Star Micronics SB-15 user manual Set line spacing to l/S inch

The program works just the same as before, but the line spacing are just half (STAR mode) or one-third (IBM mode) what they were. This is because < ESC > “3” CHR$(n) sets the line spacing to n/144 inch in the STAR mode, or n/216 inch in the IBM mode.

Table 6-2 shows all the line spacing commands, including several “shortcut” commands for commonly used line spacings.

Table 6-2

Line spacing commands

Set line spacing to l/S inch

Note: If your computer does not support lowercase characters, use CHR$(97) for “a.”

W Moving down the page without a carriage return

So far, all the commands that move the paper also move the print head to the left margin. And normally this is what you want. Sometimes, though, you may wish to move down the page

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