Line Spacing 7/72 Inch

Line Spacing 7/72 Inch

ASCII Code ESC 1

Hex Code

1B 31

Dec Code

27 49

Purpose

Sets the line spacing to 7/72 inch (10.3 lpi) for subsequent line

 

feeds.

Comment

All lines are printed at the 7/72-inch line spacing until a new line

 

spacing is selected or the printer is reset. This control code

 

overrides line spacing set at the operator panel.

Example

The following example illustrates 7/72-inch line spacing.

Line Spacing n/72 Inch

ASCII Code ESC A n

Hex Code

1B 41 n

Dec Code

27 65 n

Purpose

Sets a line spacing of n/72 inch for subsequent line feeds.

where:

n = 0 through 255

Comment

When this control sequence is received, all subsequent line

 

feeds are n/72-inch until a new line spacing is selected or the

 

printer is reset. This setting overrides line spacing set at the

 

operator panel.

 

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. Any values set by ESC 3 (line spacing n/216 inch)

 

are replaced.

Example

The following example illustrates 20/72-inch line spacing.

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IBM 4400 manual Line Spacing 7/72 Inch