Tally Genicom Matrix Printer manual Horizontal Tab Delimiter

Horizontal Tab Delimiter

The HT control code (09) is a valid delimiter in all bar code styles. The leading quiet zone of a subsequent symbol begins at the first tab stop right of the trailing quiet zone of the current symbol. This is evident in the sample, where the quiet zone of the second symbol begins at the third tab stop.

Since this printer stores tabs in nonvolatile RAM while power is off, and since the control sequence that sets horizontal tabs does not clear existing tabs, you should clear all tabs before setting tabs. Note also that new tab stops do not take effect until you send a line terminator; in other words, you cannot set tabs for the current line.

The superfluous tab stops in the following example are included to show you how the function works. If you use horizontal tabs for delimiters, then set no more tab stops than you plan to use.

100	LPRINT	CHR$(27);"[4;9;1}";		‘3 of 9
110	LPRINT CHR$(27);"[3g";			'clear all h_tabs
120	'set horizontal tabs at 1/2-inch intervals
130	LPRINT CHR$(27);"[360;720;1080;1440;1800;2160u"
150	FOR K = 1 TO 6			'show where the tabs are
160	LPRINT CHR$(9);"T";
170 NEXT K
180 LPRINT
190	LPRINT CHR$(27);"[3t";			'turn on bar code
200	LPRINT "1234";CHR$(9);"1234";
210	LPRINT CHR$(27);"[0t";			'turn off bar code
		T	T	T	T	T	T

*1234* *1234*

Figure 3-4Horizontal Tab Delimiter

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