Star Micronics 8 Series Applications Manual page 72

To movetheprintpositionhorizontallya certainnumbcrofdecipoints, s end
the command:
<ESC>&a n H
in whichfor n youenterthenumberofdecipointsyouwishto movetheprint
position(precededby a+ or– signif youwanttomoveawayfromthecurrent
position).
Youcanmovetheprintpositionhorizontally bydotsbothwaystoo.Youcan
movea numberof dotsawayfromtheleftedgeof thepage,or youcanmove
a numberof dots away from the currentprint position.
To movehorizontallythis way, send the command:
<ESC>*p n X
in whichfor n you put eitherthe numberof dotsaway fromthe pageedge,
or (precededby a + or – sign) the relativenumberof dots away from the
currentposition.
So to move20 dots from the left edge you send this command:
<ESC>*p 20X
And to move 20 dots to the left of the currentpositionyou send:
<ESC>*p –20X
Youcan alsomovethecursor8 columnsat a timehorizontallyby uscof the
horizontaltab command.Simplysend a tab character:
<HT>
to do this. Reversetabbingis not possible.
Moving the print position vertically
Youcan usc similarunits to move the print positionvertically:lines,dots,
or decipoints.Both lines and decipointscan be fractionsto two decimal
places.
Youcan alsomovetheprintpositionabsolutelydownfromthetop edgeof
thepage,or relatively,awayfromthecurrentprintposition.Again,to show
youwantto moveawayfromthecurrentprintpositionyouput a plus(+)or
minus(–) sign beforethe numberof units you want to move.
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