Chapter 6: Advanced Printing And Endless Form Control - Epson MX-80 User Manual

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Advanced Printing and Endless Form Control

Chapter 6

Advanced Printing and Endless Form Control

Establishing the Facts

The standard "letter size" piece of paper in North America is 11" long. A maxi-

mum of 10" is usually used for printing, the remaining inch divided between the

top and bottom margins. "Legal size" paper is 14" long, of which no more than

13" is used. Both sizes are SVi" wide, with no more than 8 " used for printing.

Standard typewriter or printer spacing permits 6 lines per inch, or 60 lines per 10

inch page. (78 lines for a legal length page.) This means a new line is started each

As we've already seen, standard character spacing permits 80 characters per line,

or 10 per inch. In Compressed Mode (Control Code 15) we of course have 132

per line, or 16.5 characters per inch.

Having reviewed and documented these dull facts and traditions, it's important

to know that by simple software commands we can change many of these "stand-

ards" to suit our needs.

So Much For Tradition

Load the Printer with plenty of paper since we are going to use a pile of it. Chalk

it up as tuition.

First, let's see what is really meant by page length. Adjust the paper so the

perforation between two sheets is in the middle of the impact platen. Let's

remove the lid for the rest of this Chapter since we'll be peeking at the platen

often. See Figure 6-1.

1/6".

Figure 6-1