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Programming Codes iTherm
®
280 Programmer’s Guide
Page 114 Rev K
Function Set Page Mode Entry Position
ASCII [ESC] o <X
L
><X
H
><Y
L
><Y
H
><F>
Hexadecimal 1BH 6FH <X
L
><X
H
><Y
L
><Y
H
><F>
Decimal <27><111><X
L
><X
H
> <Y
L
><Y
H
><F>
EPOS [ESC] W
Description This command sets horizontal and vertical entry position to anywhere on
the page. It is only valid in page mode. If the value specified is beyond
the page boundary, the command is ignored. (X and Y refers to the
current active orientation specified by the [ESC]t command and is not
same as the page definition of X and Y.
The X and Y positions are in dots.
Y = Y
h
* 256 + Y
l
dots from the top
X = X
h
* 256 + X
l
dots from the left
The F parameter is a flag that specifies if this command is an absolute
position command or relative to the current position. If this is <1> the
command is processed as a relative position command. If this is <0>,
then the command is interpreted as an absolute position command.
Note: You can also use the [ESC]J, [ESC]M. [ESC]d and [ESC]e
commands to position the print on the page.
Function Exit Page Mode
ASCII [FF]
Hexadecimal 0CH
Decimal <12>
IPCL &%FF
EPOS [FF]
Description This command exits page mode definition and starts the print process. If
the printer is not in page mode this command is treated as a normal form
feed command.
Note: When page mode finishes printing, the left and right margins are
restored to the values before the select page mode command. All other
format changes are preserved.