MPE/iX Quick Reference Guide (32650-90881)
Chapter 7 185
File System
System Defined Files
Table 7-2. Carriage Control Directives
Octal Code
(ASCII)
Description of Carriage Action
%2 - %37 (” ”) Single space (with or without automatic page eject)
%40 - %52 (” ”) Single space (with or without automatic page eject)
%53 (”+”) No space, return (next printing at column 1), cannot be used more than once
on the HP 2608A/S without losing data
%54 (” ”) Single space (with or without automatic page eject)
%55 (”-”) Triple space (with or without automatic page eject)
%56 - %57 (” ”) Single space (with or without automatic page eject)
%60 (”0”) Double space (with or without automatic page eject)
%61 (”1 ”) Conditional page eject (form feed) performed by the software; if the printer is
not at top-of-form, a page eject is performed. Ignored if:
Postspace mode The current request has a transfer count of 0 and the
previous request was FOPEN, HPFOPEN, FCLOSE, or FWRITE
specifying a carriage-control directive of %61.
Prespace mode Both the current request and the previous request have
transfer counts of 0, and the current request and previous
request are any combination of FOPEN, HPFOPEN, FCLOSE,or
FWRITE specifying a carriage-control of %61.
%62 Skip to one line before top of form (valid for HP 2608S and 2563A printers
only)
%63 A conditional page eject form feed is performed by the printer; not at
top-of-form, a page eject is performed (valid for HP 2608S and 2563A printers
only)
%62 - %77 (” ”) Single space (with or without automatic page eject; for terminals)
%104 - %177 (” ”) Single space (with or without automatic page eject; for terminals)
%2
nn
Space
nn
lines (no automatic page eject);
nn
is any octal number from 0
through 77
%300 - %313 Select VFC Channel 1 - 12 (HP 2613, 2617, 2618, 2619)
%300 - %317 Select VFC Channel 1 - 16 (HP 2608A/S)
%300 Skip to top of form (page eject)
%301 Skip to bottom of form
%302 Single spacing with automatic page eject
%303 Skip to next odd line with automatic page eject
%304 Skip to next third line with automatic page eject