ASCII print codes, history of computing, PCL printer, printer

Value	Name	Description
0Dh	CR	Carrage Return - moves the cursor to the left margin on the current line. See: Line Termination Command
0Ah	LF	Line Feed - Advances the cursor to the same horizontal position on the next line as defined by the VMI command. See: Line Termination Command
20h	SP	Space - Move the cursor to the right by one column position as defined by HMI command if fixed pitch font or if the space character is not defined by proportional font. Move the cursor to the right by the with of the character if defined defined in the current proportional font
08h	BS	Backspace - Move the cursor left a distance equal to the width of the last printed cymbol or space but not past the left margin. If the cursor is currently beyond the right margin, BS postitions it just to the left of the right margin. NOTE: if "world" is printed and then 5 BS's are sent, the cursor would be moved left by 5 times the width of the "d" not necessarly at the beginning of the word "world"
09h	HT	Horizontal Tab - Move the cursor to the next tap stop on the current line. not to exceed the right margin. Ignored if HMI is 0. Tab stops are at the left margin and every 8th column to the right bound of the logical page.
0Ch	FF	Form Feed - eject the current page. See: Line Termination Command
0Fh	SI	Shift In - Select Primary font.
0Eh	SO	Shift Out - Select Secondary font.

Value

Name

Description

0Dh

Carrage Return - moves the cursor to the left margin on the current line. See: Line Termination Command

0Ah

Line Feed - Advances the cursor to the same horizontal position on the next line as defined by the VMI command. See: Line Termination Command

20h

Space - Move the cursor to the right by one column position as defined by HMI command if fixed pitch font or if the space character is not defined by proportional font. Move the cursor to the right by the with of the character if defined defined in the current proportional font

08h

Backspace - Move the cursor left a distance equal to the width of the last printed cymbol or space but not past the left margin. If the cursor is currently beyond the right margin, BS postitions it just to the left of the right margin. NOTE: if "world" is printed and then 5 BS's are sent, the cursor would be moved left by 5 times the width of the "d" not necessarly at the beginning of the word "world"

09h

Horizontal Tab - Move the cursor to the next tap stop on the current line. not to exceed the right margin. Ignored if HMI is 0. Tab stops are at the left margin and every 8th column to the right bound of the logical page.

0Ch

Form Feed - eject the current page. See: Line Termination Command

0Fh

Shift In - Select Primary font.

0Eh

Shift Out - Select Secondary font.

HP PCL 5 ASCII Print Codes