M-S Cash Drawer A794 - Manual (Page 80)

A794 Owner’s Guide Chapter 6: Programming Information
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Set Relative Print Position
ASCII ESC \ n1 n2
Hexadecimal 1B 5C n1 n2
Decimal 27 92 n1 n2
Value of n:
To Move the Relative Starting Position Right of the Current Position:
n = Number of dots to be moved right of the current position
n1 = Remainder after dividing n by 256
n2 = Integer after dividing n by 256
The values for n1 and n2 are two bytes in low byte, high byte word orientation.
To Move the Relative Starting Position Left of the Current Position:
n = Number of dots to be moved left of the current position
n1 = Remainder after dividing (65,536-n) by 256
n2 = Integer after dividing (65,536-n) by 256
The values for n1 and n2 are two bytes in low byte, high byte word orientation.
Moves the print starting position the specified number of dots either right (up to the
right margin) or left (up to the left margin) of the current position. The print starting
position is reset to the first column after each line.
Formulas
To move to the left:
Determine the value of n by multiplying the number of columns to move left of the
current position by 10 (standard) or 8 (compressed) pitch. The example shows how to
set the relative position two columns in standard pitch (10 dots per column) to the left of
the current position.
2 x 10 = 20 dots (two columns to be moved left of the current position)
65,536-20 = 65516
65,516/256 = 255, remainder of 236
n1 = 236, n2 = 255
To move to the right:
Determine the value of n by multiplying the number of columns to move right of the
current position by 10 (standard) or 8 (compressed) pitch. The example shows how to
set the relative position two columns in standard pitch (10 dots per column) to the right
of the current position.
2 x 10 = 20 dots (two columns to be moved left of the current position)
20/256 = 0, remainder of 20
n1 = 20, n2 = 0
Related Information
If the Set Horizontal and Vertical Minimum Motion Units command (1D 50) is used to
change the horizontal and vertical minimum motion unit, the parameters of this
command (Set Relative Print Position) will be interpreted accordingly. For more
information, see the description of the Set Horizontal and Vertical Minimum Motion
Units command (1D 50) in this document.
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