HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS

Set left margin

Mode

ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Std.

<ESC> “1” n

27108 n

IB 6C n

gets the left margin at column n (where n is between 0 and 255) in the current character pitch (pica pitch if proportional spacing is selected). The left margin does not move if the character pitch is changedlater. Theleftmarginmustbe atleasttwocolumns totheleft of the right margin and within the limits below:

 

Printer Type

 

Normal Carriage

Wide Carriage

 

Pica

 

OS&76

OSnSl32

 

Elite

 

OSnS91

OSnSl58

 

Condensed pica

 

OSnS130

OSnS226

 

Condensed elite

 

OSnSl52

OSnS255

 

Expanded pica

 

OSnS38

06nS66

 

Expanded elite

 

OzSnS45

OSnS79

 

Expanded condensed

pica

OInd64

04nS113

 

Expanded condensed

elite

OsnS76

Osn S132

Set right margin

 

 

 

Mode

ASCII

 

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Std.

-&SC> “Q” n

 

27 01 n

IB 51 n

Sets the right margin at column n in the current character pitch (pica pitch if proportional spacing is curtently selected). Column nbecomes the last character position in the line.

The right margin does not move if the character pitch is changed later. The right margin must be within the limits below:

Printer Type

 

Normal Carriage

Wide Carriage

Pica

 

 

44nSO

4SnS136

Elite

 

 

5Sn496

5SnSl63

Condensed

pica

 

7Sns137

7SnS233

Condensed

elite

 

8Sns160

85 nS255

Expanded pica

 

2Sn1;40

2Sn668

Expanded

elite

 

3dnS48

34n581

Expanded condensed

pica

4SnS68

4zSnS116

Expanded

condensed

elite

4SnS80

4SnSl36

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Star Micronics XR-1520, XR-1020 manual Set left margin, Set right margin, Horizontal Position Commands

XR-1520, XR-1020 specifications

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