Horizontal Cursor Position (Decipoints) - Xerox 4213 Programmer's Reference Manual

Horizontal Cursor Position (Columns)

Horizontal Cursor Position (Decipoints)

XEROX 4213 LASER PRINTER PROGRAMMER REFERENCE
Purpose The Horizontal Cursor Position (Columns) defines the absolute or
relative position of the horizontal cursor in units of columns on
the current line. The width of a column is defined by the current
Horizontal Motion Index (HMI) setting.
Syntax
E
&a#C
where # is the number of columns to move or the column to
move to.
decimal point.
Absolute move: If the # value has no sign, the cursor is moved
to column #.
Relative move, positive: If the # value is preceded by a plus (+)
sign, the cursor is moved
cursor position.
Relative move, negative: If the
sign, the cursor is moved
cursor position.
If the # value specifies a column beyond the left or right edges
of the printable area, the cursor is moved to the appropriate
edge of the printable area.
Example To move the current print position to column 30 from column 5,
enter:
E
&a30C
Hex 1B 26 61 33 30 43
Dec 27 38 97 51 48 67
or, as a relative move,
E
&a+25C
Hex 1B 26 61 2B 32 35 43
Dec 27 38 97 43 50 53 67
Purpose The Horizontal Cursor Position (Decipoints) defines the absolute
or relative position of the horizontal cursor in units of decipoints
(1/720th of an inch). Position 0 is flush with the left boundary of
the printable area.
The # is valid up to four places to the right of the
columns to the right of the current
#
value is preceded by a minus (-)
#
columns to the left of the current
#
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