Using The Margin Commands Together; Margin Settings And Other Modes - Epson FX-80 User Manual

setting would be on the wrong side of the current left margin which is
still set at 20-00ps!) The printer simply ignores incorrect settings.
This time try it with:
LPRINT CHR$(27)
"Q"CHR$(3~)
and LLIST:
1.0
FOF~
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TO c"1
2~)
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CHF\::!t (9) ; "T
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I,
,
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Much better. All the characters are printed between columns 20 and
30. The limit parameters for the right margin command are 2 and 80 in
Pica, 3 and 96 in Elite, and 4 and 137 in Compressed.
Using the margin commands together
The two margin commands use different numbering systems. While
the left margin command counts from 0 to 79 in Pica Mode, the right
margin command counts from 1 to 80. So in theory, you could set the
left margin to 39 and the right margin to 40 to limit printing to a single
column in the middle of the page. In practice, however, you can't print
less than two columns in Pica mode, three in Elite, and four in Com-
pressed (the printer requires room to print at least one Expanded Pica
character) .
Margin Settings and Other Modes
The left and right margin settings cancel any horizontal tabs set by
<
ESC) "0", so be sure to set the margins first.
Because margin settings also clear the buffer in the same way that
<
ESC) "
@"
does, don't issue these commands at the end of a print
line.
Another interesting twist is the way that the margin settings affect
Compressed Mode. The default right margin for Compressed Mode is
normally 132 characters; this uses the first 711/16 inches of the print
line. By setting the right margin to 137, you can surpass the normal
margin of 132 and control the fullS-inch print line.
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