Star Micronics 4 manual Movingtheprint positiona preview

Margins,columnsand lines Youcanchangemarginsettingsforallfouredgesofapage.Theleftandright side marginscan have valuesfmm Oto 132,definingthe margin columns betweenwhich words and imagescan be printed.And the top and bottom marginscan be set at anywherefrom Oto 112lines.

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Themeaningof a line (sometimescalleda “row”)is definedby the vertical motionindex(VMI).Theprintermovestheprintpositiondowna linewhen it gets a Line Feed code,usuallywhenit bumpsinto the right margin.

You’llprobablylet yourcomputerprogramset thelinedepth.Butfromthe panelyou can set the VMI value in incrementsfrom 1/48to 255/48of an inch.

2.3.4 Movingtheprint position:a preview

Wh.hdot-matrixanddaisywheelprinters,youpickwheretoprintonthepage eitherby movingtheprintheadbackandforthor bymovingthepaperitself. Laserpnntemdon’thaveprintheads,buttheprincipleremainsthesame:you haveto sayexactlywhereon thepageeachpictureandstringof textisto go, so each page can be constructedin the printer’smemory.

Insteadof talkingaboutpnntheadswe talk aboutmovingthe printposition (some people call it moving the “cursor,” using the computer-screen analogy).Horizontally,youcanmovetheprintpositionwithbackspaceand carriagereturncommands.Vertically,youcanmovetheprintpositiondown thepageby printingsomanylinesper inch,or by sendingline-feedandhalf

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