Instruction manual

A758 Owner’s Guide Chapter 7: Programming Guide
September 1999 128
Set Absolute Starting Position
ASCII:
ESC $
n1 n2
Hexadecimal:
1B 24
n1 n2
Decimal:
27 36
n1 n2
Value of
n
:
Number of dots to be moved from the beginning of the line.
Value of
n1
:
Remainder after dividing
n
by 256.
Value of
n2
:
Integer after dividing
n
by 256.
The values for
n
1 and
n
2 are two bytes in low byte, high byte word orientation.
Sets the print starting position to the specified number of dots (up to the right
margin) from the beginning of the line. The print starting position is reset to the
first column after each line.
Formulas:
Determine the value of
n
by multiplying the column for the absolute starting
position by 10 (slip, or receipt standard pitch) or 8 (receipt compressed pitch).
The example shows how to calculate column 29 (10 dots per column) as the
absolute starting position.
28 x 10 = 280 dots (beginning of column 29)
280/256 = 1, remainder of 24
n
1 = 24
n
2 = 1
Related Information:
This command is also used in the graphics mode on the receipt. See Graphics
Commands in this chapter for more information.
If the Set Horizontal and Vertical Minimum Motion Units command (1D 50) is
used to change the horizontal and vertical minimum motion unit, the parameters
of this command (Set Absolute Print Position) will be interpreted accordingly.
For more information, see the description of the Set Horizontal and Vertical
Minimum Motion Units command (1D 50) in this document.