Margins,columnsandlines
Youcanchangemarginsettingsforallfouredgesofapage.Theleftand right
sidemarginscan havevalues fmm Oto 132,definingthe margincolumns
betweenwhichwords andimagescan be printed.And thetop and bottom
marginscanbe set at anywherefromOto 112 lines.
Text
Length
{
Portrait
,Top Margin ,
\Bottom Margin/Landscape
Orientation Orientation
Themeaningof aline(sometimescalleda“row”)isdefinedby the vertical
motionindex(VMI).Theprintermovestheprintpositiondown alinewhen
itgets aLineFeed code,usuallywhen it bumpsinto theright margin.
You’llprobablyletyourcomputerprogramsettheline depth.Butfromthe
panelyou can setthe VMI valuein incrementsfrom 1/48to 255/48 of an
inch.
2.3.4 Movingtheprint position:apreview
Wh.hdot-matrixanddaisywheelprinters,youpickwheretoprintonthepage
eitherbymovingtheprintheadbackandforth orbymovingthe paperitself.
Laserpnntemdon’thaveprintheads,buttheprincipleremainsthesame:you
havetosay exactlywhereonthepageeachpictureandstringof textis togo,
soeach pagecan be constructedinthe printer’smemory.
Insteadoftalkingaboutpnntheadswe talkaboutmovingthe printposition
(some people call it moving the “cursor,” using the computer-screen
analogy).Horizontally,youcanmovetheprintpositionwithbackspaceand
carriagereturncommands.Vertically,youcanmovetheprintpositiondown
thepagebyprintingso manylinesperinch,or by sendingline-feedandhalf
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