Star Micronics 8 Series manual Combining move commands, Backspace, Carriage return

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And to move 20 dots up you send:

<ESC> *p –20Y

Combining move commands

Onethingaboutmovingtheprintpositionwiththeabovecommandsis that they let you thinkof yourpage in termsof Cartesiancoordinates.

Allwemeanisthatyoucancombinehorizontalandverticalmovementsthat use the same units. If you send this command,

<ESC>*p 40x 20Y

the printpositionwill moveto a spot40 dots fromtheleft edgeof thepage and 20 dots down from the top edge. And if you send this one:

<ESC>&a +40h–20V

the print positionwill move right40 decipointsand up 20 decipoints.

Backspace

TheBackspacecontrolcodeworksexactlyasyoumightexpect:itmovesthe print positionone columnto the left.

<BS>

Movingtheprintpositionbackdoesnotdestroyanycharactersalreadysent. In fact, because of that, this command can be quite useful. It lets you supcrimpow”one characterover another.

Say you’wantto indicatea blankspaceas the letter b with a slash/ through it, anoldprogrammingsymbol.Justsendthe b andthenfollowit with<BS> and the slash, and you get this: ~.

Carriage return

The CarriageRctumcommandby itselfonlymovestheprintpositionback to the left marginof the line on whichit currentlysits:

<CR>

If you want the print positionto movedown a line as well, send a separate Line Feed command each time, or use Define Automatic Line Ends (explainedbelow)to couplethese two controlcodes.

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