Star Micronics NB-15 user manual Lprint CHR$7

mind an operator to change the paper or to make another adjust- ment to the printer.

You can try this by typing:

LPRINT CHR$(7)

nResetting the printer

Up to now when we wanted to reset the printer to the power on condition we have had to either turn the printer off and then on again, or to send the specific codes that reset the particular features. There is an easier way. The control code (ESC) “62” will reset all of the printer’s features to the power on condition (as determined by the DIP switches), with one exception. This exception is that (ESC) “62” will not erase any characters that you have stored in the printer’s RAM memory.

In addition, if you set the “Panel” modes by the control panel settings at the power on, these functions will be remain with this control code.

nPutting your printer to sleep

You know how to put your printer off line with the On Line key on the control panel. Your printer has another off line state that can be controlled from your computer. When you turn the printer off line from your computer, this printer will ignore anything that you send it, except for the code to go on line again. CHR$(lS) is the code to turn your printer off line; CHR$(17) turns your printer to on line status.

nPrinting 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 detector usually stops the printer when you are about 1 inch from the bottom of the sheet. This is notify you if you are run- ning out of continuous paper.

Your printer 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 con- trol the paper-out detector, along with the other codes that we have just learned are in the following table.