Star Micronics LC-20 Printer User Manual


 
Horizontaltab
Mode ASCII Decimal
Hexadecimal
Both <H-f> 9
09
Movestheprintpositionto thenexthorizontaltab stop.Ignoredif
thereisnonexthorizontaltabstopinthecurrentline.Notethatwhen
underliningis selected,spacesskippedbyhorizontaltabulationare
not underlined.
Relativehorizontaltab
Mode ASCII
Decimal Hexadecimal
std. cESC> ‘A” nl n2
27 92 nl d IB 5C nl n2
Movestheprintpositionrightorleftaspecifieddistance(maximum
8inches).Ignorediftheresultingpositionisbeyondtherightorleft
margin.Theformulasforthedistanceanddirectionareasfollows:
If n2is betweenOand63,theprintheadmovesrightby (nl + n2x
256)/120inches.
Ifyouwanttomovetheprintheadtotheleft,nl andn2areobtained
by subtractingthe valuefrom 65536,and dividingthe resultinto
highandlowbytes.
Absolutehorizontaltabin inches
Mode
ASCII
Decimal
Hexadecimal
std.
cESC> 4’$” nl n2
27 36 nl n2 IB 24 nl n2
Setsthenextprintpositionto(nl + n2x 256)/60inchesfromtheleft
marginon the currentline. Ignoredif this positionis beyondthe
rightmargin.Themaximumpositionis 8 inches.
Absolutehorizontaltab in columns
Mode ASCII Decimal
Hexadecimal
std.
<ESC> “f’ “O” n 27102 48 n
IB 66 30 n
cESC> “f’ cO> n 27102 0 n
IB M 00 n
Movesthe nextprint positionto column n fmm the left margin,
wheren isbetweenOand 127.
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