Star Micronics NB24-10/15 user manual There’s a one-time vertical tab command that works just like

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in ascending order. Our example sets vertical tabs at lines 10, 15,25 and 30. Then the CHR$(ll) in each of the following lines advances the paper to the next vertical tab. The printout is shown below.

FIRST TAB.

SECOND TAB.

THIRD TAB.

FOURTH TAB.

Add one more line to the program to demonstrate one more feature of vertical tabs.

80 LPRINT CHFt$(ll);"FIFTHH TAB."

Now when you run the program the first page looks just like before, *but line 80 sends one more (VT) than there are tabs. This doesn’t confuse the printer - it advances the paper to the next tab position, which happens to be the first tab position on the next page.

There’s a one-time vertical tab command that works just like

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