Horizontal Movement

Name

Dec

Hex

Description

 

 

 

 

BS

8

08

Backspace

 

 

 

Moves left one space, based on pitch setting.

 

 

 

 

HT

9

09

Horizontal Tab

 

 

 

Moves right to the next horizontal tab stop. Tab is

 

 

 

set with the ESC D command.

 

 

 

 

ESC D

27 68 0 n1

1B 44 0 n1,

Set Horizontal Tab Stops

 

n2...n32 0

n2...n32 00

Sets up to 32 tabs by column number (n1...n32) in

 

 

 

ascending order. The sequence ends with 0.

 

 

 

 

ESC $

27 36 n1 n2

1B 24 n1 n2

Set Absolute Print Position

 

 

 

Offsets the print position by an absolute distance

 

 

 

from the left margin. The formula for calculating

 

 

 

offset is: (n1 + (n2 x 256))/60 (inch).

 

 

 

 

CR

13

0D

Carriage Return

 

 

 

Moves print position horizontally to the left

 

 

 

margin.

 

 

 

 

SP

32

20

Space

 

 

 

Moves print position one print column to the right.

 

 

 

 

ESC I

27 108 n

1B 6C n

Set Left Margin

 

 

 

Sets the left margin in character positions at the

 

 

 

current pitch.

 

 

 

Left margin=n (character) x cpi

 

 

 

 

ESC Q

27 81 n

1B 51 n

Set Right Margin

 

 

 

Sets the right margin in character positions at the

 

 

 

current pitch.

 

 

 

 

ESC \

27 92 n1 n2

1B 5C n1 n2

Set Relative Position

 

 

 

Offsets the print position by the relative distance

 

 

 

from the current position.

 

 

 

Offset=(n1 + (n2 x 256))/120 (inch).

 

 

 

 

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Lexmark 248X Backspace, Set Horizontal Tab Stops, Set Absolute Print Position, Carriage Return, Space, Set Left Margin