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Programming Codes Ithaca
®
8000 Programmer’s Guide
100-06908 Rev D Page 203
Function Select Justification
ASCII [ESC] a <n>
Hexadecimal 1BH 61H <n>
Decimal <27> <97> <n>
Range 0 n 2
48 n 50
Description The [ESC] a <n> command aligns all the data in one line to a specified position.
Left justification is selected when <n> = 0 or 48, centering is selected when <n>
= 2 or 50. The default setting is left justification. (<n> = 0). The command is
enabled only when input at the beginning of a line.
Function Set Back Space
ASCII [BS]
Hexadecimal 08H
Decimal <8>
Description The [BS] command moves the print buffer one character width to the left. The
pointer position cannot be moved to the left of the left margin. [BS] does not
cause the buffer to be printed; the following data is OR‘ed with the previous data.
Function Set Horizontal Tab
ASCII [HT]
Hexadecimal 9H
Decimal <10>
Description The [HT] command moves the print position to the next horizontal tab position.
The command is used to align character columns. The command is ignored
unless another horizontal tab position has been set.