Service manual

Relative horizontal tab

Mode I ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Std.

<ESC> “\”

)12 27 92

n[ n2 IB 5C n] n2

Moves the print position right or left a specified distance. Ignored if

the resultingpositionisbeyondtherightor leftmargin.Theformulas

for the distance and direction are as follows:

If n2 is between Oand 63, the print head moves right by (}?1+ n2x

256) dots.

If you want to move the print head to the left, nl and n2are obtained

by subtracting the value from 65536, and dividing the result into

high and low bytes.

The unit of movement isfixed at 1/120inch in draft mode and 1/180

inch in LQ mode.

Relative horizontal tab in inches

/Mode I ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

IBM

<ESC> “d”

27 100

nl n2 1B 64 n] n2

Sets the next print position to (nl + n2x 256)/120 inches from the

current position.

Ignored if this position is beyond the right margin. The maximum

position is 8 inches. “’”

Absolute horizontal tab in inches

Mode

ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Std. <ESC> “$”

nl n2

27 36 nl n2

IB 24 nl n2

Sets the next printpositionto (rd +n2x 256)/60 inchesfrom the left

margin onthecurrent line. Ignored ifthisposition isbeyondtheright

margin.