Star Micronics 4111 manual Movjng the Print posjtjon horizontally

The important fact about the line depth is that when you change it you are changing the actual meaning of a “line”. When you increase the line depth you effectively decrease the number of lines per inch, and increase the page length.

The command you send to set the line depth looks like this:

<ESC> &t’n C

(note that the character after the “&” is a lower-case “L”) in which for n you can enter a number from Oto 336. If n is zero, lines will be printed on top of each other, and if 336, they will be printed 7 inches apart.

4.4.6 Movjng the PRINT posjtjon horizontally

You can use three different units to move the print position horizontally: columns (space-widths), dots (each l/300th of an inch), or tenths of a point (decipoints). Both columns and decipoints can be fractions to two decimal places, such as45.75 decipoints — which provides a great degree of accuracy for graphics applications.

Moreover, for each of these you can move the print position horizontally in two ways. You can move ah.wlurelyfrom the left edge of the page. Or you can move relatively, away from the current print position. To show you want to move away from the current print position, you put a plus (+) or minus

(–) sign before the number of units you want to move.

If you send a command that would put the print position outside either side margin, the LaserPrinter 4111will let you do just that. However, you can’t send the print position further than its printable limits at the edges of the page.

4.4.7Horizontal moves: by columns, decjpojnts

and dots

To move the print position horizontally a number of columns, send the command:

<ESC> &a n C

in which for n you enter the number of columns you wish to move the print position,

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