Line Feeds; One-Time, Immediate Line Feed - Epson FX-80 User Manual

increments of 1I216-inch gives us tremendous control in our vertical
formatting.
In fact, you can use this line spacing to fine-tune your graphics
printouts. If the 7-dot line spacing leaves gaps in the figures, just
change it to 6 2/3 dots (20/216ths) with (ESC) "3". We'll use this
technique in Chapter 14.
Line Feeds
Besides being able to change the size of line spaces, you can change
other aspects of a line feed. You can send it immediately and for one
line only, or you can send it as above, as a continuous feature. And
you can send it forward or backward.
One-time, immediate line feed (n/216")
The subtitle above may sound like a questionable deal at a used car
lot, but the feature is superb. The FX-80 has a special line feed that
executes once, then reverts back to the size of the previous line feed.
And that's not all-it is executed immediately rather than at the end of
the line like the (ESC)" A" and (ESC) "3". The format is:
LPRINT CHR$(27)"J"CHR$(n)
where n represents a distance of between 0 and 255/216ths of an inch.
You've got to see this one in action. Put
it
to the same test you gave the
(ESC)"A" command:
DELETE iii'
and change:
84
21i' FOR X=1i' TO 24
3~
LPRINT TAB(X);"STAIR";CHR$(27)"J"CHR$(X);
"STEPS"