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For n enteroneof thenumbersfromthistable:
n
AUTOMATICCOMMAND
O(zero)cCR>,cLF> and<FF>work accordingto theirbasic
definitions,
1(one) <CR>willalsogenerateacLF> (butcLF> and<FF>stay
the same),
2
cLF> or <FF>willproducea <CR>too(<CR>by itself
won’tchange),
3
<CR>generatesa <LF>too, andeither<LF>or <FF>
producesa <CR>.
Afteryou sendthe command<ESC>&k2 G forexample,everytimethe
printergetsa LineFeedcommandit willmovetheprintpositiondownand
overto thestartof theline.when itgetsa FormFeed,theprinterwillalso
movetheprintpositionbackto the left.
Autowrap
Onenicethingwegetusedtowithawordprocessingprogramisnothaving
to worryaboutwordsgoingpastthe rightmargin.Wedon’thaveto listen
for thattypewriterbellat themarginanymore.
This commanddoes pretty much the same thing your word processing
programdoes.Theimportantdifferenceisthatitdoesnotwrapwords.When
youturnon Autowrap,if yousendtoomanycharactersfor a linethelaser
pnntcrprintsthe overflowon thenextline.
IfAutowrapison,whentheprintergetsacharacterthatwouldprintbeyond
therightmargin,itreturnstheprintpositionforthatcharacterbacktotheleft
andone linedown(CarnageReturnandLineFeed).
The Autowrapcommandworkslikea toggleswitch:
<ESC>
&S m C
If forn youenterO(zero)thenthiswrap-aroundmodewillapply.
Butif for n youput 1(one)thisautomaticwrappingof characterswillnot
happen.Thedefaultif youdon’tsenda commandis no wrapping.
Note: Even whenAutowrapis on, the printerwillprint beyondthe right
margin if you have sent one of the direct positioningcommands
describedabove,whichmovetheprintpositionpastthemargin.
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