Laser Printer User Manual

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5.3 FORMATTINGPAGES
5.3.1 Page/ength
Youcandefinepagelengthin eitherinchesor lines-a matterof personal
preference.WhenyoufirststartFX-850emulationyourprintersetsthepage
lengthto 11inchesand66 lines.
The deftition of a “line” dependson the lines-per-inchspacing.If you
changeline spacingafter you set the page length,the page lengthwon’t
change.Andifyouprintpagesactuallylongerthantheinstalledpapertray,
theStarLaserPrinter4 willprintthemon two sheetseach.
To seta diffe~nt pagelengthin lines,enterthiscommand:
<ESC>C n
For n youenterthe numberof linesyouwanton a page(maximum127).
To seta differentpagelength in inches,enterthiscommand:
<ESC>C @KJL>n
Fornyouenterthenumberofinchesinlengthyouwantthepage(maximum
22).
Note: theprintpositionatthemomentyousetpagelengthwillbeyournew
top-of-page.Whenyou changepagelengththe Star LaserPrinter4
putsthebottommarginbackto itsdefaultvalue,so youmaywantto
resetit.
5.3.2 Topand bottommargins
TheFX-850emulationprovidesfortopandbottommarginsinauniqueway,
combiningthe top-of-page(as set by page length)with the Skip-Over-
Perforationcommand.(Remembcrthatthedot-matrixFX-850printeruses
continuousforms,whicharejoinedwithperforations.)
By settingthe Skip-Over-Perforationyoucan controlthe numberof lines
skippedatthebottomofonepageand,ifyouwant,atthetopofthenext.First
makesuretheprintpositionis on thelineyouwantto be yourtopmargin,
andsetyourpagelength.ThensendthisSkip-Over-Perforationcommand:
-dY3C>N n
in whichn is anynumberof linesbetween1and 127.
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