Brother HL-Series Technical Reference Manual page 246

Revision C 16/01/96
Set perforation skip
EscNn
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This command sets the bottom margin and enables perforation skip, that is, whenever the
print position reaches the bottom margin the printer performs a page eject and moves the print
position to the top of the next page.
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n = the number of lines at the current line space setting between the bottom edge of the page
and the bottom margin.
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n must be in the range 1 to 255.
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Esc C (set page length) and Esc O(Cancel perforation skip) cancel automatic perforation
skip.
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If the bottom margin is set to be above the top margin, the top margin is discarded and one
line is enabled for printing.
LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(78); CHR$(4); 'Set bottom margin to 4 lines.
Cancel perforation skip
EscO
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This command cancels the automatic perforation skip feature.
LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(79); 'Cancel perforation skip.
Line spacing and tabs
Set 1/8" line spacing
Esc0
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This command sets the line spacing to 1/8". All subsequent line feed operations will move the
print position 1/8" down the page.
LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(48); 'Set line spacing to 1/8".
Set 7/72" line spacing
Esc1
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This command sets the line spacing to 7/72". All subsequent line feed operations will move
the print position 7/72" down the page.
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Since the printer's resolution is 600 dots per inch the line spacing will not be exactly 7/72".
LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(49); 'Set line spacing to 7/72".
(27)(78)n <1Bh><4Eh>n
(27)(79) <1Bh><4Fh>
(27)(48) <1Bh><30h>
(27)(48) <1Bh><31h>
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