Set Right Margin At Current Position; Set Horizontal Tab At Current Position; Clear Horizontal Tab At Current Position - Brother HL-Series Technical Reference Manual

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Set right margin at current position

Esc0
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This command sets the vertical line on which the current print position lies to be the right margin.
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The command is ignored if the current print position is to the left of the left margin or if the current
print position is within 1/10" of the current left margin.
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You can set a new right margin to the right of the existing right margin by moving the print position
with the Absolute Horizontal Tab instruction, with the space control code, SP, in forward printing
mode, or with the backspace control code, BS, in backward printing mode.
LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(48); 'Set right margin
5.3. Using tabs

Set horizontal tab at current position

Esc1
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This command sets a horizontal tab stop at the current print position.
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Up to thirty-two horizontal tab positions can be set.
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You can set tab stops anywhere within the printable area irrespective of the current margin settings.
LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(49); 'Set horizontal tab

Clear horizontal tab at current position

Esc8
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This command clears the horizontal tab stop at the current print position.
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If there is no tab stop at the current print position the command is ignored.
LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(56); 'Clear horizontal tab
Horizontal tab
HT
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The HT control code (ASCII 9) moves the current print position to the right to the next horizontal
tab stop.
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The command is ignored if there are no tab stops to the right of the current print position or if the
next tab stop is beyond the right margin.
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This code is ignored in backward printing mode.
LPRINT CHR$(9); 'Horizontal tab
(27)(48) <1Bh><30h>
(27)(49) <1Bh><31h>
(27)(56) <1Bh><38h>
(09) <09h>
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