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DESIRED LINE SPACING
l/8 inch
7/72 inch
l/6 inch
increments of l/2 16 inch
increments of l/72 inch
COMMAND
EXPLANATION
<ES0
0
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<ESC> 1
(one)
<ESC> 2
(the default)
<ESC> 3 n (in which n is the number of
increments, maximum 255)
<ESC> A n (in which n is the number of
increments, maximum 85)
MOVING THE PRINT POSITION
Space
The easiest command for moving the print position to the right across the
page is just the space control code, the same character sent by the space bar
on a keyboard:
<sP>
The actual definition of a space (which can also be thought of as the width
of a prim column) is set by the pitch.
Backspace commands
When you send the printer a backspace control code it moves the print
position left one space (or, with proportional spacing, the width of the last
character printed).
CBS>
The backspace code lets you print directly over the last character printed; it
does not delete that character. This lets you create symbols not ordinarily
available, such as b with a stroke / through it to represent a blank space: B:
Do not backspace right after changing any font attributes, lest the first
character in the new font print in the wrong spot. And don't confuse
backspacing with the <DEL> control code (described later), which does
erase the last character from memory.
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