Epson 8900 Series Printer User Manual


 
IBM Proprinter XL Emulation 7-13
Form Feed
Control character: FF
Hexadecimal: 0C
The Form Feed command causes the printer to print the current
contents of the print buffer and then move the print-head to the first
print line of the next form.
Tab Vertically
Control character: VT
Hexadecimal: 0B
This command advances the print position vertically to the next
vertical tab stop.
Perform
n
/216 Inch Line Feed
Escape sequence: ESC J n
Hexadecimal: 1B 4A n
This command advances the print position vertically by a value in
the range of 0/216 through 255/216 (0 through 1.18) inches. This
command causes an immediate line feed operation but does not
produce a carriage return unless the printer is set to perform an
automatic carriage return upon receiving an LF control character.
Perform Reverse Line Feed
Escape Sequence: ESC ]
Hexadecimal: 1B 5D
This command executes an immediate reverse line feed. Printable data
in the line print buffer is printed, then a reverse line feed is executed.
Enable Automatic Line Feed
Escape sequence: ESC 5 SOH
Hexadecimal: 1B 35 01
This command enables the automatic line feed mode. With this mode
enabled, the printer automatically performs a line feed with every
carriage return.