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You cannotset the left marginfurtherover than the rightmargin.Use the
followingcommandto settheleftmargin,settingn to bethecolumnnumber
whereyou wantthe left marginto start:
<ESC>& a n L
Similarly,to settherightmargin,yousendIhiscommandwithyourdesired
columnnurnbcr:
<ESC>&a n M
If you wantto putbothleft andrightmarginsbackto theprinter'sprintable
limits—in other words,to "clear"the side margins—send this command:
<ESC> 9
Top margin
Vertically, t heLaserPrinter8 confinesitsprintingto its "textlength,"which
shouldalwaysbe lessthanits pagelength.Bothare measuredin lines.You
can changethe meaningof a "line"withline-spacingcommandsdescribed
later in this chapter.
When you set the top margin though,it does not change,even when you
changethe definitionof a line. You can use this commandto set the top
marginanytime.Justbc awarethatif thecurrentprintpositionis belowyour
margin,you'llhaveto movetheprintpositionbackup.Naturally,youhave
to keep your top margininsidethe page-lengthlimit.
Use thiscommandto set thetop margin,settingn to bc the numberof lines
down from the top of the page that you want left blank before you start
printing:
<ESC>&t'nE
Note that the characterfollowingthe "&" is a lowercase"L".
Text length and the bottom margin
By default, the LaserPrinter8 automaticallygives you top and bottom
margins of the same size. So you only need to send the Text Length
commandwhen you want differenttop and bottommargins.
If youwanta differentbottommargin,firstdecidehowmanytextlineswill
produce the margin you want. Check that they won't produce a bottom
margin lower than the page length.Then send the followingText Length
command,enteringfor n yourdesirednumberof lines:
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