Basic Printer Operations - Brother HL-Series Technical Reference Manual

Revision C 16/01/96
5. Commands

5.1 Basic printer operations

The most common printer operations are described in this section. Some are invoked using
control codes alone - the rest require escape sequences. For the sake of completeness, several
instructions which are part of the Epson FX-850 mode instruction sets, but which an HL Series
printer ignores are included.
Null
NUL
Ÿ
NUL (ASCII code 0) is ignored.
Bell
BEL
Ÿ
BEL (ASCII code 7) is ignored.
Space
SP
Ÿ
The SP control code (ASCII code 32) moves the current print position one space to the right.
LPRINT CHR$(32); 'Print a space
Backspace
BS
Ÿ
The BS control code (ASCII code 8) moves the current print position one space to the left.
Ÿ
This code is only effective when used with left justification, which is the default justification
mode.
LPRINT CHR$(8); 'Backspace
Carriage return
CR
Ÿ
The CR control code (ASCII 13) moves the print position to the left margin on the current
line.
Ÿ
If automatic line feed is on, this code moves the current print position to the left margin on the
next line. You can turn on automatic line feed using the control panel switches.
LPRINT CHR$(13); 'Carriage return
(0) <00h>
(7) <07h>
(32) <20h>
(08) <08h>
(13) <0Dh>
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