Rev. A Command Descriptions 1-27
TM-T88/T88P (TM-T85/T85P) Information Manual
If the starting position is the lower left or upper right of the printing area (n = 1, 3, 49, or 51):
❏ These commands use horizontal motion units: ESC 3, ESC J, GS $, GS \
❏ These commands use vertical motion units: ESC SP, ESC $, ESC \
GS $
n
L
n
H
[Name] Set absolute vertical print position in page mode
[Format] ASCII GS $
n
L
n
H
Hex 1D 24
n
L
n
H
Decimal 29 36
n
L
n
H
[Range] 0 ≤
n
L
≤ 255
0 ≤
n
H
≤ 255
GS \
n
L
n
H
[Name] Set relative vertical print position in page mode
[Format] ASCII GS \
n
L
n
H
Hex 1D 5C
n
L
n
H
Decimal 29 92
n
L
n
H
[Range] 0 ≤
n
L
≤ 255
0 ≤
n
H
≤ 255
GS $
n
L
n
H
sets the vertical print starting position for buffer character data in page mode to (
n
L
+
n
H
× 256) × (vertical or horizontal motion unit) from the starting position by ESC T. This command is
effective only in page mode.
GS \
n
L
n
H
moves the vertical print starting position in page mode to (
n
L
+
n
H
× 256) × (vertical or
horizontal motion unit) from the current position. This command is effective only in page mode. Use
the complement of N for setting pitch movement upward: − N pitch = 65536 − N, where
(
n
L
+
n
H
× 256) = 65536 - N.
Program Example Print Sample
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"L";
←
Select page mode
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"W";CHR$(0);CHR$(0);CHR$(0);CHR$(0);
CHR$(240);CHR$(0);CHR$(224);CHR$(1);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"T";CHR$(0);
←
Select print direction
PRINT #1, "AAAAA"; CHR$(&HA);
←
Store characters for printing
PRINT #1, "BBBBB"; CHR$(&HA);
←
Store characters for printing
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"T";CHR$(1);
←
Select print direction
PRINT #1, "CCCCC"; CHR$(&HA);
←
Store characters for printing
PRINT #1, "DDDDD"; CHR$(&HA);
←
Store characters for printing
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"T";CHR$(2);
←
Select print direction
PRINT #1, "EEEEE"; CHR$(&HC);
←
Batch print and return to standard mode
AAAAA
BBBBB
CCCCC
DDDDD
EEEEE
Printing
by ESC W
area set
←