Printronix S828, Programmer'S Manual

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Chapter 3 ANSI Emulation Commands 79 260071 ‐ 001A
ESC K or PLD
Partial line down.
ASCII Code
ESC K or PLD
Hexadecimal Value X'1B' X'4B' (7-bit) or X'8B' (8-bit)
Decimal Value 27 75 (7-bit) or 139 (8-bit)
This command causes the paper to be positioned down one half line space at the current line spacing
value. This can create an appearance of subscripting. This sequence is also used after an ESC L (partial
line up sequence) to recover the original active vertical position.
ESC L or PLU
Partial line up.
ASCII Code
ESC L or PLU
Hexadecimal Value X'1B' X'4C' (7-bit) or X'8C' (8-bit)
Decimal Value 27 76 (7-bit) or 140 (8-bit)
This command causes the paper to be positioned up one half line space at the current line spacing value.
This can create an appearance of superscripting. This sequence is also used after an ESC K (partial line
down sequence) to recover the original active vertical position.
ESC M or RI
Reverse index.
ASCII Code
ESC M or RI
Hexadecimal Value X'1B' X'4D' (7-bit) or X'8D' (8-bit)
Decimal Value 27 77 (7-bit) or 141 (8-bit)
This command causes the paper to be positioned up one line space at the current line spacing value.
ESC [ p1 d
Vertical position absolute (VPA).
ASCII Code
ESC [ p1 d
Hexadecimal Value X'1B' X'5B' p1 X'64'
Decimal Value 27 91 p1 100
This command causes the current vertical position to be set to the decipoint value specified by the p1
parameter relative to the top most line of the current form length. This sequence can be used to print
within the top and the bottom margins.
ESC [ p1 e
Vertical position relative (VPR).
ASCII Code
ESC [ p1 e
Hexadecimal Value
X'1B' X'5B' p1 X'65'
Decimal Value 27 91 p1 101
This command causes the current vertical position to be advanced to the position specified by the p1
parameter (in decipoints) relative to the current print line position.