Set Horizontal and Vertical Step Width
ESC e
Data Structure
ASCII ESC "e" NUL <n> Set horizontal step width
➊
hex. 1B 65 00 <n>
dec. 27 101 0 <n>
ASCII ESC "e" SOH <n> Set vertical step width
➋
hex. 1B 65 01 <n>
dec. 27 101 1 <n>
Description
➊
This sequence sets the horizontal step width n according to the current character den-
sity. When an HT command is received, a horizontal tab stop is carried out.
The following maximum values apply for n:
21 (Pica)
25 (Elite)
36 (narrow Pica)
42 (narrow Elite)
The horizontal tab stop positions are set relative to the left margin.
➋
This sequence defines the vertical step width n as the number of line feeds correspon-
ding to the line spacing set for LF. On receipt of a VT command, a vertical tab stop is
carried out.
The following maximum values apply for n:
n ≤ 127
n ≤ 255
Print Positioning
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