Star Micronics 150 - Manual (Page 28)

Control Codes PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide
Vertical Motion
Page 18 Rev G 12/14/99
Vertical Motion Control
Function Fine line feed
ASCII [ESC] J
Hexadecimal 1BH 4AH
Decimal <27> <74>
IPCL &%FM
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EPOS [ESC] J
Description This command prints the contents of the buffer (if any) and performs a line feed
of n/216 inch. This command does not change the default line spacing value.
The next character print position is reset to the left margin.
EPOS Note: In EPOS mode, this command performs line feeds in n/144-inch
increments.
Figure 8 Data sent to printer for fine line feed
Function Set variable line space in n/216 inch
ASCII [ESC] 3
Hexadecimal 1BH 33H
Decimal <27> <51>
IPCL &%SV
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EPOS [ESC] 3
Description This command sets the default line spacing in n/216 inch. Set n = 1 to 255.
This command takes effect immediately and sets the line feed spacing used by
[LF] to values other than 1/8 or 7/72 inch.
EPOS Note: Line spacing of n/144 is used.
Function Set line space to 27/216 inch
ASCII [ESC] 0
Hexadecimal 1BH 30H
Decimal <27> <48>
IPCL &%ST
EPOS [ESC] 2
Description This command sets the text default line spacing to 1/8 or 27/216 inch which is
the standard eight lines per inch line spacing at initial power up.
EPOS Note: In EPOS mode, this command sets 1/6-inch spacing or 6 lines per
inch.
Example of Fine Line Feed[CR]
[ESC]J<54>
This line is 1/4" below the first.[CR][LF]
This line is spaced at the default of
1/8".[CR][LF]
Figure 7 Example of fine line feed