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| Absoulte Horizontal | ASCII: ESC $ n1 n2 | Move to new horizontal position. |
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| Position | Dec: 27 36 n1 n2 | Amount of movement from left margin |
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| Hex: 1B 24 n1 n2 | is calculated as follows: |
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| [n1 + (n2 x 256)] x (basic unit in inches), |
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| where the basic unit is set by ESC (U, set |
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| unit command. The default of the basic |
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| unit is 1/60 inch. |
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| n1=0 to 255 |
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| n2=0 to 255 |
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| n1=n2=0: left margin |
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| Max. value: for 1/60 inch basic unit, |
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| n1=48 n2=3(13.6" shift) |
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| Space moved using this command will |
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| not be underlined. DEL command will |
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| not delete the skipped amount. |
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| Relative Horizontal | ASCII: ESC \ n1 n2 | Move to new horizontal position, rela- |
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| Position | Dec: 27 92 n1 n2 | tive to present position. Amount of |
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| Hex: 1B 5C n1 n2 | movement is calculated as follows: |
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| ± (n1+ [n2x256] x (basic unit in inches), |
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| where the basic unit is set by ESC (U, set |
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| unit command. The default of the basic |
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| unit with LQ is 1/180 inch, and with |
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| UTL it is 1/120 inch. |
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| n1=0 to 255 |
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| n2=0 to 255 |
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| n1=n2=0: no movement |
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| + moves to right; - moves to left |
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| Set Print Position | ASCII: ESC DLE @ Pn A1 A2 P1 P2 | OKI unique command. Sets next hori- |
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| P3 P4 | zontal position of printhead. |
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| Dec: 27 16 64 [data] | Pn= number of parameter bytes to fol- |
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| Hex: 1B 10 40 [data] | low, range 0 to 255 |
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| A1= specifies whether motion is abso- |
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| lute or relative: |
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| left margin; odd=relative from present |
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| position |
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| A2= specifies direction of relative |
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| movement: even= toward right margin |
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| (forward); odd= toward left margin (re- |
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| verse) |
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| 0 ≤ P1, P2, P3, P4 ≤ 9 representing |
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| number of units to move (size of unit |
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| depends on character pitch) |
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82 | Appendix C: Printer Commands |