Star Micronics 8 Series Printer User Manual


 
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ORIENTATIONPAPERSIZE
@
6 LINESilNCH n @ 8 LINES/tNCH
Portrait
Portrait
Portrait
Portrait
Landscape
Landscape
Landscape
Landscape
Executive
Letter
A4
Legat
Executive
Letter
A4
Legat
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66
70
84
43
51
49
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80
88
93
112
58
68
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* Printinglandscapeson legalpaperis trickier.Firstset on portraitmode
andsendthecommand<ESC>&t’84Pandthenchangetheorientationto
landscape.
Anexample:Sayyouwanttomanuallyprintlegal-sizepagesateightlines
perinch.The followingcommandscombinemanualfeedingwiththatpage
length:
<ESC>&t’2h112P
If yourcommandspecifiesa pagelengthdifferentthanthepaperinthetray,
theprinterwillgoofflineanddisplaya messageaskingforthepropertray.
Afteryouchangethetray,presstheON LINE buttonto restarttheprinter.
Itdoesn’thurtto printshortpageson longpaper.If youinadvertentlyprint
a Iegal:sizepageontoexecutiveor letter-sizepaper,the printerwillscroll
thatpageacrosstwosheets.
Also,thePageLengthcommandputsallmarginsbackto theirdefaults.So
after you send it, check whetheryou have to send any of the following
margin-settingcommands.
Side margins
Marginsettingsdefinethatpart.ofthe pageon whichtheprintercanprint.
Yousetsidemarginsto particularcoh.wv.zs.The widthof a columndiffers
foreachfont,dependingonits pitch.Ten-pitchCourier,for example,puts
column30 threeinchesfromthe left edgeof the page(columnO).But 12-
pitchPrestigeEliteputscolumn30just twoand a halfinchesin.
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