Horizontal Spacing Commands (continued)

Function:

Move print head

 

 

 

Format:

 

 

 

 

ASCII

(ESC)

“\”

n1

n2

Decimal

27

92

n1

n2

Hexadecimal

1B

5C

n1

n2

Remarks:

Moves the print head a specified distance from the last character printed. It can move the print head either left or right. The distance, in inches, is determined by the following formulas:

Draft: (n1 + n2 x 256) / 120

Letter Quality: (n1 + n2 x 256) / 180

Proportional: (nl + n2 x 256) / 360

To move to the left, add 64 to the calculated value for n2. The maximum distance is 13.6 inches. The command will be ignored if you try to move to a position outside of the current margins.

Print Style Commands

Function:

Select print mode

Format:

 

 

 

ASCII

<ESC>

‘x’

n

Decimal

27

120

n

Hexadecimal

1B

78

n

Remarks:

Selects between the draft mode (n = 0) and the letter quality mode. (n = 1).

Function:

Select print style (Master Select)

Format:

 

 

 

ASCII

(ESC)

“!”

n

Decimal

27

33

n

Hexadecimal

1B

21

n

Remarks :

Allows you to select multiple print styles (i.e., pica-italic- underlined) with one command. The value of n determines the style selected. A chart in Appendix B shows the valid values for n and samples of the print styles.

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