A794 Owner’s GuideChapter 6: Programming Information
Set Relative Print Position
ASCII | ESC \ n1 n2 |
Hexadecimal | 1B 5C n1 n2 |
Decimal | 27 92 n1 n2 |
Value of n: |
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To Move the Relative Starting Position Right of the Current Position:
n = Number of dots to be moved right of the current position n1 = Remainder after dividing n by 256
n2 = Integer after dividing n by 256
The values for n1 and n2 are two bytes in low byte, high byte word orientation.
To Move the Relative Starting Position Left of the Current Position:
n = Number of dots to be moved left of the current position n1 = Remainder after dividing
n2 = Integer after dividing
The values for n1 and n2 are two bytes in low byte, high byte word orientation.
Moves the print starting position the specified number of dots either right (up to the right margin) or left (up to the left margin) of the current position. The print starting position is reset to the first column after each line.
Formulas
To move to the left:
Determine the value of n by multiplying the number of columns to move left of the current position by 10 (standard) or 8 (compressed) pitch. The example shows how to set the relative position two columns in standard pitch (10 dots per column) to the left of the current position.
2 x 10 | = 20 dots (two columns to be moved left of the current position) |
= 65516 | |
65,516/256 | = 255, remainder of 236 |
n1 = 236, n2 | = 255 |
To move to the right: | |
Determine the value of n by multiplying the number of columns to move right of the current position by 10 (standard) or 8 (compressed) pitch. The example shows how to set the relative position two columns in standard pitch (10 dots per column) to the right of the current position.
2 x 10 | = 20 dots (two columns to be moved left of the current position) |
20/256 | = 0, remainder of 20 |
n1 | = 20, n2 = 0 |
Related Information
If the Set Horizontal and Vertical Minimum Motion Units command (1D 50) is used to change the horizontal and vertical minimum motion unit, the parameters of this command (Set Relative Print Position) will be interpreted accordingly. For more information, see the description of the Set Horizontal and Vertical Minimum Motion Units command (1D 50) in this document.
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