Intercharacter Spacing Commands (Ibm/E/Ml) - Oki MICROLINE ML521 Reference Manual

Intercharacter Spacing Commands (IBM/E/ML)

Note: Intercharacter spacing can NOT be set in the HSD and bit image graphics modes.
ML320 E/I, ML321 E/I
ML320 Std., ML321 Std.
Function
Set Intercharacter
Spacing
Values for n
ML390 Turbo, ML391 Turbo
Function
Set Intercharacter Spacing
Values for n
* For the ML390 Turbo and ML391 Turbo, bit 7 is ignored.
The standard spacing between characters is 3 dots columns. These commands are used to add
additional spacing between characters, added to the right of each character. The value is
expressed in dots; the number of dots per inch depends on the current print mode. The table
below shows the amount of space added for each cpi setting.
Table 23: IBM ESC V and ESC SP & Epson ESC SP Commands —
For example, to add 8/120" spacing to your printing at 10 cpi, use this BASIC command:
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ML320 Turbo, ML321 Turbo
IBM
ASCII: ESC V n
Dec: 27 86 n
Hex: 1B 56 n
n = 0 to 11
ML590, ML591
IBM
ML590/591 Only:
ASCII: ESC SP n
Dec: 27 32 n
Hex: 1B 20 n
n = 0 to 255
Character Spacing (in Inches)
Setting Amount of space added
10 cpi
12 cpi
15 cpi
17.1 cpi
20 cpi
LPRINT CHR$(27);"N";CHR$(8)
Chapter 3: Character Size & Spacing Commands
Epson ML
ASCII: ESC SP n ASCII: ESC N n
Dec: 27 32 n Dec: 27 78 n
Hex: 1B 20 n Hex: 1B 4E n
n = 0 to 255 n = 0 to 11
Epson
ASCII: ESC SP n
Dec: 27 32 n
Hex: 1B 20 n
n = 0 to 255*
n/120"
n/144"
n/180"
n/206"
n/240"
ML520, ML521