Compuprint 10300 User Guide

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Commands 
11
 
F
F
o
o
r
r
m
m
a
a
t
t
 
 
C
C
o
o
n
n
t
t
r
r
o
o
l
l
 
 
ESC $  
Sets the absolute printing position. (EPSON) 
ASCII Code 
ESC & n
1
 n
2
 
Hexadecimal Value 
1B 24 n
1
 n
2
 
Decimal Value 
27 36 n
1
 n
2
 
Range 0 
n
1
, n
2
 < 255  
This command specifies the distance from the left margin where you want to print subsequent 
characters. The distance is in number of dots and must be calculated using the following 
formula:  
Margin distance = n
1 
+ (n
2 
x 256) 
where n
2
 is the integer result of the number of dots divided by 256 and the n
1
 is the remainder. 1 dot = 
1/60 inch. If the selected position is outside the current right margin, the sequence will be ignored.  
ESC [ \ 
Sets vertical units. (IBM) 
ASCII Code 
ESC [ \ m
1
 m
2
 t
1
 … t
4
 
Hexadecimal Value 
1B 5B 5C m
1
 m
2
 t
1
 … t
4
 
Decimal Value 
27 91 92 m
1
 m
2
 t
1
 … t
4
 
Range m
1
 = 4 
m
2
 = 0 
0 < t
1
 < 255  
0 < t
2
 < 255  
t
3
 = 0 
t
4
 = 180 or 216  
This command changes the base units for the graphics line spacing commands (ESC J, ESC 3). 
The default is 1/216 or 1/180 inch.