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

80LPRINT CHR$(ll);"FIFTH 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 your printer - it advances the paper to the next tab position which happens to be the first tab position on the next page. That’s nice, isn’t it?

Table 4-9

Vertical tab commands

Advance paper to next tab posi-

nVertical tab channels

Vertical tab channels are especially helpful in two situations. The first occurs when you are writing a program to accompany

a preprinted form that can accommodate various types of responces. The second occurs when you create a multipage form or report with different vertical tabs on each page.

Table 4-10

Vertical tab channel commands

Function

Control code

Set vertical tabs at nl, n2, etc. as channel n0

Select vertical channel n0

(ESC)“b”CHR$(nO) CHR$W)

CHR$(nZ).....CHR$(O)

(ESC)“I”CHR$(nO)

You can store up to eight channels of tab stops. They are numbered from 0 to 7. If you have already stored a set using (ESC)“B” command, your printer has labelled it as channel 0.

Try this program how to see the vertical tab channels work.

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NX-10 specifications

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