Programming6–68
Vertical Tab
ASCII Hex Decimal
P–Series/
Serial VT 0B 11
Purpose Prints
the data in the buf
fer and advances the
paper to the next vertical tab position.
Comment In the P–Series emulation mode, if a vertical tab format is defined in the EVFU
(channel
12), or DVFU (channel 2) and the VFU is enabled, the paper is moved to
the next vertical tab position.
In the Serial Matrix printer protocol, vertical tab positions are set
by control code
ESC
B and executed by control code VT
. In this mode, if V
ertical T
abs are loaded,
the paper moves to the next vertical tab position.
If a vertical tab format is not defined, the paper is advanced to the next line at
the
current
line spacing. If a vertical
tab format is defined but no vertical tab positions
are
set between the current print position and the end of the form, the paper is ad
-
vanced
to the top of the
next form. The VT code resets all single line print attributes.
More
information on V
ertical T
abs is
provided in the V
ertical Format Units chapter
.