IBM 6400

Presentation Text Command Set
Set Text Orientation (STO)
This control establishes i-direction and b-direction for the presentation text that
follows. This control can be set to print right-to-left by selecting 180, 90
(X
'5A00',X'2D00') degree orientation. The only valid values are 0 and 180
degrees for the inline direction and 90 degrees for the baseline direction. The
Logical Page Descriptor command also can select right-to-left printing.
X
'5A00' is an orientation of 180 degrees used to print in a right-to-left direction.
X
'FFFF' specifies to use the inline direction from the LPD command.
Table 66. Set Text Orientation
Byte Value Description Error Code
0-1 X'2BD3' Text Control Escape Sequence
2 X'06' Length X'021E..01'
3
X'F6'
X'F7'
Set Text Orientation
Unchained
Chained
4-5
X'0000'
X'5A00'
X'FFFF'
I-axis Orientation
0 Deg. (+X direction)
180 Deg. (-X direction)
Use LPD value or, if no LPD
received, use printer default
X'020F..01'
6-7
X'2D00'
X'FFFF'
B-axis Orientation
90 Deg. (+Y direction)
Use LPD value or, if no LPD
received, use printer default
X'020F..01'
The permitted combinations are those where the difference between the I-axis
orientation and the B-axis orientation are 90 degrees. The 64XX can print only
from top to bottom with relation to the feed direction.
Inline-Direction Baseline-D irection
0 deg. rotation 90 deg. rotation
180 deg. rotation -90 deg. rotation
Set Variable Space Increment (SVI)
The Variable Space Increment is a two byte positive value that defines the width
of the variable space character in units. Bytes 4 and 5 are the width value. The
variable space character is X
'40' for EBCDIC code pages and X'20' for ASCII
code pages.
Table 67. Set Variable Space Character Increment
Byte Value Description Error Code
0-1 X'2BD3' Text Control Escape Sequence
2 X'04' Length X'021E..01'
3
X'C4'
X'C5'
Set Variable Space Character Increment
Unchained
Chained
4-5 X'0000' -X'7FFF'
X'FFFF'
Increment (vsi)
See “Notation Conventions” on page 27
Default Variable Space Increment
for Current Font
X'0217..01'
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