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Horizontal motion commands – Epson 8900 Series User Manual

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Horizontal Motion Commands

The following paragraphs describe the commands for horizontal
motion and horizontal tab functions in the Model 855 WP emulation
mode.

Backspace

Control character: BS
Hexadecimal:

08

This command causes the printer to move the printhead one HMI
position to the left. The next character printed following a BS
command overstrikes the most recently printed character. In the
backward print mode, each BS control character moves the printhead
to the right one HMI position.

Tab Horizontally

Control character: HT
Hexadecimal:

09

This command moves the printhead to the next horizontal tab stop. If
the printer receives an HT command following the last horizontal tab
stop on a line, the printer performs a carriage return and a line feed
and starts the next print operation at the left margin.

Carriage Return

Control character: CR
Hexadecimal:

0D

This command causes the printer to perform the following functions.

q The printer prints the current line of data from the print buffer

and begins the next line at the left margin.

q If right margin justification is active, the CR command causes

each line of print to occupy the entire space between the left and
right margins.

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