Oki 182 Handbook page 54

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The second time, the first line is printed standard width. Because the
SO command is not in effect by the end of a line. To return to stan- ­
dard size printing (10 characters per inch) you have to put in
CHR$(30), like this: ­
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NOTE:
U
means space.
That is what you should get:
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flfEL LO
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M.ELLO
HELLO·
H~H.~
N
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To avoid any unpleasant surprises, you may want to insert codes at
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the end of a document to cancel whichever feature(s) you selected
and to reset the printer to the normal startup condition.
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ESCape Sequences
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Many of your IBM-compatible MICROLIN E 182/183 printer's special
printing features are controlled by a combinaton of ASCII codes
beginning with the non-printable code, ESC. Commonly called an
ESCape sequence, this alerts the computer to interpret the next
code number as part of an instruction, not as a printable character.
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For example, if you want to put tab stops at every fifth column, you
would use the ESCape sequence ESC D (5) NULL. (5) is binary.
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Looking at the ASCII chart on page 129, this is how you would
change the horizontal tab command into BASIC:
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