Star Micronics 8 Series - Page 72

Tomovetheprintpositionhorizontallyacertainnumbcrofdecipoints,send
thecommand:
<ESC>&an H
inwhichfornyouenterthenumberofdecipointsyouwishtomovetheprint
position(precededbya+or– signifyouwanttomoveawayfromthecurrent
position).
Youcanmovetheprintpositionhorizontallybydotsbothwaystoo.Youcan
moveanumberofdotsawayfromtheleftedgeofthepage,oryoucanmove
a numberof dotsawayfromthecurrentprintposition.
To movehorizontallythisway,sendthecommand:
<ESC>*p n X
in whichforn youputeitherthenumberof dotsawayfromthepageedge,
or (precededby a + or – sign)the relativenumberof dots away fromthe
currentposition.
Soto move20 dotsfromtheleftedgeyousendthiscommand:
<ESC>*p20X
Andto move20dotsto theleftof thecurrentpositionyousend:
<ESC>*p–20X
Youcanalsomovethecursor8columnsatatimehorizontallybyuscofthe
horizontaltab command.Simplysenda tabcharacter:
<HT>
to do this.Reversetabbingis notpossible.
Moving the print position vertically
Youcanuscsimilarunitstomovetheprintpositionvertically:lines,dots,
or decipoints.Both lines and decipointscan be fractionsto two decimal
places.
Youcanalsomovetheprintpositionabsolutelydownfromthetopedgeof
thepage,orrelatively,awayfromthecurrentprintposition.Again,toshow
youwanttomoveawayfromthecurrentprintpositionyouputaplus(+)or
minus(–) signbeforethenumberof unitsyouwantto move.
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