Star Micronics NX-15 user manual LPRINTCHR$ll “F’IFTHTAB.”

80 LPRINTCHR$(ll) ; “F’IFTHTAB.”

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 the one-time horizontal tab command. Try this program to see how these commands work.

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XI 1.IWI NT “ * 1st Lin~.<, 1st fl) Imm”

30LPR1NT CHR$(27) : “fl “ ;CHR$(3) ;

4(”ILPRINT. “* 4t:h Linch, 1st Co1urrrn”

50LPRI W CHR$(27 ) ; “fO“ ;CHR$(7) ;

Ml LPE!lNT “* 5th Line, 7th CoIl]mri”

70LPRINTCHR$(27) ; “fl” ;CHli$(3 ) ;

80LPRINTCHR$(27) ; “f(j” ;(;HR$(5) ;

90LPRINT “* i3t.h Li rle, 5t.li C<lll.]m]l” 100 tnul

In this program, line 30 sends a one-time vertical tab with (ESC) “f’ 1 command. Line 50 sends a one-time horizontal tab with {ESC) “f” O command. Finally, line 70 and line 80 send one-time vertical tab and one-time horizontal tab, so the line 90 prints text at the specified position.