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Character pitch commands – Epson 8900 Series User Manual

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Move Up One Line

Escape sequence:

ESC

LF

Hexadecimal:

1B

0A

The line space is the distance defined by the VMI or the distance set
via the Form Config switch on the control panel.

Move Up One-Half Line

Escape sequence:

ESC

D

Hexadecimal:

1B

40

When one-half line space is a fractional number of 1/144 inch steps,
the printer truncates the number of steps to a whole number.

Move Down One-Half Line

Escape sequence:

ESC

U

Hexadecimal:

1B

55

When one-half line space is a fractional number of 1/144 inch steps,
the printer truncates the number of steps to a whole number.

Character Pitch Commands

The following paragraphs describe the commands for character pitch
operations in the Model 855 WP emulation mode.

Set Horizontal Motion Index to (

n-1)/120 Inch

Escape sequence:

ESC

US

n

Hexadecimal:

1B

1F

n

This command sets the HMI to (n-1)/120 inch, where the variable n
is valid for any value in the range of 1 through 255.

Set Character Pitch to 10 cpi

Escape sequence:

ESC

y

Hexadecimal:

1B

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