The importantdifferenceaboutmovingverticallyup or down is whatthe
printerdoeswhentheprintpositionhitsthepagetopor bottom.If youtry
to moveabovethetopmargin,theprintpositionstaysrightat themargin.
Andifyoumovetheprintpositiondownoffthepage,thepageisejectedand
printingcontinuesonthe nextpage.
Vertical moves: by lines, decipoints and dots
To movethe print positionverticallya certainnumberof lines,send the
command:
<ESC>&an R
in whichfor n you enterthe numberof lines you wishto move the print
position.Sotomoveto line45,measuredfromthctopedgcofthe page,you
sendthecommand:
<ESC>&a45R
Butto move45 linesdownfromthecurrentprintposition,yousend:
<ESC>&a+45C
Tomovetheprintpositionverticallyacertainnumbcrofdecipoints,sendthe
command:
<ESC>&an V
inwhichfornyouenterthenumberofdccipointsyouwishtomovetheprint
positiondown(orprecedethenumberwitha+or– signifyouwanttomove
up or downfromthecurrentposition).
Finally,youcanmoveanumberofdotsdownfromthetopedgeofthepage,
oryoucanmoveanumberofdotsupordownfromthecurrentprintposition.
Tomovetheprintpositionupordownanabsoluteorrelativenumberofdots,
sendthecommand:
<ESC>*pn Y
inwhichfornyouputeithcrtheabsolutenumberofdotsdown,or(preccdcd
by a + or – sign)the relativenumberof dotsup or down fromthecurrent
position.
Soto move20 dotsdownyousendthecommand:
<ESC>*p20Y
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