Laser Printer User Manual

is atab stopeveryeightcolumns.Columnwidthdependson thehorizontal

spacingbeingusedwhenyougivethiscommand.If youchangepitchlater,

that won’taffecttabs.

To clear the old and set new tab stops, send this Set HorizontalTabs

command:

d3SC> D d n2 ... ru%l<NUL>

Thiscommandneedsa bitof explanation.The nl andn2 andso on arethe

columnnumberswhereyouwanttosettabstops.Thethreedots...justmean

youcan listmorecolumns,asmanyas 64 in total. Listthemin ascending

order.Eithera final@NJL>(controlcodeO),or a columnnumberlessthan

thatprecedingit, willendthe command.

To removeallhorizontaltab stops,issuetheSetHorizontalTabscommand

withno n columnvalues:

TheHorizontalTabMovecommandadvancestheprintpositiontothenext

horizontaltab position(or to the left marginon the nextline, if themove

wouldgo beyondtheprintablelimitof the page).To moveto a horizontal

tab stop,sendthiscommand:

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5.4.11 Verticaltabs

Verticaltabs workmuchthe sameway. Whenyou sendthe VerticalTab

Movecommand,theprintpositionmovesdowntothenextverticaltabstop.

No tabs are set whenyoufirst startFX-850emulation.

To givethe Set VerticalTabscommand,sendthisEscapesequence:

Thed andn2andsoon arethelinenumberswhereyouwantto setvertical

tab stops.Youcan setup to 64tabs at anyof up to 254positions.

Tomovedowntothenextverticaltabstop,sendthefollowingVerticalTab

Move command.If you’ve set no vertical tabs the VerticalTab Move

commandjust movesdownoneline.If thereareno moretab stopson the

pagethe printerwilljust movedownoneline too.

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