Specifications

1-24 Command Descriptions Rev. A
ESC \
n
L
n
H
[Name] Set relative print position
[Format} ASCII ESC \
nL nH
Hex 1B 5C nL nH
Decimal 27 92 nL nH
[Range] 0 ≤ n
L
≤ 255
0 ≤
n
H
≤ 255
ESC $
n
L
n
H
sets the print starting position to [(
n
L
+
n
H
×
256) × (horizontal motion unit)] inches from
the beginning of the line.
ESC \
n
L
n
H
moves the print starting position to [(
n
L
+
n
H
×
256) × (horizontal motion unit)] inches
from the current position.
Use the supplement of n for setting n pitch movement to the left: – n pitch = 65536 – n
The horizontal motion unit uses the horizontal value set by the GS P command. The default value in
the horizontal direction is 1/150 inch.
ESC a n
[Name] Select justification
[Format] ASCII ESC a n
Hex 1B 61 n
Decimal 27 97 n
[Range] 0 ≤
n
≤ 2
48 ≤
n
≤ 50
Program Example Print Sample
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"P";CHR$(150);CHR$(144);
PRINT #1, "ABCD";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"$";CHR$(80);CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, "EFGH"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "ABCD";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);CHR$(&H5C);CHR$(80);CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, "EFGH"; CHR$(&HA);
ABCD EFGH
80/150 inch
ABCD EFGH
80/150 inch