This table lists the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) carriage control characters and their functions.
| Control character value (in hexadecimal) | Function |
|---|---|
| X'40' (blank) | Space one line, and then print (single spacing). |
| X'F0' (zero) | Space two lines, and then print (double spacing). |
| X'60' (dash) | Space three lines, and then print (triple spacing). |
| X'4E' (plus sign) | Suppress spacing, and then print (type over previous line). |
| X'F1' | Print the data at the line position defined as Channel 1 (by convention, the first line on a new page). |
| X'F2' | Print the data at the line position defined as Channel 2. |
| X'F3' | Print the data at the line position defined as Channel 3. |
| X'F4' | Print the data at the line position defined as Channel 4. |
| X'F5' | Print the data at the line position defined as Channel 5. |
| X'F6' | Print the data at the line position defined as Channel 6. |
| X'F7' | Print the data at the line position defined as Channel 7. |
| X'F8' | Print the data at the line position defined as Channel 8. |
| X'F9' | Print the data at the line position defined as Channel 9. |
| X'C1' | Print the data at the line position defined as Channel 10. |
| X'C2' | Print the data at the line position defined as Channel 11. |
| X'C3' | Print the data at the line position defined as Channel 12. |
| Note: When ANSI carriage controls are used, only the values that appear in this table are considered valid by Print Services Facility™ (PSF). PSF treats any other ANSI carriage control value as not valid and uses single spacing to print any data on the line. | |