Printronix S828, Programmer'S Manual

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Programmer Manual PTX ‐ S828
Chapter 3 ANSI Emulation Commands 80 260071 ‐ 001A
ESC [ p1; p2 f
Horizontal and vertical position absolute (HVP).
ASCII Code
ESC [ p1; p2 f
Hexadecimal Value X'1B' X'5B' p1 X'3B' p2 X'66'
Decimal Value 27 91 p1 59 p2 102
This command causes the current print position to be moved to the vertical (p1) and horizontal (p2)
decipoint locations specified relative to the top left corner of the page.
This sequence can be used to print within the right, left, top and bottom margins.
ESC [ p1 k
Vertical position backward (VPB).
ASCII Code
ESC [ p1 k
Hexadecimal Value X'1B' X'5B' p1 X'6B'
Decimal Value 27 91 p1 107
This command causes the current vertical position to be moved backwards as specified by the p1
parameter (decipoints) relative to the current print line position.
ESC [ p1; pn g
Tab clear (TBC).
ASCII Code
ESC [ p1; pn g
Hexadecimal Value X'1B' X'5B' p1 X'3B' pn X'67'
Decimal Value 27 91 p1 59 pn 103
This command clears horizontal and vertical tab stops. If no parameter is present, the horizontal tab stop
at the current position is cleared (default).
p DESCRIPTION
0 (default) Clear horizontal tab at current position
1 Clear vertical tab at current position
2 Clear all horizontal tab stops
3 Clear all vertical tab stops
VT
Vertical tab.
ASCII Code VT
Hexadecimal Value X'0B'
Decimal Value 11
This code causes printing to be moved to the left margin at the next vertical tab stop.