Chapter 6: Programming Information

A794 Owner’s Guide

Horizontal Positioning Commands

The horizontal positioning commands control the horizontal print positions of characters on the receipt.

Horizontal Tab

Moves the print position to the next tab position set by the Set Horizontal Tab Positions (1B 44 n1 n2 ... 00) command. The print position is reset to column one after each line.

ASCII HT

Hexadecimal 09

Decimal 9

Set Right-Side Character Spacing

Sets the right side character spacing to [n x horizontal or vertical motion units]. Values for this command are set independently in standard and page mode.

The units of horizontal and vertical motion are specified by the Set Horizontal and Vertical Minimum Motion Units (GS P) command. Changes in the horizontal or vertical units do not affect the current right side character spacing. When the horizontal or vertical motion unit is changed by the Set Horizontal and Vertical Minimum Motion Units (GS P) command the value must be in even units and not less than the minimum amount of horizontal movement.

In standard mode the horizontal motion unit is used.

In page mode the horizontal or vertical motion unit differs and depends on the starting position of the printable area. When the starting printing position is the upper left or lower right of the printable area (set by Select Print Direction in Page Mode, ESC T) the horizontal motion unit (x) is used. When the starting printing position is the upper right or lower left of the printable area (set by Select Print Direction in Page Mode, ESC T) the vertical motion unit (y) is used.

ASCII

ESC SP n

Hexadecimal

1B 20 n

Decimal

27 32 n

Range of n

0 – 32

Default

0

60

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Epson A794-D100 manual Horizontal Positioning Commands, Horizontal Tab, Set Right-Side Character Spacing