Star Micronics LC-20 User Manual page 65

Horizontaltab
Mode ASCII Decimal
Hexadecimal
Both <H-f> 9
09
Movesthe printpositionto the nexthorizontaltab stop. Ignoredif
thereisnonexthorizontaltabstopinthecurrentline.Notethatwhen
underliningis selected,spacesskippedby horizontaltabulationare
not underlined.
Relativehorizontaltab
Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal
std. cESC> 'A"
nl n2
27 92
nl d
IB 5C nl n2
Movestheprintpositionrightorlefta specifieddistance(maximum
8 inches).Ignoredif theresultingpositionis beyondthe rightor left
margin.The formulasfor the distanceand directionare as follows:
If n2 is betweenOand 63,the printheadmovesrightby (nl + n2 x
256)/120inches.
If youwantto movetheprintheadto theleft,nl andn2 areobtained
by subtractingthe value from 65536,and dividingthe result into
high and low bytes.
Absolutehorizontaltab in inches
Mode
ASCII
Decimal Hexadecimal
std.
cESC> 4'$" nl n2
27 36 nl n2
IB
24 nl n2
Setsthenextprintpositionto (nl + n2
x
256)/60inchesfromtheleft
margin on the currentline. Ignored if this positionis beyond the
rightmargin.The maximumpositionis 8 inches.
Absolutehorizontaltab in columns
Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal
std.
<ESC> "f' "O" n
27102 48 n IB 66 30
n
cESC> "f' cO> n 27102 0 n
IB M 00 n
Moves the next print positionto column n fmm the left margin,
where n is betweenOand 127.
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