Star Micronics 8 Series Printer User Manual


 
Line feeds
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LineFeedcommandadvancestheprintpositiononelinedownthepage.
The meaningof a lineis set by the LineDepthcommand.
To senda line feedjust sendthiscontrolcode:
<LF>
The Half Line Feed commandis the one you want for subscripts.This
commandmovestheprintpositiondownthepageonehalf thecurrentline
depth:
<ESC>=
To senda reverseHalfLineFeed,movingtheprintpositionup to let you
printa superscript,uselhiscommand:
<ESC>&a–.5 R
Form feed
Thiscommand,likethePRINTbutton,makestheprinteradvanceto anew
sheetofpaper.WhenyousendthecFF>controlcodeyouarcalsotellingthe
printer to print all its stored page information.Rememberto send this
commandtomakesureanylastpartialpageinyourprinter’smemorygets
printed:
<FF>
Define automatic line endings
When you pressthe CarnageReturnkey what do you expectto happen?
Mostpeoplethinkacomputerkeyboardshouldworklikeatypewriter,with
a CarnageReturnstartinga newline as well.
Butcomputerprogramsdon’thavetostickto thatanalogy.Someprograms
(particularlygraphicspackages)want a CarriageReturnto just movethe
printpositionbackto theleftedgeof thepage.Andtheywanta LineFeed
to movedownto anewlinewithoutgoingbacktothebeginningof theline.
So youcan specifyexactlyhowyou want<CR>,<LF>and<FF>to work
withthiscommand:
<ESC>&k n G
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