Print Position Commands - TransAct POSjet 1500 Programmer's Manual

EPOS Control Codes

Print Position Commands

Function Set Absolute Print Position
ASCII
[ESC] $ <n
Hexadecimal
1BH 24H <n
Decimal
<27> <36> <n
Range 0 ≤ n ≤ 255
l
0 ≤ n ≤ 255
h
Description
The ESC $ <n
Function Set Relative Print Position
ASCII
[ESC] \ <n
Hexadecimal
1BH 5CH <n
Decimal <27> <92> <n
0 ≤ n ≤ 255
Range
l
0 ≤ n ≤ 255
h
Description
The [ESC] \ <n
the distance from the current position to [(n
is selected, the horizontal motion unit set by GS P is used. When page mode is selected, the
horizontal or vertical motion unit set by GS P is used for the print direction set by ESC T.
Function Select Justification
ASCII [ESC] a <n>
Hexadecimal
1BH 61H <n>
Decimal
<27> <97> <n>
Range 0 ≤ n ≤ 2
48 ≤ n ≤ 50
Description
The [ESC] a <n> command aligns all the data in one line to a specified position. Left justification
is selected when <n> = 0 or 48, centering is selected when <n> = 2 or 50. The default setting is
left justification. (<n> = 0). The command is enabled only when input at the beginning of a line.
Function Set Back Space
ASCII
[BS]
Hexadecimal 08H
Decimal
<8>
Description The [BS] command moves the print buffer one character width to the left. The pointer position
cannot be moved to the left of the left margin. [BS] does not cause the buffer to be printed; the
following data is OR'ed with the previous data.
Function Set Horizontal Tab
ASCII
[HT]
Hexadecimal 9H
Decimal <10>
Description The [HT] command moves the print position to the next horizontal tab position. The command is
used to align character columns. The command is ignored unless another horizontal tab position
has been set.
Note 1
In TM-U325D mode, the buffer must be set to 40 characters.
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l h
> <n >
l h
> <n >
l h
> <n > command sets the print starting position from the beginning of the line.
l h
> <n >
l h
> <n >
l h
> <n >
l h
> <n > command sets the print starting position based on the current position and
l h
Rev M
1500
+ n × 256) × horizontal unit]. When standard mode
l h
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