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CONTROLLING THE VERTICAL PRINT POSITION

These commands are used to move the paper relative to the print head. By moving the paper up or down, the print head, in effect, moves the opposite direction (down or up) on the page.

Line feed and reverse line feed controls

PURPOSE

Advances

the paper one line (line

 

feed).

 

CODE

(LF)

 

(decimal ASCII)

10

 

(hex ASCII)

OA

 

REMARKS

The actual distance advanced of the line

 

feed is set through various codes (see

 

below). When the DIP switch 1-8 is off,

 

a line feed is automatically generated

 

whenever the printer receives a carriage

 

return.

 

SEE

Chapter 5

 

PURPOSE

Reverses

the paper one line .

CODE

(ESC)

(LF)

(decimal ASCII)

27

10

(hex ASCII)

IB

OA

REMARKS

This command causes the printer to

 

reverse the paper (in effect moving the

 

print head upon the sheet) one line. The

 

actual distance travelled is set through

 

various codes (see below).

 

You cannot reverse the paper more than

 

one inch when the optional automatic

 

sheet feeder is installed.

SEE

Chapter 5

 

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