Formattingpages - Star Micronics 8 Series Applications Manual

FORMATTING PAGES
Page length
You can definepagelengthin eitherinchesor lines-a matterof personal
prefcmmce. WhenyoufirststartEX-800emulationyourprintersctsthepage
lengthto 11 inchesand 66 lines.
The dctinition of a "line" dependson the lines-per-inchspacing. If you
change line spacingafter you set the page length,the page length won't
change. Andif youprintpagesactuallyIongerthanthe installedpapcrtray,
the Star LascrPnntcr8 will printthem on two sheetseach.
To set a differentpage lengthin lines,enter this command:
<ESC>C n
For n you enter the numberof lines you wanton a page (maximum127).
To set a d-iffcrcnt p agelcnglh in inches,enter this command:
<ESC>C <NUL>n
For n youenterthenumberof inchesin lengthyouwantthepage(maximum
22).
Note: theprintpositionat themomentyousetpagelengthwillbe yourncw
top-of-page.When you changepage lengththe Star LascrPrinter8
putsthe bottommarginbackto its defaultvalue,so you may wantto
reset it.
Top and bottom margins
TheEX-800cmulation providesfortop andbottommarginsin auniqueway,
combiningthe top-of-page(as set by page length) with the Skip-Over-
Perforationcommand.(Rcmemberthatthedot-matrixEX-800printeruses
continuousforms,which arcjoined with perforations.)
By settingthe Skip-Over-Perforation you can controlthe numberof lines
skippedatthebottomofonepageand,if youwant,atthetopofthenext.First
makesure the printpositionis on the line you want to be yourtop margin,
and set yourpagelength.Then sendthis Skip-Over-Perforation command:
<ESC>N n
in whichn is any numberof linesbetween 1 and 127.
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