Lexmark Dot Matrix Technical Reference - Page 53

Horizontal Movement Set Horizontal Tabulation Stops This command sets up to 28 tabulation stops to be used with the printer command HT, Horizontal Tabulation. Format ESC D tab stops 0 Decimal 27 680 n1.....n28 0 Hex 1B 44 n1.....n28 00 Usage Notes n1.....n28 is used to set the tabulator stop positions. • ESC D is terminated by a 0 entry. • The first tabulation stop is at the leftmost column. • Input the tabulation stops (n1.....n28) in ascending numerical order. • ESC D 0 clears all existing horizontal tab stops. • The printer command ESC R resets to the default horizontal tabulation stops, which are set at every eight positions beginning at column 9 (9, 17, 25, and so on). • The printer command HT, Horizontal Tabulation, activates the tabulation stops set by this printer command. Set Default Tabulation Stops This command sets the tabulation stops to the default settings. The default tabulation stops are set to every 8 columns, beginning at column 9 (9, 17, 25, and so on). Format ESC R Decimal 27 82 Hex 1B 52 Usage Notes • ESC R clears all vertical tabulation stops. • To set user-defined tabulation stops, use printer command ESC D. 53 Section 3: IBM Emulation Mode Printer Commands