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print position is [( nL + nH × 256) (vertical or horizontal 
motion unit)] inches. 
[Notice]: Settings outside the specified printable area are 
ignored. 
[Reference]: ESC \ 
4.3.2 ESC D n1 n2…nk NULL   
[Name]:Sets horizontal tab positions.   
[Format]:  ASCII        ESC D    n1 n2 n3…    NULL   
Hexadecimal   1B   44   n1 n2 n3… 00   
Decimal    27 68 n1 n2 n3… 0 
[Description]: 
• n specifies the column number for setting a horizontal tab 
position from the beginning of the line. 
• k indicates the total number of horizontal tab positions to be 
set. 
• The horizontal tab position is stored as a value of [character 
width × n] measured from the beginning of the line. The 
character width includes the right-side character spacing, and 
double-width characters are set with twice the width of 
normal characters. 
• This command cancels the previous horizontal tab settings. 
• When setting n = 8, the print position is moved to column 9 
by sending HT. 
• Up to 32 tab positions ( k = 32) can be set. Data exceeding 
32 tab positions is processed as normal data. 










