endix B IBM ProPrinte
X24 and IBM ProPrinter II Commands
B.2.6
Tabulation
•
ESC B ...
:
Vertical tabulation program
•
ESC D
... :
Horizontal tabulation program
•
ESC d ...
:
Relative Forward Horizontal Movement
•
ESC R
:
Cancel tabulation stops
ESC B n1..n25
k1..k6
NUL
ertical Tabulation Pro
ram
Hexadecimal code: 1B 42 n1..n254
k1..k64 00
n = 1 - 254
k = 1 - 64
The values of parameters
n
indicate the lines on which the tabulation stops will be
ositioned
the to
of form is 1
. The line feed a
lied is the current one.
Paramete
defines a vertical tabulation
ro
ram with a maximum of 64 sto
s.
At power-on, there are no vertical tabulation stops. The sequence
ESC B NUL
, and the
command
ESC
clear all vertical tabulation sto
s.
When a vertical tabulation program is executed, all the current vertical tabulation stops are
cleared. If there is no vertical tabulation program, the command VT executes a single line
feed.
ESC D
n1 ..
n255 k1..
k2
NUL
Horizontal Tabulation Pro
ram
Hexadecimal code: 1B 44
n1..n255
k1..k28 00
n = 1 - 255
k = 1 - 28
The values of the parameters
n
indicate the columns in which the tabulation stops will be
positioned (the left edge is column 1). The print pitch applied is the current one. At power-
on, the default settin
is one tab sto
ever
8 characters, startin
from column 9.
Paramete
defines a horizontal tabulation
ro
ram with a maximum of 28 sto
s.
The sequence
ESC D NUL
clears all horizontal tabulation stops.
The command
ESC
clears all the tabulation sto
s and restores the default condition.
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