A794 Owner’s Guide | Chapter 6: Programming Information |
Set Absolute Starting Position
Sets the print starting position to the specified number of dots (up to the right margin) from the beginning of the line. The print starting position is reset to the first column after each line.
If the Set Horizontal and Vertical Minimum Motion Units command (1D 50) is used to change the horizontal and vertical minimum motion unit, the parameters of this command (Set Absolute Print Position) will be interpreted accordingly and varies according to printer emulation.
ASCII | ESC $ n1 n2 |
Hexadecimal | 1B 24 n1 n2 |
Decimal | 27 36 n1 n2 |
Value of n n = Number of dots to be moved from the beginning of the line n1 = Remainder after dividing n by 256
n2 = Integer after dividing n by 256
The values for n1 and n2 are two bytes in low byte, high byte word orientation.
Formulas
The example shows how to calculate 280 dots as the absolute starting position.
280/256 = 1, remainder of 24 n1 = 24 n2 = 1
Related Information
This command is also used in graphics mode. See Graphics Commands in this document for more information.
For more information, see the description of the Set Horizontal and Vertical Minimum Motion Units command (1D 50) in this document.
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