Brother International HL-1070 Technical Reference - Page 280
Using Standard Characters, Select vertical tab channel, Vertical tab
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2001/10/02 • m specifies the tab based on the current line space setting. i • The value of m must be in the range 0 to 255. i • The tab stops must be set in ascending order. If you specify a channel's tab settings in any other order, any previous settings made for that channel are cleared. • Vertical tab settings are not affected by subsequent changes in the line spacing setting. • Esc b n 0 clears the vertical tab settings set for channel n. • You can select a channel using the Esc / command and move the print position to its tab stops using the VT control code. LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(98); CHR$(1); CHR$(10); CHR$(20); CHR$(0); 'Set tab stops at lines 10 and 20. Select vertical tab channel Esc/n (27)(47)n n • This command allows you to select a set of vertical tabs (or channel) that you defined using the Esc b command. • All subsequent vertical tab commands use the selected tab channel's settings. • n must be in the range from 0 to 7. • The default channel is channel 0. Channel 0 is the current channel when the printer is first switched on or after a reset with the Esc @ command. • There are no default vertical tab settings for any channel. LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(47); CHR$(5); 'Select vertical tab channel 5 Vertical tab VT (11) • The VT control code (ASCII 11) moves the current print position one vertical tab stop down the page. The current vertical tab channel's settings are used. • If you have not previously selected a vertical tab channel with the Esc / command, channel 0, the default channel is used. • If you have not set any vertical tab stops for the current channel with either the Esc B, Esc b, or Esc e 1 commands, the print position is moved down one line using the current line space setting. • If there are no tab stops below the current print position a line feed is performed. • If no tab stops have been set a carriage return and line feed are performed. LPRINT CHR$(11); ' Vertical tab 6.5. Using Standard Characters Set pitch to 10 characters per inch EscP (27)(80) This command sets the printing pitch to 10 characters per inch (cpi). LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(80); 'Set pitch to 10 cpi Set pitch to 12 characters per inch EscM (27)(77) This command sets the printing pitch to 12 characters per inch (cpi). LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(77); 'Set pitch to 12 cpi Select / cancel proportional spacing Escpn (27)(112)n n • This command allows you to turn proportional spacing on or off. • Setting n to 1 turns proportional spacing on. Subsequent text is printed proportionally spaced. • Setting n to 0 turns proportional spacing off. Subsequent text is printed monospaced. • When you specify the value for n you can use the character codes for '0' and '1' (48 and 49) instead of 0 and 1. • Selecting proportional spacing cancels condensed character mode. CHAPTER 6 EPSON - 17
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