Star Micronics NB-15 user manual Escvchr$O

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Table	7-1
Some miscellaneous commands
Function	Cotitrol code
Soundbell	CHRW)
---Masterreset	(ESC) “@”
IOffline	’I CH--lR$(19)
IOn line	ICHI@x17)
Paper-outdetectoroff	(ESC) “8”
Paper-outdetectoron	(ESC) “9”
.	W8)
move mintheadbackonesnace1CHI
Deletelastcharactersent	CHR$(127)
Canceltextinprintbuffer	CHR$(24)
1Immediate-minton	I’(E.pSC)“i”1
1Immediate-mintoff	I(ESC) “i”f1
Addn dotspacesbetweencharacters1(ESC) CHR$(32)CHR$(n)
	1(ESC>“V”CHR$(n)
Repeatcharacters	CHR$(ml)...CHR$(mx)
	(ESC)“V”CHR$(O)

n Backspace, delete, and cancel text

Backspace (CHR$@)) “backs up” the printhead so that you can print two characters right on top of each other. Each time your printer receives a backspace it moves the printhead one character to the left, instead of to the right. You can St&e over multiple letters by sending more than one backspace code.

Delete (CHR$(127)) also “backs up” one character, but then it “erases” the previous character (it’s erased from your printer’s buffer, not from the paper).

Cancel text (CHR$(24)) deletes all the text in the print buffer; that is, in the line before the delete text command. Since your printer prints one line of text at a time, only that line will be deleted.

The following program shows how these codes works.

10 ’ Backspace, delete, and cancel line

20 LPRINT “BACKSPACE DOES NOT”;

30 LPRINT CHR$(S);CHR$(S);CHR$(8);

40 LPRINT **===WORK”

50 LPRINT “DELETE DOES NOT”;

60 LPRINT CHR$(127);CHR$(127);CHR$(l27);

70 LPRINT “WORK”

80 LPRINT “CANCEL LINE”;