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Setting up a Form
2-22
Uacr's Manual
Several methods can be used to set up a form. Form description
requirements and personal preference will determine which method
you use. Setting up the physical boundaries of a form consists of
setting the length of the form, a top margin
(if
used), a bottom
margin, and the special offset from TOF (if used).
An
explanation of
the special offset from top of form starts on page 2-24.
Although the entire length of the form is available for printing,
some combination of a top and bottom margin or a bottom margin
and offset is recommended to avoid printing on the paper
perforation and possibly snagging print wires.
Active Form
An
active form is the form description that presently resides in the
printer's processor. When printing starts, the active form is used to
format the page.
The active form can be a description that was entered through the
control panel, sent from the host, or one of the stored forms that
was selected. It is the first form described on the form status
printout and also appears on the printer's status printout.
Methods
An
active form can be set up using the following methods:
■
Program Mode - use the
PRG:Form Control
menu to set the active
form length, top margin, and bottom margin.
■
Function Mode - use the
FEnt:Form Select
menu to select a
stored form description. (Factory-set form descriptions are on
page 2-14.)
■
Function Mode - use the
FCT:Form Entry
menu to change a
stored form and set the form length, bottom margin, and special
offset from top of form.
■
ANSI Emulation - use the ESC[pl;p2:p3r escape sequence to set
the active form length, top margin, and bottom margin.
Form Len,th
Form length is set using the currently set lpi value. If the form
length is set to 66 lines while the lpi is set at 6, the length will
be 11 inches. After the form length has been set up, an lpi
change will not change the form length.
The minimum form length is . 33 inch (8. 4mm, 240 dectpoints\,
and the maximum length is 22 inches (559mm, 15,840 decipoints).
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