Set Horizontal Tab Positions

Sets up to 5 horizontal tab positions. It does not move the print position. See the Horizontal Tab (09) command. The tab positions remain unchanged if the character widths are changed after the tabs are set.

ASCII

ESC D [n1 n2] NUL NUL

Hexadecimal

1B 44 [n1n2] 00 00

Decimal

27 68 [n1n2] 00

Value of n1

The high–order–byte dot offset for the horizontal tab

Value of n2

The low–order–byte dot offset for the horizontal tab

Remarks:

Up to 5 tab positions can be stored. All 5 n1 n2 value pairs can be included in one command. Values must be entered in hex and must be in ascending order.

A tab is calculated from the left margin position.

Example:  To set 3 tab positions–at the 100, 150 and 300 dot positions: X'1B4400640096012C0000'