Printronix P9000 Series Printer User Manual


 
6-43Programming
Forms Length Set (Lines)
ASCII Hex Decimal
P-Series SFCC
LINES;n
Serial ESC C n
1B 43 n
27 67 n
Purpose
Sets the length of a form (paper) in lines.
where n = 1 to 192 (P-Series) or 1 to 127 (Serial) to specify the number of lines
per page at the current line spacing.
Comment The forms length set becomes the current forms length. Forms length is deĆ
fined in inches; therefore, subsequent line spacing changes do not affect the
result
of this command.
The forms length is set to the number of lines defined by the quotient of n"
and the current line spacing so that the units are in inches. When using the
ESC C sequence, the quotient of n" and the current lines per inch cannot
exceed 113 inches, or an incorrect forms length will result. In LINES mode,
the
maximum form length is
24 inches, and n values in excess of 24 will cause
an
error message (Command Line Error Messages are listed on page 6-3).
If
the calculated forms length in lines is not an exact multiple of
the paper step
distance, the forms length value will be adjusted down to the next possible
multiple.
When
forms length is set by the ESC C sequence, the skip-over perforation is
set
to zero.
In P-Series protocol, if the VFU is enabled and loaded, this command is igĆ
nored.