Star Micronics Dot Impact Printer Manual

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3-30STARCommandSpecications

Rev. 0.70

[Name] Movehorizontaltab

[Code] ASCII HT

Hexadecimal 09

Decimal 9

[DenedArea] ---

[Initial Value] ---

[Function] Moveprintpositiontonexthorizontaltabposition.

 Thecurrentpositionmovestothenexttabpositionwhenatthehorizontaltabposition.

This command is ignored with under the following conditions.

 •Whenthereisnohorizontaltabset.

 •Whenthecurrentpositionisthesameasthefurthestrighthorizontaltabpositionortotherightofit.

 Intheunderline/upperlinemodes,underlinesandupperlinesarenotprintedinthespacescreatedbya

horizontaltab.

ESC D n1 n2 … nk NUL

[Name] Sethorizontaltab

[Code] ASCII ESC D n1 n2 .. nk NUL

Hexadecimal 1B 44 n1 n2 .. nk 00

Decimal 27 68 n1 n2 .. nk 0

[DenedArea] 1≤ n ≤maximumprintabledigits≤ 255

0 ≤ k ≤ 32

[Initial Value] Not set

[Function] Usestheleftedgeasastandardtosetthehorizontaltabtothepositionof(currentANKcharacterpitchxn).

 Thehorizontaltabreferencepointistheleftedge,regardlessoftheleftandrightmarginsettings.

The right edge is also the reference for upside-down printing.

 ANKcharacterpitches,includingrightspaces,areunaffectedbyexpansionsettings.

 Allotherhorizontaltabssetbeforesettingthehorizontaltabusingthiscommandarecancelled

 Amaximumof32horizontaltabscanbeset,butthetabpositionmustsatisfythefollowingconditions.

 Ifthefollowingconditionsarenotmet,datauptotheNULcodeisdiscarded.Normaltabsthatmeetthe

conditionsbelowaresetandtabsaftererrorsoccurarenotset.

• 1 < n1 < n2 … < nk

• nk ≤Printableregion

 Thehorizontaltabsetusingthiscommandisunaffectedbychangingthecharacterpitch.

 AllhorizontaltabsareclearedbyinputtingESCDNUL.