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increments of l/144 inch. Change line 30 in your program so it is like this:

3!i!JLPRINTCHR$(27)“3” CHR$(I);

and run the program again. Now the results will look like this:

DELTA HAS VAKIAPLE LINE SPACING

DELTA HAS VAF:IAELE LINE SPACING

DELTA HAS VARIABLE LINE SF’ACING

DELTA HAS VARIABLE LINE SPAClNG

DELTA HAS VAHIAlEiLE LINE SPACING

DELTA tdAS VARIABLE LINE SPACING

DE:LTA HAS VARIABLE LINE SPACING

DELTA HAS VARIABLE LINE SF’ACING

DELTA HAS VARIABLE LINE SF’ACING

The program works just the same as before, but the line spac- ings are just half what they were. This is because (ESC) “3” CHR$(n) sets the line spacing to n/144 inch.

Here are all the line spacing commands, including several “shortcut” commands for commonly used line spacings.

 

 

 

 

 

Table

4-l

 

 

 

 

 

 

Line spacing

commands

 

 

1Function

 

 

 

 

 

IControl

code

I

Set line

spacing

to n/72

inch

(ESC)

“A” CHR$(n)

 

Set line

spacing

to nl144

inch

(ESC)

“3” CHR$(n)

 

Set line

wacine

to l/8

inch

(ESC)

“0”

 

 

.

 

 

 

 

 

I

Set line

spacing

to

7172

 

inch

(ESC)

“1"

 

Set line

spacing

to

l/S

inch

(ESC)

“2”

 

One-time

line feed

of n/144 inch

(ESC)

“J” CHR$(n)

 

Let’s take a look at the last command in the table, which gives a one-time line feed of n/144 inch. The (ESC) “J” CHR$(n) com-

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Star Micronics Delta user manual Run the program again. Now the results will look like this, Line spacing Commands