Star Micronics 8 Series manual Side Selection DX type only, Example Page formatting

Page Side Selection (DX type only)

The followingcommandallows you to select on what side of a page the followingdata will be printed-whenthe printeris in duplexmode:

<ESC>& a n G

wheren is an ASCIIvaluefrom“O”to “3”.If n is“O”,thefollowingdatawill be printedon thenextside afterthecurrentside(if the currentsideis a face side,the next side will be a back, and vice versa).If n is” l“, the next side will automaticallybecomea face side (if the currentside is a face side,the currentpage willbe ejectedwiththe back sideblank).If n is set to “2”, the nextsidewillautomaticallybecomeaback side(if thecurrentsideis aback side, the next page will be printedwith the face side blank).

Example: Page formatting

OK,let’shaveago at formattinga page.The pictureof the pagewe wantis just below.The actualwidthof the texton the pagedependson whichfont we use. Let’s plan on usingour 16.66-pitchLinePrinterfont at eightlines per inch.

column10column70

1	,,.,\
top margin= 8 lines {i ,,,

texr length.	I	r	pegs length = 112 ines
100 lines

bonom margin 4 lines

\ cccaeiordfootnotes

As it prints,we also wantto permitthe occasionalone-linefootnotebelow thenormalbottommargin.Andwhenwe’refinishedprinting,let’sresetthe side marginsso we can switchto our usual font width.

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