Ordinary Vertical Tabs - Epson FX Series User Manual

the default vertical tabs, which are set for every other line, or you can
set tabs in one of two ways, in a single set or, for forms, in up to
called channels.

Ordinary vertical tabs

Most often you probably will only need one series of vertical tabs.
You set them with ESCape "B" in this format:
CHR$(27)"B"CHR$(n
where n to n represent up to
1 k
tab stops. The process is terminated by CHR$(0). If your system won't
send a 0, use any number lower than n
The allowable range of tab settings in the ESCape "B" sequence is
to but a number greater than the current form length is ignored.
255,
Therefore, you would use a setting as large as
spacing is less than three dots (3/72-inch).
Because the top line of a page is line 0, you can set tabs at line
through with the default form feed of
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You can set up all the tabs you'll need for a form without having to
use all of them at once. Here, for example, is the beginning of a pro-
gram that will result in a form used by a rental agent:
NEW
V$=CHR$(11)
10
20 LPRINT CHR$(27)"B"CHR$(J)CHR$(8)CHR$(18)CHR$(27)
CHR$(37)CHR$(48)CHR$(0)
30 LPRINT V$; "RENTAL MAINTENANCE REQUEST";
50 LPRINT V$
90 LPRINT V$; "TENANT"
So that your program will be concise, line
bing code as V$. Then line
will tab. When you RUN this program, the two sets of text of lines
and print out at the first and third stops, while line
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printer to skip over the second stop. Figure 9-10 shows the printout.
You set the first tab for line 3, but the first printing is on the fourth
line. This is because the printer counts the first line as the zero line.
) . . . CHR$(n
1
numbers that specify the lines that get
16
.
k
specifies the six lines to which the printer
20
)CHR$(0)
k
only when the line
255
lines.
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defines the vertical tab-
10
50
sets,
8
1
1
30
causes the
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