Esc j or vts, Esc [ p1; pn v, Esc [ p1; p2; p3 r – Compuprint 4247-L03 Programmer Manua User Manual

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ESC J or VTS

Vertical tab setting.

ASCII Code

ESC J or VTS

Hexadecimal Value

X'1B' X'4A' (7-bit) or X'8A' (8-bit)

Decimal Value

27 74 (7-bit) or 138 (8-bit)

This command causes a vertical tab stop to be set to the decipoint value of the current vertical position.

ESC [ p

1

; p

n

v

Sets vertical tab stops at specified positions (Multiple Vertical Tab Set - VTS).

ASCII Code

ESC [ p

1

; p

n

v

Hexadecimal Value

X'1B' X'5B' p

1

X'3B' p

n

X'76'

Decimal Value

27 91 p

1

59 p

n

118

This command sets up to 12 vertical tab stops at each decipoint position specified by p parameters. The
tab stops are measured from the top of the page. When specifying more than one position, enter the
parameters in ascending order.

FF

Form feed.

ASCII Code

FF

Hexadecimal Value

X'0C'

Decimal Value

12

This code causes the data in the print buffer to be printed out and then advances the paper to the top of
the next form.

ESC [ p

1

; p

2

; p

3

r

Form definition (FD).

ASCII Code

ESC [ p

1

; p

2

; p

3

r

Hexadecimal Value

X'1B' X'5B' p

1

X'3B' p

2

X'3B' p

3

X'72'

Decimal Value

27 91 p

1

59 p

2

59 p

3

114

This command sets the page length, top and bottom margins.

The p

1

, p

2

and p

3

parameters specify the decipoint values.

p

n

FUNCTION

p

1

Page Length

p

2

Top Margin Position From the Beginning of the Page

p

3

Bottom Margin Position From the End of the Page

The maximum page length value is 15840 decipoints (22 inches).

Chapter 4. ANSI Emulation Commands

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