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General Printer Operation
You canusethe calculator keyboard to control the printer. In
addition to advancing the paper and printing the current
contentsof the display, you can printan audit trail of
calculatoroperationsandtheir results.
Advancing
the Paper
Printing the
Display
Contents
Printing
Codes
The
[abv] key sequencelets you advance the paper
in theprinterby oneline without printing anything. This
lets you use the advancefunction in a program.
The
[PRINT] key sequencelets you print the contents
of the display. When you use theprint function:
> Analphanumeric messageis printedin its entirety,
even though onlya portion of the message may be
visible in the 16-characterdisplay.
» Status indicators and function-keylabels are not
printed.
> Somespecial characters maybe displayed but not
printed.
In addition to numbers, letters, and punctuation
symbols, your printer mayalso respondto other codes.
>» Control codes may cause your printer to perform
someaction, such as setting doubleline spacing. The
PC-324printer responds to the following codes.
Code 13 producesa carriage return andline feed.
Code17 activates single spacing.
Code18 activates double spacing.
» Special character codes enable youto producespecial
symbols, such as boxes on certain printers. Other
printers maynothavethis capability.
Touse theprint function to send anyof these codes to a
printer, you mustfirst generate the code using the CHR
function ofthe TI-95 alpha mode. Becausethe alpha
modeis used primarily in programming, it is described in
the TI-95 Programming Guide.
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Using an Optional Printer
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