Cancel And Delete - Epson FX-80 User Manual

line is processed, one character at a time: text characters are printed on
the page, and control codes are activated as they are encountered.
When the Master Reset Code is sent to a partially full buffer, all text
characters and control codes currently in the buffer get erased. At the
same time all printer modes are reset to their default conditions.
CANcel and DELete
But suppose you don't want that much power. Suppose you only
want to erase text in the buffer without affecting any print modes.
There is a way! It's called the CANcel code and it looks like this:
CHR$(24)
The CAN code, like the Master Reset, erases any text currently in the
printer buffer. But there the similarity ends. The CAN code does not
delete any of the control codes in the buffer, nor does it reset any print
modes.
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