Line Spacing n/72 Inch

Line Spacing n/72 Inch

ASCII Code ESC A n

Hex Code

1B 41 n

Dec Code

27 65 n

Purpose

Stores a line spacing of n/72-inch increments.

where:

n = 1 through 85 (hex 01 through hex 55, all others are ignored)

Comment

When the ESC A control sequence is received, all line feed

 

commands following an ESC 2 sequence* are at n/72-inch line

 

spacing until a new line spacing is selected or the printer is

 

reset. The control code line spacing selection overrides the

 

control panel line spacing setting and the message display

 

reflects the line spacing in lines per inch.

 

Small values of n may result in overlapping lines. Overlapping

 

lines may also occur if print attributes such as Elongated

 

(Double High), Superscript, or Subscript characters are used on

 

the same line. Printing at different horizontal and vertical

 

densities do not overlap.

Example

The following example illustrates 35/72-inch line spacing.

*The ESC 2 sequence (page 132) asserts the line spacing that was stored by the preceding ESC A sequence.

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Image 139
IBM 4400 manual Commands following an ESC 2 sequence* are at n/72-inch line