Laser Printer Applications Manual

Tomovetheprintpositionhorizontallyacertainnumbcrofdecipoints,send

thecommand:

<ESC>&a n H

inwhichfornyouenterthenumberofdecipointsyouwishtomovetheprint

position(precededbya+or– signifyouwanttomoveawayfromthecurrent

position).

Youcanmovetheprintpositionhorizontallybydotsbothwaystoo.Youcan

moveanumberofdotsawayfromtheleftedgeofthepage,oryoucanmove

a numberof dotsawayfromthecurrentprintposition.

To movehorizontallythis way,sendthe command:

<ESC>*p n X

in whichfor n youputeitherthenumberof dotsawayfromthepageedge,

or (precededby a + or – sign)the relativenumberof dotsaway fromthe

currentposition.

So to move20 dotsfromtheleftedgeyousendthiscommand:

<ESC>*p 20X

Andto move20 dotsto theleftof thecurrentpositionyousend:

<ESC>*p–20X

Youcanalsomovethecursor8columnsatatimehorizontallybyuscof the

horizontaltab command.Simplysenda tabcharacter:

<HT>

to do this.Reversetabbingis not possible.

Moving the print position vertically

Youcanuscsimilarunitsto movetheprintpositionvertically:lines,dots,

or decipoints.Both lines and decipointscan be fractionsto two decimal

places.

Youcanalsomovetheprintpositionabsolutelydownfromthetopedgeof

thepage,orrelatively,awayfromthecurrentprintposition.Again,toshow

youwantto moveawayfromthecurrentprintpositionyouputaplus(+)or

minus(–) signbeforethenumberof unitsyou wantto move.