Using The Cursor Position Stack - Brother HL-Series Technical Reference Manual

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Positioning the cursor using control codes
The carriage return, space, horizontal tab and backspace control codes can also be used to reposition the cursor
using the current VMI and HMI settings.

Using the cursor position stack

You can save and retrieve up to 20 cursor positions using the cursor position stack.
Esc&f#S
# = 0 or 1
• Setting # to 0 stores the current cursor position on the stack.
• Setting # to 1 retrieves the cursor position currently on the top of the stack and makes it the current cursor
position.
• Resetting the printer deletes all the positions from the stack.
Half line feed
Esc= (27)(61)
• This command moves the cursor down half a row as defined by the last VMI or line spacing command
(Esc&l#C).
(27)(38)(102)#(115)
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