Brother HL-Series Technical Reference Manual page 218

Revision C 16/01/96
Set vertical channel tab stops
Escbnm1m2m3...NUL
<1Bh><62h>nm1m2m3...<00h>
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You can set up to eight different sets of vertical tab stops and select any of these sets for use
at any time. Each set of tab stops is called a channel - channels are numbered from 0 to 7.
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Channel 0 normally holds the settings you have selected with the Esc B command, or equally
spaced tab settings that you have set with the Esc e 1 command. However, you can also set
the channel 0 tab settings using the Esc b command.
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To set the tab stops held in channels 1 to 7 you must use the Esc b command.
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This command enables you to set up to sixteen vertical tab stops for each channel based on the
current line space setting.
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n is the channel number whose tab stops are to be set.
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m specifies the tab based on the current line space setting.
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The value of m
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The tab stops must be set in ascending order. If you specify a channel's tab settings in any
other order, any previous settings made for that channel are cleared.
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Vertical tab settings are not affected by subsequent changes in the line spacing setting.
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Esc b n 0 clears the vertical tab settings set for channel n.
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You can select a channel using the Esc / command and move the print position to its tab stops
using the VT control code.
LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(98); CHR$(1); CHR$(10); CHR$(20); CHR$(0);
'Set tab stops at lines 10 and 20.
(27)(98)nm1m2m3...(00)
must be in the range 0 to 255.
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