Star Micronics 8 Series Applications Manual page 73

The importantdifferenceaboutmovingverticallyup or down is what the
printerdoes when the printpositionhits the page top or bottom.If you try
to move abovethe top margin,the print positionstaysright at the margin.
Andif youmovetheprintpositiondownoffthepage,thepageisejectedand
printingcontinueson the next page.
Vertical moves: by lines, decipoints and dots
To move the print positionverticallya certain numberof lines, send the
command:
<ESC>&a n R
in which for n you enter the numberof lines you wish to move the print
position.Sotomoveto line45,measuredfromthctopedgcofthe page,you
send the command:
<ESC>&a 45R
But to move45 linesdown from the currentprint position,you send:
<ESC>&a +45C
Tomovetheprintpositionverticallya certainnumbcrofdecipoints, s endthe
command:
<ESC>&a n V
in whichfor n youenterthenumberof dccipointsyouwishto movetheprint
positiondown(orprecedethenumberwitha + or– signif you wantto move
up or down from the currentposition).
Finally,youcanmovea numberof dotsdownfromthetopedgeof thepage,
or youcanmovea numberofdotsupordownfromthecurrentprintposition.
Tomovetheprintpositionupordownanabsoluteor relativenumberofdots,
send the command:
<ESC> *p n Y
in whichfor n youputeithcrtheabsolutenumberof dotsdown,or (preccdcd
by a + or – sign) the relativenumberof dots up or down from the current
position.
So to move20 dots down you send the command:
<ESC>*p 20Y
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