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Note:
When selecting a font with this
command,
make sure the
code page attribute for the font matches the code page that was
last selected in the
printer.
If the code page is different, select the
proper code
page
(ESC
[T
command) before
pri
nting from the
selected font.
If the attributes of the fonts currently in the printer do not match
those being requested by this
command,
the printer beeps and
stops printing, the
Ready
light goes
off,
and the
Font
light comes
on.
The
correct
font
cartridge
may
be
installed.
If the correct car-
tridge is not available, pressing the
Start/Stop
button causes the
printer
to
select a "best
fit"
font in the
printer
having the same
code page. If the code page does not
exist,
then a
"
best fit" font
will be
selected.
For
example,
to select the Courier 10- pitch
font:
LPRINT
CHR$(27)
;
CHR$(
91
)
;CHR$(73)
;
CHR$
( 5)
;
CHR
$
(
0)
;
CHR$ ( 0)
;
CHR$
(
11)
;
CHR$
(
0) ; CHR$
(
14 4)
; CHR
$
(
1)
;
,.,..,_
ESC [
S Set Vertical Margins
4-48
ESC [ S
Ln Hn Htm Ltm Hbm Lbm
This command is used to set top and bottom
margins.
The ver-
tical margins are used to define both a top and bottom margin
zone which is skipped when paper is advanced by the LF and FF
......
controls.
A line of print
is
considered to be in the print zone if th
e
top edge of the line is between the top and bottom
margins.
The
vertical margins are set inactive by the ESC C (Set Page
Length)
and ESCO (Reset Skip Perforation) commands or when the
printer is initialized
.
The
parameter
values
Ln
and Hn
spec
ify the number of bytes
used to specify the top and bottom margin parameters. Use Ln
=
4 and
Hn
=
O
when both top and bottom margins are
specified.
_,,.
Use
Ln
=
2 and
Hn
=
0 when only the.top margin is
specified.
The number of parameter bytes is equal to 256 times Hn plus
Ln.
The top margin parameter
(tm)
is a two-byte parameter whi ch
specifies the
distance,
in
inches,
from the top of form to the
top
edge of the first line of
print.
The distance is equal to 256 times
Htm
plus Ltm divided by 1440
inches.
A top margin
greater
than
or equal to zero and less than the page length is considered
to be
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