IBM TF6 Printer User Manual


 
v Moves the printing position to the specified dot position perpendicular to
the printing direction specified by the Select printing direction command.
If printing direction is bottom-to-top, or top-to-bottom, this command
adjusts the printing position in the horizontal direction.
v If the value of y is outside the specified printable area, this command is
ignored.
Set relative vertical position
EIA-232 Syntax:
GS \ y or X'1D;5C;y'
where:
y is the two-byte vertical printing position (in dots).
Remarks:
v Applies to page mode only.
v Moves the printing position the specified number of dots from the current
print position, in the direction perpendicular to the printing direction
specified by the Select printing direction/position command (X'1B;54...'). If
the print direction is bottom-to-top, or top-to-bottom, this command
adjusts the printing position in the horizontal direction.
v If the value of y is outside the specified printable area defined by the
Select printable area command, this command is ignored.
v If y is a negative value, the current print position will move in the
opposite direction.
Set left margin position (standard mode), set absolute print position
(page mode)
EIA-232 Syntax:
ESC $ n1 n2 or X'1B;24;n1;n2'
where:
v n1 is the high-order byte of the dot offset from the beginning of the print
line.
v n2 is the low-order byte of the dot offset from the beginning of the print
line.
Default:
n1 =0,n2 =0
Remarks:
v In the thermal station, 1 mm = 8 dots.
v In the impact station, 1 inch = 150 half-dots (75 dots).
v n1 and n2 are hex values. Convert each to decimal, and use this formula
to get the decimal equivalent: (n1 x 256) + n2.
v The maximum value in the thermal CR station is 576. The maximum
value in the impact DI station is 474.
v In the CR station, this number is rounded back to a factor of 8.
v If the n1,n2 value exceeds the maximum, it is ignored.
v This command should be sent only after the command that selects the
station, Set print station (ESC c1 n).
v In Page mode, the printing position is moved the specified number of
dots from the beginning of the print line, in the same direction as printing,
Updated April 2, 2009
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