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sheet. You can disable the paper-out detector so that it doesn't
stop the printer. This will allow you to print to the end of the
sheet, and even beyond if you are not careful. The codes to con-
trol the paper-out detector,
along with the other codes that we
have just looked at are in the following table.
Table 6-1
Some miscellaneous commands
Paper-out detector off
Paner-out detector on
(ESC) ..8"
I(ESC)
Move print head back one space CHR$@)
Delete last character sent
CHR$(127)
Cancel text in print buffer
CHR$(24)
Print "slash zero"
(ESC) "'v"
Print "normal zero"
(ESC)
-,
II
.
.
1
"b" 0
,- ~---- ~~~ ~-~
,~
"i" 1
"i" 0
-----,--.
----A, .
n Backspace,
delete, and cancel text
Backspace
(CHR$@)) "backs up" the print head so that you
can print two characters
right on top of each other. Each time
your printer receives a backspace
it moves the print head one
character to the left, instead of to the right. You can strike over
multiple letters by sending more than one backspace
code.
Delete (CHR$(127)) also "backs up" one character, but then it
"erases" the previous character (it's erased from your printer's
buffer, not from the paper).
Cancel text (CHR$(24)) deletes all the text in the print buffer;
that is, in the line before the delete text command.
Since your
printer prints one line of text at a time, only that line will be
deleted.
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