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Relativehorizontal tab
MODE ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal
Std. <ESC> “\“n 1 ;12 27 92 II111,2 1B5c.nl 112
Moves the print position right or left aspecified dis-
tance. Ignored if the resulting position is beyond the
right or left margin. The formula for the distance and
direction are as follows:
If rL2isbetween Oand 63, the print head moves right by
(nl +n2 x256) dots.
If you want to move the print head to the left, nl and n2
are obtained by subtracting the value from 65536, and
dividing the result into high and low bytes.
The unit of movement is fixed at 1/120inch in draft
mode and 1/180inch in LQ mode.
Relativehorizontal tab in inches
MODE AS(N Decimal Hexadecimal
IBM <ESC> “d“ nl :22 27 100 n 1 n2 IB 64 nl n2
Sets the next print position to (n] +n2 x256)/120
inches from the current position.
Ignored if this position is beyond the right margin.
The maximum tab position is 8inches.
Absolute horizontal tab in inches
MODE ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal
Std. <ESC> “$” nl n2 27 36 nl n2 IB 2bIll n2
Sets the next print position to (n] +n2 x256)/60 inches
from the left margin on the current line. Ignored if this
position is beyond the right margin.
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