Filling In Preprinted Forms; Multiple-Page Forms - Epson FX-80 User Manual

Filling in Preprinted Forms
To demonstrate the first case, you need a preprinted form. As luck
would have it, you created one in Chapter 9, and we suggested that
you save it as FORM, remember? Well, LOAD it back into memory so
that you can make a series of four preprinted forms. Now follow:
1. Set your fanfold paper to the Top Of Form (with one blank leading
sheet) by turning the printer off, rolling the paper to TOF (see Fig-
ure 8-1), and powering the printer back up.
2. Run the program four times in succession. Do not tear off the print-
out!
3. Tum the printer off, and carefully feed the paper backward until it
reaches the top of the first form. Keep the botto;rn sheet taut as it
feeds. Tum your FX-80 on.
4. Type in and RUN the program shown as Figure 10-1, which is
designed to be run by a rental manager when a unit is in need of
maintenance. This program asks three questions and then, based
on the answers, selects the appropriate vertical tab settings for a
second printout of the form. If you use the answers that are sug-
gested in the "RUN" columns of Figure 10-2, you will get the results
shown there.
Yes, this is a long program, but it certainly demonstrates the idea.
Notice in the program listing that the proper vertical settings for
using the form are chosen in lines 200 to 220, based on the answers to
three questions.
Multiple-Page Forms
A second application for channels of vertical tab settings is creating
multiple-page forms. The program of Figure 10-3 shows how a
different channel can be used on each page. Set the paper to the Top Of
Form, and type in the program for the results shown in Figure 10-4.
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