A Command Diagrams - QMS SmartWriter 80+ User Manual

A Command Diagrams
A diagram accompanies each command to illustrate how
the command would be used in BASIC. There are various
parts to each diagram with which you need to be familiar.
LPRINT
A BASIC command to print data on the printer.
Cm$ (27)
The BASIC command that issues a decimal
value 27 for the ESCape character.
" "
Quotation marks enclose a string of characters
that is to be sent to the printer "as is".
[ A left bracket is always the first character in the
command string.
Numeric parameters separated by semi-colons
are used to specify the action you wish the
printer to take. (Semi-colons must be included
where they appear in the command diagrams.)
r x u s These are examples of the command terminator.
The terminator is the last character before the
closed quotation marks. Any "space" imme-
diately preceding the terminator must also be
included if it appears in the command diagram.
Remember that the following examples of the Printer Soft-
ware Commands are illustrated using the BASIC program-
ming language. If you are using an applications package,
refer to its instructions for "embedding" ESCape charac-
ters.
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Software Commands
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