Forms Control; Controlling Form Length; Form Feed - Epson FX-80 User Manual

Chapter 8
Forms Control
Controlling Form Length
The FX-80 has several features that make it easy to print and use
custom forms. With the FX-80, you can change margins, set horizon-
tal and vertical tabs, and change the length of a page to match a pre-
printed form. In this chapter and the next, you will learn about these
special forms control features.
Form feed
When the printer is not ON LINE, using the FF button (on the top of
the printer) feeds the paper to the top of the next form. But what if you
want to advance the paper during a program RUN without stopping
everything, pushing the FF button, then starting again? Simple! There
is an ASCII code (of course) that causes a form feed whenever you
want one.
For the form feed command to be of any use, however, you must
first tell the printer where the 'Top Of Form" (TOF) is. In most cases
you'll want the printer to .use the first line below the paper perforation
as the rOF line. To get this result, tum the printer off and feed the
paper through (using the manual-feed knob) until the next perforation
lines up with the top of the ribbon. Or line up the black paper guide
~ith the hole above the perforation (as in Figure 8-1).
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