Lexmark Forms Printer 2581 Technical Reference - Page 32

Form Layout Commands, Set All Tabs to Power On Setting, Set Horizontal Tabs, Form Layout

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Draft document 2-12 Page/Form Layout Page/Form Layout Commands Set All Tabs to Power On Setting This command sets the horizontal tabs at every 8th column, beginning at column 9 (9, 17, 25, and so on) and clears all vertical tabs. Format ESC R Decimal 27 82 Hexadecimal 1B 52 USAGE NOTE • To set user-defined tabulation stops, use printer command ESC D for horizontal tabs and ESC B for vertical tabs. Set Horizontal Tabs This command sets up to 28 tabulation stops to be used with the printer command HT, Horizontal Tabulation. Format ESC D n1 ... Decimal 27 680 n1 ... Hexadecimal 1B 44 n1 ... n28 0 n28 0 n28 00 USAGE NOTES • Set the tabulation stops in ascending order (n1.....n28). • The last digit in the sequence must be 0 to terminate the command. • Horizontal tabs are specified by column number. The left most column is numbered one. • ESC D 0 clears all existing horizontal tab stops. • ESC R (Set Default Tabulation Stops) resets to the default horizontal tabulation stops. • The printer command HT, Horizontal Tabulation, activates the tabulation stops set by this Escape sequence.

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Page/Form Layout
2-12
Draft document
Page/Form Layout Commands
Set All Tabs to Power On Setting
This command sets the horizontal tabs at every 8th column, beginning at column 9 (9,
17, 25, and so on) and clears all vertical tabs.
USAGE NOTE
To set user-defined tabulation stops, use printer command ESC D for
horizontal tabs and ESC B for vertical tabs.
Set Horizontal Tabs
This command sets up to 28 tabulation stops to be used with the printer command HT,
Horizontal Tabulation.
USAGE NOTES
Set the tabulation stops in ascending order (n1
.....
n28).
The last digit in the sequence must be 0 to terminate the command.
Horizontal tabs are specified by column number.
The left most column is
numbered one.
ESC D 0 clears all existing horizontal tab stops.
ESC R (Set Default Tabulation Stops) resets to the default horizontal
tabulation stops.
The printer command HT, Horizontal Tabulation, activates the tabulation
stops set by this Escape sequence.
Format
ESC
R
Decimal
27
82
Hexadecimal
1B
52
Format
ESC
D
n1
...
n28
0
Decimal
27
680
n1
...
n28
0
Hexadecimal
1B
44
n1
...
n28
00