beautypg.com

Horizontal movement commands, Cr carriage return, Esc $ specify absolute horizontal position – Brother PT-9700PC User Manual

Page 27

background image

27

Horizontal movement commands

CR Carriage

return

[ASCII] CR

[Decimal] 13

[Hexadecimal] 0D

[Parameters] None

[Description]

Performs a line feed of the amount specified by a line feed command (ESC 0, ESC 2,

ESC 3 and ESC A).

If no line feed amount has been specified, it is automatically specified depending on the
width of the tape.

The next print position is the beginning of the next line.

A line feed command immediately after a carriage return is ignored.

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 print position (in units of 1/60 inch) for the next data.

An absolute print position specifies the horizontal print position from the left margin.

The next character is printed at a position (n1 + 256 * n2) / 60 inch from the left margin.

*

However, since the printable length is 1 meter, an actual value greater than 2362/60

inches will result in an error during printing

This manual is related to the following products: