Epson TM-290-II Operator's Manual page 33

n = 0
Default
Reference FF
[n]k
ESC D NUL
Name
Set horizontal tab positions
F o r m a t < 1 B >
Range
Description
Sets horizontal tab positions.
• "n" specifies the column number for setting a horizontal
tab position. [n = (Column number) - 1].
For example, when a tab is set at column 9, n = 8.
• "k" indicates the total number of horizontal tab positions to
be set.
• The horizonal tab position is stored as an absolute value
of (character width
a line. The character width includes the character right-side
spacing, and double-width characters should be set with
twice the width of normal characters.
• Set <n>k in ascending order and place a NUL code <00>H
at the end.
• ESC D NUL clears all tabs. Any HT commands received
after clearing are ingnored.
N o t e s • When a data value <n>k is less than or equal to the preceding
value <n>k - 1, the setting is considered to be finished.
• Up to 32 tab positions can be set. Data which exceeds
32 tab positions will be processed as normal data.
• When a data value < n > k exceeds the number of
"n" = Maximum printing column number + 1".
• Horizontal tab positions remain unchanged if the character
• The horizontal tab positions set in Page Mode are considered
< 4 4 > [< n >]k < 00 >
H H
In this case, the following data is processed as normal data.
characters printable on one line, the tab position is set as
widths are changed after setting the horizontal tab positions.
- 2 8 -
H
n) measured from the beginning of
X