Printers - AMSTRAD cpc 6128 User Instruction

Printers
Initialising printers can be performed by the command:
SET L S T dilename>
.... where <filename> contains the string, or strings to send to the printer. As with the
command file for SET KEY S, control codes can be represented by:
t
<character>
.... or by ....
t
I
<character value>
I
.... or by ....
t
I
<control code name>
I
.... where control code names are ESC, FF, etc., as shown in the table of ASCII
characters in the chapter entitled 'For your reference .... '.
A useful initialising code for many printers is the value 15, setting the printer into
condensed printing.
The command:
PRINT #8,CHR$(15)
.... would set this in BASI C. In CP fM, issue the command:
SETLST CONDENSE
.... where the file CON DEN SE contains anyone of the following as a single line of text:
t
I
S I
I
to
t
1& F I
t
I
15
I
.... which are all interpreted as the decimal value 15.
Some applications programs require a screen that is 24x80. The command
SET 2 4 X 8 0 may be used to set the screen size.
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