Line Feed
177
Line Feed
ASCII Code LF
Hex Code 0A
Dec Code 10
Purpose Prints the data in the buffer (if any) and advances the verti cal
character position a distance of one line at the current line
spacing.
Comment The logical print head keeps the same distance from the margin.
The current line is printed and the logical printhead moves down
a distance equal to the current line spacing. If there are no dots,
paper moves and no printing occurs. When possible, successive
line feeds are accumulated and moved at once.
This code cancels all one-line-only emphasis and font
selections: double-wide from SO and ESC SO, and
unidirectional printing from ESC <.
Line Feed
n
/216Inch
ASCII Code ESC J
n
Hex Code 1B 4A
n
Dec Code 27 74
n
Purpose Immediately advances the paper
n
/216 inch.
where:
n
=0 through 255
Comment
n
=0 is ignored. Paper movement occurs in multiples of 3/216
inch. This command produces an immediate line feed but does
not affect line spacing or produce a carriage return. Any one-
line-only print attributes in effect are canceled.
Small values of
n
may result in overlapping lines. Overlapping
linesmay also occur if print attributes such as double high,
superscript, or subscript characters are used on the same line.
Example The following example illustrates
n
/216-inch line spacing.