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Specify relative horizontal position 

[ASCII]  ESC    \ n1 n2   

[Decimal] 

27 92 n1 n2   

[Hexadecimal] 

1B 5C n1 n2   

[Parameters] 0

≤

n1

≤

255, 0

≤

n2

≤

255 

[Description] 

・

Specifies a relative print position (in units of 1/180 inch) for the next data. 

・

A relative print position specifies the horizontal print position based on the current 

position. 

・

The next character is printed at a position (n1 + 256 * n2) / 180 inch from the current 
position. 

・

A relative position cannot be specified to the left (in the negative direction). 

※ 

However, since the printable length is 1 meter, an actual value greater than 7086/180 
inches will result in an error during printing 

・

This command is available only with left alignment. 

ESC a  Specify alignment 

[ASCII] ESC  a 

n 

[Decimal] 

27 97 n 

[Hexadecimal] 

1B 61 n 

[Parameters] 0

≤

n

≤

3 or “0”

≤

n

≤

”3” 

[Description] 

・

The following data is printed with the alignment described below, depending on the value 
of n. 

n=0 specifies left alignment. 

n=1 specifies center alignment. 

n=2 specifies right alignment. 

n=3 specifies justified alignment. 

・

The default setting is n=0. 

・

The last alignment setting received is applied to all of the print data. 

・

If an absolute horizontal position or a relative horizontal position is specified, the text 
must be aligned on the left when it is printed.