Relative Horizontal Step ESC \Data Structure ASCII ESC "\" <n1><n
2> set relative horizontal step
hex. 1B 5C <n1><n
2>
dec. 27 92 <n1><n
2>
Description This code sequence moves the print head to a relative print position without regard to the
current character density. This print position is calculated according to the formula
(n1 + 256 ∗ n2).Each dot, i. e. each print position has a width of 1⁄120 inch in DPQ and
1⁄180 inch in NLQ and LQ.
Calculation of the values of n1 and n2 first requires the prefix (n dots) to be calculated. If
the movement is directed towards the left side, the result is subtracted from 65536. Sub-
sequently the values for n1 and n2 can be calculated according to the formula:
n1= n MOD 256
n2= INT(n⁄256)
If the print position exceeds the currently set margins after execution of the horizontal
step, this code sequence is ignored.
This code sequence can be used in all print qualities (DPQ, NLQ, LQ).
Example for calculating n1 and n2:
Movement of 4 inches towards the right side:
n= 4
* 120
= 480
n2= INT (480⁄256)
= dec.1
= hex.01
Print Positioning 53