Star Micronics 8 Series Applications Manual page 65

Star micronics laser printer applications manual
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ORIENTATION PAPER SIZE
@
6 LINESilNCH n @ 8 LINES/tNCH
Portrait
Portrait
Portrait
Portrait
Landscape
Landscape
Landscape
Landscape
Executive
Letter
A4
Legat
Executive
Letter
A4
Legat
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84
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* Printinglandscapeson legalpaperis trickier.First set on portraitmode
andsendthecommand<ESC>&t'84Pandthenchangetheorientationto
landscape.
An example:Say you wantto manuallyprintlegal-sizepagesat eightlines
per inch.The followingcommandscombinemanualfeedingwiththatpage
length:
<ESC>&t'2h112P
If yourcommandspecifiesa pagelengthdifferentthanthepaperin thetray,
theprinterwillgo offlineanddisplaya messageaskingfor thepropertray.
After you changethe tray,pressthe ON LINE buttonto restartthe printer.
It doesn'thurtto printshortpageson longpaper.If you inadvertentlyprint
a Iegal:sizepageonto executiveor letter-sizepaper, the printerwill scroll
that pageacrosstwo sheets.
Also,the PageLengthcommandputsall marginsbackto theirdefaults.So
after you send it, check whetheryou have to send any of the following
margin-settingcommands.
Side margins
Marginsettingsdefinethat part.ofthe pageon whichthe printercan print.
You set side marginsto particularcoh.wv.zs. The widthof a columndiffers
for each font,dependingon its pitch.Ten-pitchCourier,for example,puts
column30 threeinchesfromthe left edgeof the page (columnO).But 12-
pitch PrestigeElite puts column30just two and a half inchesin.
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