Oki MICROLINE 385/6 Handbook

TabsHorizontal tab Decimal Hexa-decimal ASCII (Horizontal tab 9 09 HT ESet horizontal tab stops 27 68 1B 44 ESC D En1 ... nk 0 n1 ... nk 00 n1 ... nk NULEpson: n=1 to 255 k=1 to 32 IBM: n = 1 to 255 к = 1 to 28When you turn on your printer, its tab stops are automatically set for every eigtEach time you send a tab character (ASCII HT, decimal 9), the printhead movesto the right before printing the next character.In all three emulations, you can use the ESC D command to set horizontal t;specific columns on the page. As with margins, the actual position of the stopon the pitch you are using, and will not change if you switch to a different chanBe sure to give the stops in ascending order, and after you have specified all thethe sequence with a NUL character (use CHR$(0) in BASIC).If you send the command as ESC D NUL, with no stops specified, all horizont;will be cleared, including the 8-column default stops. Turning the printer off arrestores the printer's default tab stops of every eight columns.EpsonYou can set up to 32 tab stops.Setting a new left margin or sending the Reset command (ESC @) will alsodefault tab stops.Maximum value for horizontal tab stopsPitch ML 385 ML 38610 CPI/proportionaP 79 13512 CPI/proportionalf 95 16315 CPI 119 20317.1 CPI 137 23320 CPI 159 255'Proportional in Epson mode fProportional in IBM modes.IBMYou can set up to 28 in both emulations.ESC R resets tab stops to the default.4-22