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Print Style Commands, Horizontal Spacing Commands continued, nl + n2 x

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Horizontal Spacing Commands (continued) Function: Move print head Format: ASCII (ESC) "\" n1 n2 Decimal 27 92 n1 n2 Hexadecimal 1B 5C n1 n2 Remarks: Moves the print head a specified distance from the last character printed. It can move the print head either left or right. The distance, in inches, is determined by the following formulas: Draft: (n1 + n2 x 256) / 120 Letter Quality: (n1 + n2 x 256) / 180 Proportional: (nl + n2 x 256) / 360 To move to the left, add 64 to the calculated value for n2. The maximum distance is 13.6 inches. The command will be ignored if you try to move to a position outside of the current margins. Print Style Commands Function: Select print mode Format: ASCII 'x' n Decimal 27 120 n Hexadecimal 1B 78 n Remarks: Selects between the draft mode (n = 0) and the letter quality mode. (n = 1). Function: Select print style (Master Select) Format: ASCII (ESC) "!" n Decimal 27 33 n Hexadecimal 1B 21 n Remarks : Allows you to select multiple print styles (i.e., pica-italicunderlined) with one command. The value of n determines the style selected. A chart in Appendix B shows the valid values for n and samples of the print styles. 56

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Horizontal Spacing Commands (continued)
Function:
Move print head
Format:
ASCII
(ESC)
“\”
n1
n2
Decimal
27
92
n1
n2
Hexadecimal
1B
5C
n1
n2
Remarks:
Moves the print head a specified distance from the
last character
printed. It can move the print head either left or right. The distance,
in inches, is determined by the following formulas:
Draft: (n1 + n2 x 256) / 120
Letter Quality: (n1 + n2 x 256) / 180
Proportional:
(nl + n2 x
256) / 360
To move to the left, add 64 to the calculated value for n2. The maxi-
mum distance is 13.6 inches. The command will be ignored if you
try to move to a position outside of the current margins.
Print Style Commands
Function:
Select print mode
Format:
ASCII
<ESC>
‘x’
n
Decimal
27
120
n
Hexadecimal
1B
78
n
Remarks:
Selects between the draft mode
(n
= 0) and the letter quality mode.
(n =
1).
Function:
Select print style (Master Select)
Format:
ASCII
(ESC)
“!”
n
Decimal
27
33
n
Hexadecimal
1B
21
n
Remarks :
Allows you to select multiple print styles (i.e., pica-italic-
underlined) with one command. The value of
n
determines the style
selected. A chart in Appendix B shows the valid values for
n
and
samples
of the print styles.
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