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ET ABSOLUTE STARTING POSITION
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.
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.
ASCII
ESC $ n1 n2
Hexadecimal 1B 24 n1 n2
Decimal
27 36 n1 n2
Value of n
[n x horizontal or vertical motion units] = Number of dots to be moved
from the beginning of the line
n1 = Remainder after dividing n by 256
n2 = Integer after dividing n by 256
The values for n1 and n2 are two bytes in low byte, high byte word orientation.
Formulas: The example shows how to calculate 280 dots as the absolute starting position.
280/256 = 1, remainder of 24
n1 = 24 n2 = 1
Related Information
This command is also used in graphics mode. See Graphics Commands in this document for more
information.
For more information, see the description of the Set Horizontal and Vertical Minimum Motion Units
command (1D 50) in this document.
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ET HORIZONTAL TAB POSITIONS
Sets up to 32 horizontal tab-position n columns from column one, but does not move the print position. See
the Horizontal Tab command (09).
The tab positions remain unchanged if the character widths are changed after the tabs are set. The command
ends with hexadecimal 00; hexadecimal 1B 44 00 clears all tabs.
ASCII
ESC D [n]…k NUL
Hexadecimal 1B 44 [n]…k NUL
Decimal
27 68 [n]…k 0
Value of n
Column number for tab minus one
(n is always less than or equal to the current selected column width)
Value of k
0-32
Default
Every 8 characters from column. 1 (9, 17, 25, etc.) for normal print
Formulas: Set the tab positions in ascending order and put Hex 00 at the end.
Hex 1B 44 00 (number of tabs not specified) clears all tab positions.
Exceptions: The tabs cannot be set higher than the column width of the current pitch:
1-44= Standard pitch
1-56= Compressed pitch