Star Micronics 8 Series Printer User Manual


 
Tomovetheprintpositionhorizontallyacertainnumbcrofdecipoints,send
thecommand:
<ESC>&a n H
inwhichfornyouenterthenumberofdecipointsyouwishtomovetheprint
position(precededbya+or– signifyouwanttomoveawayfromthecurrent
position).
Youcanmovetheprintpositionhorizontallybydotsbothwaystoo.Youcan
moveanumberofdotsawayfromtheleftedgeofthepage,oryoucanmove
a numberof dots awayfromthecurrentprintposition.
To movehorizontallythis way,sendthe command:
<ESC>*p n X
in whichfor n youputeitherthenumberof dotsawayfromthepageedge,
or (precededby a + or sign)the relativenumberof dots away fromthe
currentposition.
So to move20 dotsfromtheleftedgeyousendthiscommand:
<ESC>*p 20X
Andto move20 dotsto theleftof thecurrentpositionyousend:
<ESC>*p–20X
Youcanalsomovethecursor8columnsatatimehorizontallybyuscofthe
horizontaltab command.Simplysenda tabcharacter:
<HT>
to do this.Reversetabbingis notpossible.
Moving the print position vertically
Youcan usc similarunitsto movetheprintpositionvertically:lines,dots,
or decipoints.Both lines and decipointscan be fractionsto two decimal
places.
Youcanalsomovetheprintpositionabsolutelydownfromthetopedgeof
thepage,or relatively,awayfromthecurrentprintposition.Again,toshow
youwanttomoveawayfromthecurrentprintpositionyouputa plus(+)or
minus(–) signbeforethenumberof unitsyou wantto move.
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