Star Micronics 8 Series Printer User Manual


 
<ESC>&t’tzF
ThePageLength,TopMarginandTextLengthcommandsthereforework
togetherto setthebottommargin:
bottommargin= pagelength- (topmargin+ textlength).
Thebottommarginis calledthe“perforationregion”withprintemthatuse
continuousforms.Younormallywantto skiptheperforationsbetweenthe
continuouspages,but sometimesyou don’t (for examplewhen you print
labels).
Thoughyoulikelywon’toftenwanttodo it, theStarLaserPrinter8willlet
youcompletelyignorethebottommargintoo.If youchooseto printbelow
thebottommargin,rememberthatyoumightlosewordsor graphicsin the
unprintableregionat theedgeof thepage.Thecommandlookslikethis:
<ESC>&tn L
If youwantto allowprintingbelowthebottommargin,for n enterO(zero).
Butif you wantto forbidprintingbelowthe margin,whichis thedefault,
enter 1(one).
In Laserjetmode, you can tell the printer whetheryou want to print in
simplexorduplexmode,andalsoto defineshort-or long-egeprinting.The
commandto do thisis:
<ESC>&/’/zS
(notethatthe characterfollowingthe“&” is a lowercase“L”), andn is an
ASCIInumberwhichmaybeeither’’O”,“l’’or’’2”.Ifnis“O”,simplexmode
willbeselectedforthenextpagetobeprinted.If n is”1” or“2”,thenduplex
modewillbeselectedforthenextpage—” 1“selectinglong-edgebinding,
and“2” selectingshort-edgebinding(regardlessofpageorientation).Any
othervalueswillbe ignored.
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