Standard commands Horizontal print control
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Horizontal tabulation
Function:
Using HT the print head is set to the next tab position.
After positioningon the last (right) tab position the HT command has no effect . This
also applies if all the tab positionswere deleted using ESC D NUL.
HT
9
09
ASCII character
Decimal
Hexadecimal
– After switching on the printer or after initializing (ESC @) the tabs
are set at a spacing of eight 10-cpi characters.
– The tab positions are set using the command ESC D and deleted
using ESC D NUL.
– With centered and flush right text adjustment or with margin justifi-
cation (ESC a (n))theHTcommand is ignored.
– Various programs and computers convert the HT command into
corresponding blank spaces instead of passing the command di-
rectly to the document printer.
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