Star Micronics XB-2420 Printer User Manual


 
Resetall tab stops
Mode
ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal
IBM
<ESC> “R”
27 82
IB 52
Resetsthehorizontaltab stopsto theirpower-upvaluesin whicha
tab stopis set every 8 columnstartingatcolumn9. Alsoclearsall
verticaltabstops.
Horizontaltab
Mode ASCII Decimal
Hexadecimal
Both
<HT>
9 09
Movestheprintpositionto thenexthorizontaltab stop.Ignoredif
thereisnonexthorizontaltabstopinthecurrentline.Notethatwhen
underliningis selected,spacesskippedbyhorizontaltabulationare
notunderlined.
Relativehorizontaltab
Mode ASCII Decimal
Hexadecimal
std. cESC> ‘Y” nl n2 27 92 nl n2
IB 5C nl n2
Movestheprintpositionrightorleftaspecifieddistance.Ignoredif
theresultingpositionisbeyondtherightorleftmargin.Theformulas
forthedistanceanddirectionare as follows:
If n2isbetweenOand63,theprintheadmovesrightby(nl + n2x
256)dots.
Ifyouwanttomovetheprintheadtotheleft,nl and
n2areobtained
by subtractingthe value from 65536,and dividingthe result into
highandlow bytes.
Relativehorizontaltabin inches
Mode
ASCII
Decimal Hexadecimal
IBM
<ESC>
“d” nl n2
27 IM rd d IB 64 nl n2
Setsthenextprintpositionto (nl + n2 x 256)/120inchesfmm the
currentposition.
Ignoredif thispositionis beyondtherightmargin.
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