Esc J Graphics Variable Line Spacing (N/216 Inch). (Ibm); Esc L Sets Left Margin (10 Cpi). (Epson) - Compuprint MDP 30FB Programmer's Manual

ESC J
Graphics variable line spacing (n/216 inch). (IBM)
ASCII Code ESC J n
1B 4A n
Hexadecimal Value
27 74 n
Decimal Value
This command advances the paper in units of n/216 inch. The printer does not store
graphics line spacing. You must send this command to the printer each time.
ESC l
Sets left margin (10 cpi). (EPSON)
ASCII Code ESC l n
1B 6C n
Hexadecimal Value
Decimal Value 27 108 n
Range 0 < n < 255
This code sets the left margin at the current horizontal spacing. It must be sent at the
beginning of the line. The n parameter specifies the number of columns. For each type
of horizontal spacing there is a different range of possible values, as shown in the
following table.
Character Width
Double Width
Normal
Horizontal Spacing
5
6 cpi
7.5 cpi
8.5 cpi
10 cpi
10 cpi
12 cpi
15 cpi
17 cpi
20 cpi
29
Range of columns
0 < n < 67
0 < n < 80
0 < n < 100
0 < n < 114
0 < n < 134
0 < n < 134
0 < n < 160
0 < n < 201
0 < n < 229
0 < n < 255