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nReverse form feed

Just		your	printer		perform		a	line feed,		can do
reverse form				This code			the	paper	that the
head	is			at the	of		the	page.	This	be
used,		example,		to	text	in multi-column			magazine
mat;	print		first	column,			reverse	form	back to
top of		page	to	the	second			The code		reverse
form		is easy		remember:			(ESC)
					Table		4-3
				Form	feed	commands
Function						Control		code

Advance paper to top of next page CHR$(12) q,

nChanging the page length

You may have some computer forms that are not 11 inches high. That’s no problem, because you can tell your printer how high the forms are that you are using. There are two commands for doing this, shown in this table.

Table	4-4
Form length control
Function	Control	code
Set the page length to n lines	(ESC)	“C” CHR$(n)

Set the page length to n inches (ESC) “c” CHR$(O)CHR$(n)

Let’s set up a 7 inch high form length, which is typical of many computer checks. The following program will do it.

10 ’ Demo of variable form lengths

20 LPRINT CHR$(27);"C";CHR$(O);CHR$(7);

30 LPRINT "PAY TO THE ORDER OF:"

40 LPRINT CHR$(12);

50 LPRINT "PAY TO THE ORDER OF:"