Star Micronics NB-15 user manual Printing direction commands Function Control code

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This command can be used to produce micro-justification,

which is a method of justifying lines by increasing the space be- tween each character.

nRepeat characters

This printer has a command that automatically repeats characters for you. Try this program to see how it works.

10 ' Demo of character repeat

20 LPRINT CHR$(27);"V";CHR$(4);

30 LPRINT "This line shows Repeat characters."

40 LPRINT CHR$(27);"V";CHR$(O);

50 LPRINT "And this is not."

60END

In this program, line 20 selects the 4 times repeat with (ESC) 7” CHR$(4) command. And line 30 sets the characters for repeating. Then line 40 terminates this command with (ESC) “V” CHR$(O). The results from this program look like this.

This line shows Repeat characters. This line shows Repeat characters. This line shows Repeat characters. This line shows Repeat characters. And this is not.

n Uni-directional printing

Uni-directional printing is a big word that means printing in ~lle direction only. Your printer normally prints when the print- head 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. This printer lets you make this choice. The table below shows the commands for controlling how this printer prints.

Table 7-3

Printing direction commands

Function	Control code
Printinonedirection	(ESC)“U"l
Printinbothdirections	(ESC) “U"0

One timeprintinonedirection(ESC) “("