Printronix P9000 Series, User'S Reference Manual

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6-7 Programming
Backspace
ASCII Hex Decimal
P-Series/
Serial BS 08 08
Purpose Moves the logical print head to the left one character space toward the first
character column.
Comment When configured for backspace (in P-Series printer protocol), BS moves the
character position indicator (the logical print head position) one character
space to the left at the current character pitch setting. The code is ignored if
the logical print head is positioned at the first character column. When the
backspace code is received, printing speed for the print line may be reduced to
half.
Example Print and backspace two character positions.