Star Micronics 8 Series Applications Manual page 39

The Select Orientation command
The
SelectOrientationsupersetcommandlets youchangethe "attitude"in
whichthe Star LaserPrinter8 prints.
To changefromoneorientationto theotheryousendthisSelectOrientation
Escapesequence:
<ESC> [ O n
For the value n you put O(zero) for portraitorientation,
or 1 (one) for landscapeorientation.
When you send this command to print in landscapemode, the printer
automaticallyrotatesits currentfont so that it printsas landscape.
The spot or line whereprintingstarts on the page is sometimescalled the
origin
or
top ofform.
The originchangeswhen you switchorientations.
That startingprintpositionis in theupperleft cornerfor a portraitpage,but
in the lower left comer for a landscapepage.
The Star LaserPrinter8 lets youmixportraitandlandscapeorientationson
the samepage.Becausethestartingprintpositionchangeswhenyouswitch
orientationsthough, you have to rememberto re-orient commandsthat
move the print position. If you don't want to allow the printer to mix
orientations, u sethe frontpanelprogrammenuto changethe COMMAND
parameterFF on ROTATEvalueto NO.
Youprobablywon'twanttochangeorientationallthatoften.Everytimeyou
do,th~StarLaserPrinter8 alsoresetsthepagemarginsto itslimits,andalso
how it defineslines and columns.So wheneveryou give the SelectOrien-
tationcommandyoumaywantto followit withEscapesequencesto change
thesideandtopmarginsandpaperlengthsettings.(Alternatively, y oucould
putrheprinterofflineandresetthesefromthefrontpanel,asdescribedunder
LAYOUTearlier.)
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