Star Micronics 8 Series Applications Manual page 68

Page Side Selection (DX type only)
The followingcommandallows you to select on what side of a page the
followingdata will be printed-whenthe printeris in duplexmode:
<ESC>& a n G
wheren is an ASCIIvaluefrom"O"to "3".If n is"O", t hefollowingdatawill
be printedon thenextside afterthecurrentside(if the currentsideis a face
side,the next side will be a back, and vice versa).If n is" l", the next side
will automatically becomea face side (if the currentside is a face side,the
currentpage willbe ejectedwiththe back sideblank).If n is set to "2", the
nextsidewillautomatically becomeaback side(if thecurrentsideis aback
side, the next page will be printedwith the face side blank).
Example: Page formatting
OK,let'shaveago at formattinga page.The pictureof the pagewe wantis
just below.The actualwidthof the texton the pagedependson whichfont
we use. Let's plan on usingour 16.66-pitch LinePrinterfont at eightlines
per inch.
column10 column70
top
margin= 8
lines
texr length.
100 lines
bonom
margin
4 lines
{
i
1
,,, ,
,,.,
\
I
r
pegs length = 112 ines
\ cccaeiordfootnotes
As it prints,we also wantto permitthe occasionalone-linefootnotebelow
thenormalbottommargin.Andwhenwe'refinishedprinting,let'sresetthe
side marginsso we can switchto our usual font width.
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