Epson 8900 Series User Manual

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IBM Proprinter XL Emulation 7-13

Form Feed

Control character: FF
Hexadecimal:

The Form Feed command causes the printer to print the current
contents of the print buffer and then move the print-head to the first
print line of the next form.

Tab Vertically

Control character: VT
Hexadecimal:

This command advances the print position vertically to the next
vertical tab stop.

Perform

n/216 Inch Line Feed

Escape sequence:

ESC

Hexadecimal:

This command advances the print position vertically by a value in
the range of 0/216 through 255/216 (0 through 1.18) inches. This
command causes an immediate line feed operation but does not
produce a carriage return unless the printer is set to perform an
automatic carriage return upon receiving an LF control character.

Perform Reverse Line Feed

Escape Sequence: ESC

]

Hexadecimal:

This command executes an immediate reverse line feed. Printable data
in the line print buffer is printed, then a reverse line feed is executed.

Enable Automatic Line Feed

Escape sequence:

ESC

SOH

Hexadecimal:

This command enables the automatic line feed mode. With this mode
enabled, the printer automatically performs a line feed with every
carriage return.