ESC D
Set Horizontal Tabs
Format:
ASCII code:
ESC D
n1 n2
. . .
NUL
Decimal:
27 68
n1 n2
. . .
0
Hexadecimal:
1B 44
n1 n2
. . .
0 0
Comments:
This command allows setting of up to 32 horizontal tabs, which are
entered as
n1,
n2, n3, etc. (from 1-137) with the NUL character or
any value less than the previous one terminating the command.
ESC D NUL clears all tabs. The settings on power up or after an
ESC @ command are every eight characters. The tab settings do not
change if the character pitch is changed, and for proportional
printing the size of pica characters determines the tab positions.
Overall Printing Style
ESC x
Select NLQ or Draft
Format:
ASCII code:
ESC
x
n
Decimal:
2 7
120
n
Hexadecimal:
1B 78
n
Comments:
The following values can be used for
n:
0: Selects the draft mode.
(The characters “0” and “1”
1: Selects the Near Letter
can also be used.)
Quality (NLQ) mode.
ESC k
Select NLQ Font
Format:
ASCII code:
ESC k
n
Decimal:
2 7
107 n
Hexadecimal:
1B 6B
n
Comments:
This command affects only the Letter Quality typestyle, not draft.
The following values can be used for n:
0 = Roman
1 = Sans Serif
Command Summary
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