Ithaca PcOS series 90plus, Programmer'S Manual

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Printer Control Codes PcOS Series 90PLUS Programmer's Guide
Station Control
Page 70 Rev M 12/16/99
Function Top of slip position
ASCII [ESC] [EM] P <n>
Hexadecimal 1BH 19H 50H <n>
Decimal <27> <25> <80> <n>
IPCL &%ZP <m
1
> <m
2
>
EPOS none
Description The [ESC] [EM] P <n> command adjusts the position of the first line of print
in slip mode.
Where <n> is the offset from the top of the form in 1/72 inch, n may be from 0
or 0/72 to 15 or 15/72 inch. The slip position command allows fine adjustment
of the top of inserted forms. The default is configurable.
Notes 1. This command must be issued before the station select command. It is only
active for front form validation operations. Once issued, the value will be
used until the printer is power cycled or the command is reissued.
2. In normal mode, printing begins 15/72 inch from the top edge of the form.
In EPOS mode, printing begins 1/5 inch from the top edge of the form.
Function Set left/right print margin
ASCII [ESC] X <n
1
> <n
2
>
Hexadecimal 1BH 58H <n
1
> <n
2
>
Decimal <27> <88> <n
1
> <n
2
>
IPCL none
EPOS [ESC] l, [ESC] Q
Description The [ESC] X <n
1
> <n
2
> command sets the left and right print margins in
characters from the home position.
Where: <n
1
> = left margin
<n
2
> = right margin
Note: the absolute position depends on the current print pitch.
8 cpi 10 cpi 12 cpi 15 cpi 17.1 cpi 20 cpi 24 cpi
Max. columns
22 28 34 42 48 56 66
<n
1
>
1 to 20 1 to 26 1 to 30 1 to 39 1 to 43 1 to 52 1 to 63
<n
2
>
<n
1
>+2
to 22
<n
1
>+2
to 28
<n
1
>+3
to 34
<n
1
>+3
to 42
<n
1
>+4
to 48
<n
1
>+4
to 56
<n
1
>+4
to 66
Table 16 Values for the left and right print margins
If the left and right margins are set to the right of the current horizontal
position, the new left and right margins become valid in the same line.
If the left margin is set to the left of the current horizontal position and the
right margin to the right of the current horizontal position, the right margin
becomes valid in the same line, but the left margin setting becomes valid in the
next line.
When the left and right margins are set to the left of the current horizontal
position, both left and right margin settings appear to become valid in the next
line. This is because an auto-CR is performed by the following data.