Horizontal print control Standard commands
84 T5023/5023+ - Programming Guide
Setting / deleting horizontal tabs
Function:
– Setting tabs
Using ESCD ... NUL up to 32 column positions in the curr entc haracter width
can be set as horizontal tabs.
The tab values are specified as n1, n2, etc. between 1 and 137 inclusivei n
ascending order. Tab positions, which exceed the right margin, are ignored.
The sign NUL marks the end of the command.
– Using ESC D NUL the set tabs are deleted (NUL sign directly after ESC D).
ESC
27
1B
D
68
44
(n1)
n1
n1
(n2)
n2
n2
...
...
...
NUL
0
00
ASCII character
Decimal
Hexadecimal
– A horizontal tab jump takes place via the command HT (for ASCII
decimal 9 and hex 09).
– The absolute tab position is dependent on the set character size
(10, 12 or 15 cpi) and the print mode (condensed, elongated, nor-
mal). With proportional spacing the tab positions are set according
to the character size 10 cpi. Subsequent alterations to the charac-
ter size do not affect the absolute tab positions.
– With condensed print the spacing of the tabs amounts to 60 % of
the character width, with elongated print double the normal charac-
ter spacing.
– After switching on the printer or after initializing (ESC @) the tabs
are set at a spacing of eight 10-cpi characters.
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