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The Select Orientation command
The SelectOrientationsupersetcommandletsyouchangethe“attitude”in
whichthe StarLaserPrinter8 prints.
TochangefromoneorientationtotheotheryousendthisSelectOrientation
Escapesequence:
<ESC>[ O n
For thevaluen youput O(zero)forportraitorientation,
or 1(one)forlandscapeorientation.
When you send this commandto print in landscapemode, the printer
automaticallyrotatesits currentfontso thatit printsas landscape.
The spotor line whereprintingstartson thepageis sometimescalledthe
origin or top ofform.
The originchangeswhenyouswitchorientations.
Thatstartingprintpositionisin theupperleftcornerforaportraitpage,but
in thelowerleftcomerfor a landscapepage.
TheStarLaserPrinter8letsyoumixportraitandlandscapeorientationson
thesamepage.Becausethestartingprintpositionchangeswhenyouswitch
orientationsthough,you have to rememberto re-orientcommandsthat
move the print position.If you don’t want to allow the printer to mix
orientations,usethefrontpanelprogrammenuto changetheCOMMAND
parameterFF on ROTATEvalueto NO.
Youprobablywon’twanttochangeorientationallthatoften.Everytimeyou
do,th~StarLaserPrinter8alsoresetsthepagemarginsto itslimits,andalso
howit defineslinesandcolumns.So wheneveryougivethe SelectOrien-
tationcommandyoumaywanttofollowitwithEscapesequencestochange
thesideandtopmarginsandpaperlengthsettings.(Alternatively,youcould
putrheprinterofflineandresetthesefromthefrontpanel,asdescribedunder
LAYOUTearlier.)
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