4.4 MOVING THE PRINT POSITION
4.4.1 Many ways to move
The LaserPrinter 4111providesexcellent control over the print position —
whereyou poise yourlaser “pen”.Horizontally, you cansend backspaceand
carriagereturn commands. Vertically, you can move theprint positiondown
thepage by printing so many lines perinch, or by sending line-feed and half
line-feedcommands. You can move horizontally or vertically to tab settings
as well.
Thosearen’t all. You can also tell the Star LaserPrinter 4111tomove its print
position,either vertically or horizontally, in increments of:
1/10, 1/12or 3/50 inch (pitch settings),
1/48or 1/120 inch(line or column definitions),
1/300inch (dots),
1/720inch (tenths of apoint).
All these commands are described below.
Onehint aboutmoving the print position:you can confuse yourself tryingto
use more than two different units during the same session. So decide
beforehand how precise you need to be in moving the print position, not
forgetting any graphics you want to include. Then stick to the unit(s) you
choose.
4.4.2 Lines per inch
Thisvertical line-spacing commandgives you more optionsthan justthe six
oreight lines per inch of early printers. Use this command to set how many
lines you want in each vertical inch of yourpage:
<ESC> &/n D
For ~you enter the number of linesper inch you want —any of: 1,2,3,4,
6,8, 12,16,24 or 48. If you enter anumber other than these the printer will
ignorethe command.
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