Set print station parameters, Select 1/8-inch line spacing, Select 1/6-inch line spacing – IBM SUREMARK TI8 User Manual

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Set print station parameters

EIA-232 Syntax:

ESC c 1 n or X'1B6331;n'

where:

n

Specifies the print station.

Bit # ↓ Station

LSB 0 Reserved

1 Customer Receipt Station
2 Document Station - Portrait Mode
3 Document Station - Landscape Mode
4 Reserved
5 Reserved
6 Reserved
7 Reserved

Purpose:

This command is used for setting the line spacing, margins, and tabs.

Remarks:

More than one station can be selected at the same time if the settings are
common to all of the selected stations.

Default:

n = 02 (customer receipt station)

Select 1/8-inch line spacing

EIA-232 Syntax:

ESC 1 or X'1B31'

Remarks:

In the thermal (receipt) station this would set line feeding to 25 steps/line.

In the impact (document - portrait) station this would be set to 6 steps/line.

Note: Spacing in the document-portrait is actually 8.5 lines per inch. Line

spacing dimension is approximate. For the impact printer in portrait
mode, the actual line spacing must be calculated using 51 steps per
inch.

In the impact (document - landscape) station this would be set to 16
steps/line.

This command should be sent after “Set print station parameters.”

Select 1/6-inch line spacing

EIA-232 Syntax:

ESC 2 or X'1B32'

Remarks:

In the thermal (receipt) station this would set line feeding to 34 steps/line.

In the impact (document - portrait) station this would be set to 8 steps/line.

Updated April 2, 2009

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