Star Micronics 4 Printer User Manual


 
5.3.3 Side margins
To setthe leftmarginto a particularcolumnyousendthiscommand:
<ESC>tn
inwhichnisthecolumnnumberfortheleftmargin.(Notethatthecharacter
t is a lowercaseL.)
CohunrIwidthisdeterminedbythecurrentpitch(forexample1/12inchfor
12-pitch),or is set at 1/10inchfor proportionalspacedtext.Oncemargins
are set,changingthepitchdoesnotaffectmargins.
Samerules applyforthe rightmargin:you sendthiscommand:
<ESC>Q n
in whichn is the columnnumberforthe rightmargin.
5.3.4 How to centerorjustify text
If your text processor won’t center or line up text for you, your Star
LaserPrinter4 candothejob. Ymtifiedtextprintsflushagainstoneorboth
sidemarginson boththe rightandleft sidesof thepage.
You turn on the centering or justification of text with the following
command:
<ESC>a n
For n entera numberfromthefollowingtable:
MODE
leftjustification
:
centering
1
rightjustification
2
both sidesjustified 3
Backspaceand horizontaltabswillonlyworkin left-justificationmode.
5.3.5 Line spacing
FX-850emulationoffersfivediffenmtwaysto verticallyspacelines.The
default is 6 lines to the inch, but you can changeline spacingwith the
commandsin the followingtable. (In the first four of these commands,
rememberthatthenumberfollowingthe<ESC>codeis artal number,not
the ASCIIsymbolfor O,1,2 or 3.)