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3. A maximum of 15 vertical or 15 horizontal tabs per escape sequence are
allowed. An attempt to set additional tabs will be rejected and the bell will
soimd once. It may be desirable to first clear all tabs before a sequence is
sent to set additional ones. The maximum number of horizontal tabs is 32
tabs per line.
4. The programmer should not send any spaces in the escape sequences. The
spaces shown in Table 4.2 through 4.6 are for readability only.
The negative paper motion commands listed in this chapter are for the support of
superscripts and subscripts only. The user should not attempt to reverse the paper
more than one line feed. Attempts to do so may result in loss of position on the
form.
4.3.1 DATASOUTH PRINTER MODE ESCAPE SEQUENCES
In the escape sequences listed in Table 4.2, nl and are both used as a
variable. When the variable nl is used, the value of nl is represented by the
ASCn character 0-9. When the variable is used, the value of is
represented by the decimal equivalent of an ASCII character and the value of
is sent as a character string. See Paragraph 4.3 for examples. Feature 13
must be set to a value of 1 in order to use the escape sequences listed in Table 4.2.
Table 4.2 DS-400 Mode Escape Sequences
ESCAPE SEQUENCE FUNCTION
HORIZONTAL PITCH
ESC$n1 M Selects pitch and font where n1 is equal to the front
panel value of the pitdi and font as defined by
Feature 9
ESC[1w Selects 10 cpi draft ESC [ 2 w Selects 12 cpi draft
ESC 14 w
ESC[5w Selects 5 cpi draft
ESC[6 w Selects 6 cpi draft
ESC [ 8 w Selects 8 cpi draft
ESC SO Same as SO
ESC SI Same as SI
ESCW Enable doublewide print n=1 or <1>
Cancel doublewide print n=0 or <0>
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