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Side margins
To set the left marginto a particularcolumnyou send this command:
in whichn is thecolumnnumberfortheleftmargin.(Notethatthecharacter
/is a lowercaseL.)
Columnwidthis determinedby thecurrentpitch(forexample1/12inchfor
12-pitch), o r is set at 1/10inch for proportionalspacedtext. Oncemargins
are set, changingthe pitch docsnot affectmargins.
Same rules apply for the rightmargin:you send this command:
<ESC>Q n
in whichn is the columnnumberfor the rightmargin.
How to center or justify text
If your text processor won't center or line up text for you, your Star
LaserPnntcr8 can do thejob. Yusrifiedtext p rintsflushagainstoncor both
side marginson both the rightand left sidesof the page.
You turn on the centering or justification of text with the following
command:
cESC> a n
For n enter a numberfrom the followingtable:
MODE
leftjustification
:
centering
1
rightjustification
2
both sidcsjustificd
3
Backspaceand horizontaltabs will only work in left-justification mode.
Line spacing
EX-800emulationoffers five differentwaysto verticallyspacelines.The
default is 6 lines to the inch, but you can change line spacing with the
commandsin the followingtable. (In the first four of these commands,
rememberthatthe numberfollowingthe <ESC>codeis a realnumber,not
the ASCIIsymbolfor O,1,2 or 3.)
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