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To removeallvenicaltab stops,sendthiscommand:
<ESC>B dW.JL>
5.4.12 Veflical tabs in channels
Thisnextpair ofcommands,whichletsyoustoreanduse severaldifferent
sets of verticaltabs, is rarely used.They’re mostlyfor puttingdata into
prepriritedforms,or for unusualreportsthatneeddifferenttab settingson
differentpages.
ThebasicideaisthatdiffenmtsetsoftabsgetstoredinwhattheEpsonpeople
callchanneZs(thinkofthemasseparatecolumnsoftabstops).Youcanstore
uptoeightdifferentchannels,solongastheytotalnomorethan64tabstops.
To settabstopsfora givenchannel(shownhereas c), sendthiscommand:
cESC> b c nl n2 ... n64 cNUL>
ThisismuchthesameastheRgularvertical-tabsettingcommand,withthe
additionofthechannelc (inplaceof whichyouputa numberfromOto 7).
Thenl andti andsoon arethelinenumberswhereyouwantto setvertical
tab stops;againyoucan set tabsat anyof up to 254positions.
Youcan clearallthetabsinachannelbynotfollowingthechannelnumber
c with any stops,butjust the<NUL>.
To movethe printpositionto tab stopsin a channel,sendthiscommand:
<ESC>/
C
wherecis thenumberof thechannelwithtabstopsyouwantto use. If that
channelhas no tab stops,thiscommandwilljust producea line feed.
5.5 CONTROLLING FONTS
5.5.1 Selectingfonts
WhenyoufirststartFX-850emulation,theStarLaserPrinter4givesyou12-
pointten-pitchCourierasits defaultfont.ButFX-850commandscan give
youmostvariationson fontattributes,includingsubscripting,superscript-
ingandunderlining.Someofthecommandsinthissectionareimplemented
by.switchingfonts,whileothersarederivedfromthe currentfont.
Inapinch,ifyouwanttochangefontsinFX-850modeyoucanusethemenu
on the controlpanel.
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