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Esc $ specify absolute horizontal position, Esc \ specify relative horizontal position, Esc a specify alignment – Brother MW-260 User Manual

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Moves the horizontal print position from the position where HT was entered to the next
nearest horizontal tab position to the right.

ESC $ Specify absolute horizontal position

[ASCII] ESC $ n1 n2

[Decimal]

27 36 n1 n2

[Hexadecimal] 1B 24 n1 n2

[Parameters] 0≤n1≤255 , 0≤n2≤255

[Description]

Specifies an absolute position in dots for the print position for the next data.

・ n1 and n2 represent the number of dots from the left margin. (No. of dots = n1 + 256 * n2)

ESC \

Specify relative horizontal position

[ASCII] ESC \ n1 n2

[Decimal]

27 92 n1 n2

[Hexadecimal] 1B 5C n1 n2

[Parameters] 0≤n1≤255, 0≤n2≤255

[Description]

Specifies the horizontal print position as a relative position in dots from the current position.

・ n1 and n2 represent the number of dots from the current position. (No. of dots = n1 + 256 *

n2)

The specified value for moving to the left is represented as a 2’s complement, and is basically

determined by the following equation.

n1 + n2 * 256 = 65536 – Actual amount moved

ESC a Specify alignment

[ASCII] ESC a n

[Decimal]

27 97 n

[Hexadecimal] 1B 61 n

[Parameters] 0 ≤ n ≤ 3 or “0” ≤ n ≤ “3”

[Description]

Aligns and prints the following data according to the value of n as described below.

If n=0, specifies a left alignment.
If n=1, specifies a center alignment.
If n=2, specifies a right alignment.
If n=3, nothing is applied.

The default setting is n=0.

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