Absolute Horizontal Tab; Set Vertical Tab At Current Position; Absolute Vertical Tab - Brother HL-Series Technical Reference Manual

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Absolute horizontal tab

EscHTn
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This command moves the print position a distance of (n–1) times the current HMI in from the left
edge of the printable area.
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You can use this command to move the print position anywhere within the printable area irrespective
of margin settings.
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n must be in the range 1 to 126.
LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(9); CHR$(51); 'Move in 50*HMI

Set vertical tab at current position

Esc–
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This command sets a vertical tab stop at the current line.
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Up to sixty-four vertical 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$(27); CHR$(45); 'Set vertical tab
Vertical tab
VT
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The VT control code (ASCII 11) moves the current print position downwards to the next vertical tab
stop, even if the next tab stop is below the bottom margin.
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The code is ignored if there are no tab stops below the current print position.
LPRINT CHR$(11); 'Vertical tab

Absolute vertical tab

EscVTn
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This command moves the print position a distance of (n–1) times the current VMI downwards from
the top line of the page.
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You can use this command to move the print position anywhere within the printable area irrespective
of margin settings.
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n must be in the range 1 to 126.
LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(11); CHR$(41); ' Move in 40*VMI
(27)(09)n <1Bh><09h>n
(27)(45) <1Bh><2Dh>
(11) <0Bh>
(27)(11)n <1Bh><0Bh>n
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