical tab stop.

Perform n/216 Inch Line Feed

Escape sequence:

ESC

J

n

Hexadecimal:

1B

4A

n

This command advances the print position vertically by a value in the range of 0/216 through 255/216 (0 through 1.18) inches. This command causes an immediate line feed operation but does not produce a carriage return unless the printer is set to perform an automatic carriage return upon receiving an LF control character.

Perform Reverse Line Feed

Escape Sequence: ESC ]

Hexadecimal: 1B 5D

This command executes an immediate reverse line feed. Printable data in the line print buffer is printed, then a reverse line feed is executed.

Enable Automatic Line Feed

Escape sequence:

ESC

5

SOH

Hexadecimal:

1B

35

01

This command enables the automatic line feed mode. With this mode enabled, the printer automatically performs a line feed with every carriage return.

IBM Proprinter XL Emulation 7-13

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Epson 8900 Series manual Perform n/216 Inch Line Feed, Perform Reverse Line Feed, Enable Automatic Line Feed