Select Vertical Tab Channel

Format:

ASCII code:

ESC

/

c

Decimal:

27

47

c

Hexadecimal:

1B

2F

c

Comments:

This command is used to select the vertical tab channel, with the value of c from 0-7. All subsequent VT commands use the channel selected by this command.

Horizontal Motion

 

 

Margins

 

 

 

ESC l

 

 

Set Left Margin

Format:

ESC

I

n

ASCII code:

Decimal:

27

108

n

Hexadecimal: 1 B

6C

n

Comments:

Sets the left margin to n columns in the current pitch. Settings made in the proportional mode are treated as pica. This command clears previous tab settings and all previous characters in the print line. Use lowercase 1 (for left), not the numeral one. The minimum space between the margins is the width of one double-wide pica character.

ESC Q

 

 

Set Right Margin

Format:

ESC

Q

n

ASCII code:

Decimal:

27

81

n

Hexadecimal:

1B

51

n

Comments:

Sets the right margin to n columns in the current pitch. Settings made in the proportional mode are treated as pica. This command clears previous tab settings and all previous characters in the print line. The minimum space between the margins is the width of one double-wide pica character.

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Command Summary