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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). |
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CODE | (LF) |
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(decimal ASCII) | 10 |
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(hex ASCII) | OA |
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REMARKS | The actual distance advanced of the line | |
| feed is set through various codes (see | |
| below). When the DIP switch | |
| a line feed is automatically generated | |
| whenever the printer receives a carriage | |
| return. |
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SEE | Chapter 5 |
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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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