Laser Printer User Manual

Margins,columnsandlines

Youcanchangemarginsettingsforallfouredgesofapage.Theleftandright

sidemarginscan havevaluesfmm Oto 132,definingthe margincolumns

betweenwhichwordsandimagescanbe printed.Andthetop andbottom

marginscanbe set at anywherefromOto 112lines.

Text

Length

{

Portrait

, Top Margin ,

Bottom Margin

Landscape

Orientation Orientation

Themeaningof aline(sometimescalleda“row”)isdefinedbythe vertical

motionindex(VMI).Theprintermovestheprintpositiondownalinewhen

it gets a LineFeed code,usuallywhenit bumpsintotherightmargin.

You’llprobablyletyourcomputerprogramsetthelinedepth.Butfromthe

panelyou canset the VMIvaluein incrementsfrom 1/48to 255/48of an

inch.

2.3.4 Movingtheprintposition:a preview

Wh.hdot-matrixanddaisywheelprinters,youpickwheretoprintonthepage

eitherbymovingtheprintheadbackandforthorbymovingthepaperitself.

Laserpnntemdon’thaveprintheads,buttheprincipleremainsthesame:you

haveto sayexactlywhereonthepageeachpictureandstringoftextisto go,

so eachpagecanbe constructedin theprinter’smemory.

Insteadoftalkingaboutpnntheadswetalkaboutmovingtheprintposition

(some people call it moving the “cursor,” using the computer-screen

analogy).Horizontally,youcanmovetheprintpositionwithbackspaceand

carriagereturncommands.Vertically,youcanmovetheprintpositiondown

thepagebyprintingsomanylinesperinch,orbysendingline-feedandhalf