Horizontal tabbing

HT

Tab Horizontally

Format:

ASCII code: HT

Decimal: 9

Hexadecimal: 09

Comments:

Advances the print position to the next horizontal tab setting. The default settings are at intervals of eight characters in the default character size, and tab positions are not affected by subsequent changes in character size.

ESC D

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set Horizontal Tabs

Format:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASCII code:

ESC

D

n1

d2 .

.

.

0

Decimal:

27

68

n1

n2 .

.

.

0

Hexadecimal:

1B

44

n1

n2 .

.

.

00

Comments:

This command allows setting of up to 32 horizontal tabs, which are entered as nl, n2, n3, etc. (from 1 to 255) with the 0 character or any value less than the previous one terminating the command. ESC D 0 clears all tabs. The settings on power up or after an ESC @ command are every eight characters. The tab settings do not change if the character size is changed. For proportional printing the size of 10 cpi characters determines the tab positions.

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Command Summary