HP deskjet 600 User Manual
HP PCL Commands
HP DeskJet 600, 700, 800, 900 & HP 2000 Series PCL Developer’s Guide
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10.8.6
Vertical Motion Index
Sets the vertical spacing between lines of print (the vertical distance CAP will move for a line-
feed in horizontal text path mode and the horizontal distance the CAP will move for a linefeed
in the vertical text path mode.
feed in horizontal text path mode and the horizontal distance the CAP will move for a linefeed
in the vertical text path mode.
This command performs the same functions as Line Spacing (Esc &
l
# D), except the mea-
surement interval is in 1/48-inch increments instead of lines per inch (lpi). Both commands set
linefeed spacing. To convert lpi to VMI:
linefeed spacing. To convert lpi to VMI:
VMI = 48.0/ lpi
If the Page Length (Esc &
l
# P) command follows an VMI change, physical page size is
recalculated. Depending on the VMI modification, the printer may request a different page
size.
size.
TABLE 22.
Vertical Motion Index (VMI) -
Esc &
ll # C
#
Value
D
J
6
0
0
D
J
6
1
0
C
D
J
6
6
0
C
D
J
6
7
0
C
D
J
6
8
0
C
D
J
6
9
0
C
D
J
6
9
5
C
D
J
8
1
0
C
D
J
8
3
0
C
D
J
8
5
0
C
D
J
8
7
0
C
D
J
8
8
0
C
D
J
8
9
0
C
D
J
8
9
5
C
D
J
9
7
0
C
H
P
2
0
0
0
C
E
FFECT
n
4
4 4
4 4
4 4
4 4
4 4
4 4
4 4
4 4
4 4
4 4
4 4
4 4
4 4
4 4
4 4
4
Number of 1/48 inch increments
between rows
between rows
Default
8
Range
0 to Current logical page length up to 32767 - Command is ignored for
out of range values
out of range values