Star Micronics 4 manual Examp/eMacros

macro.As withthe“callmacro”option,thisonesavescurrent parametersand print position,and restores them when the macro is finished.An automaticmacro will terminateif you changeorientationor page length.

5Turnoff automaticmacro.Startingwiththecurrentpage,this optionterminatesthe last specifiedautomaticmacro.

6Deleteall macros.This optionremovesall macms and auto- maticmacrosfromprintermemory—evenmacms you have definedas permanentwithoption 10below.

7Deletetemporarymacros.Thisoptionalsodeletestemporary

automaticmacros.

8Deletelast specifiedmacro.

9Makelast specifiedmacrotemporary.

10 Makelast specifiedmacropermanent.

4.8.3Examp/e:Macros

The followingprogramloads and runs a macro.The macrumovesan inch and a half rightand downthreeinchesfromthe top left comer of the page, whereit prints a 25 percentgray-scalebar. It then ejectsthe paper.

100LPRINT CHR$( 27) ; “&f6X”

200LPRINTCHR$( 27) ; “&fIY”

300LPRINTCHR$(27) ; “&fOX”

400 LPRINTCHR$( 27) ; “*p450x1200Y”;

500LPRINTCHR$( 27) ; “*c180h7200V”;

600LPRINTCHR$( 27) ; “*c25G”;

700LPRINTCHR$( 27) ; “*c2P” ;

800LPRINTCHR$(12)

900LPRINTCHR$( 27) ; “&f1X”; 1000 LPRINTCHR$( 27) ; “&f2X”; 1100 END

Line 100clearsanyexistingmacros,thenline200specifiesthatthis willbe macro ID number 1. Line 300 startsdownloadingthe macro.

Line400movestheprintpositionto aspot450dotsrightand 1200dotsdown from the top left comer of the page.

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