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have one stored in Delta’s RAM (this chapter will tell you how to create a macro).

Putting Delta to sleep

You know how to put Delta off-line with the ON LINE button so that you can use the FF and LF buttons. Delta has another off- line state that can be controlled from your computer. When you turn Delta offline from your computer, Delta will ignore anything that you send it, except for the code to go on-line again. CHR$(lS) is the code to turn Delta off-line; CHR$(17) returns Delta to on-line status.

Printing to the bottom of the sheet

Sometimes when you are using individual sheets of paper you may want to print near the bottom of a sheet. The paper-out detec- tor usually stops Delta when you are about 2% inches from the bottom of the sheet. This is to notify you if you are running out of continuous paper.

Delta has the ability to print right to the bottom of the sheet. You can disable the paper-out detector so that it doesn’t stop the printer. This will allow you to print to the end of the sheet, and even beyond if you are not careful. The codes to control the paper- out detector, along with the other codes that we have just learned are in the following table.

	Table 6-2
Some	miscellaneous commands
1Function	1Control	code	1
Master reset	(ESC)	‘xv
Off-line	CHR$(lS)
On-line	CHR$1171
Paper-out detector off	1(ESC;	‘6”
Paper-out detector on	1(ESC)	“9”

Unidirectional printing

Unidirectional printing is a big word that means printing in one direction only. Delta normally prints when the printhead is moving in both directions. But once in a while you may have an application where you are more concerned about how the vertical lines align than with how fast it prints. Delta lets you make this choice. The table below shows the commands for controlling how Delta prints,