Tabs And Tab Setting Functions; Perform Horizontal Tab - Intermec 6822P User Manual

Tabs and Tab Setting Functions

6820 Series 80-Column Printer User's Manual
There are control codes for setting horizontal and vertical tabs.
Horizontal tabs:
•
Are not affected by subsequent changes in pitch.
•
May range up to maximum width for character and printer size.
• All previous tab stops are cleared when new tab stops are set. If the
left margin is changed after the horizontal tabs are set, tab stops are
cleared.
•
Become absolute positions and are not affected by any subsequent
change in character size.
• Set outside of the printable area are ignored.
Vertical tabs:
•
Tab positions are line numbers, counting from the Top of Form.
•
All tabs set beyond the page length are stored, but are not used.
• Any tab set within the SOP range (Skip Over Perforation), during the
time SOP is active, are stored but not used until SOP is canceled.
• If a vertical tab, and the next tab stop is outside the printable page
area, a form feed is executed placing the printhead at the next Top of
Form.
• Previous tab stops are cleared when new tab stops are set.
•
Are not affected by subsequent changes in line spacing.

Perform Horizontal Tab

Moves the print position to the next horizontal tab stop. The tab
positions, set by ESC "D", the Set Horizontal Tabs function, are not
affected by any changes in character pitch.
The factory default tab settings are at intervals of eight characters, in the
currently selected pitch. For the default tabs, the actual distance to each
tab position is affected by changes in character pitch.
Format
Decimal
9
Chapter 4 — Control Code Definitions
Hex
09
ASCII
HT
57