In many environments (including IBM® mainframes and most minicomputers), printable data normally contains a carriage control character.
ANSI | Command |
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space | Single space the line and print |
0 | Double space the line and print |
- | Triple space the line and print |
+ | Do not space the line and print |
1 | Skip to channel 1 (the top of the form, by convention) |
2 through 9 | Skip to hardware-defined position on the page |
A, B, or C | Defined by a vertical tab record or FCB |
Machine | Command |
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X'09' | Print the line and single space |
X'11' | Print the line and double space |
X'19' | Print the line and triple space |
X'01' | Print the line and don't space |
X'0B' | Space one line immediately (don't print) |
X'89' | Print the line, then skip to channel 1 (top of form, by convention) |
X'8B' | Skip to channel 1 immediately (don't print) |