Star Micronics SR-10/I5 Changing Line Spacing, Line feed commands Function Mode Control code

will add the line feed for you. When you have DIP switch 2-3 off the printer will do the same thing when it receives a carriage return as it does when it receives a line feed.

If you find that your printer double spaces when it should single space, then you probably need to turn DIP switch 2-3 on.

nReverse line feeds

Your SR-lo/15 printer has a unique capability: it can move the paper up or down! Its unique tractor design allows the paper to be fed in either direction without jamming. This allows you to move around the page at will. You can use this feature to print several columns of text side by side, or print a graph and then move back up and insert descriptive legends. As you ex- periment you’re bound to come up with more uses!

The simplest form of reverse paper feeding is a reverse line feed. The code is < ESC > < LF > , which causes the paper to move down (in effect, moving the printing up) one line. A “1ine”used in a reverse line feed is the same size as a line in a regular line feed (this is normally l/6 inch). When you change the line spacing (which you’ll read about next), you change it for both forward and reverse line feeds.

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Line feed commands

Function		Mode	Control code
Return print head to left margin		STAR	CHR$(13)
		IBM	CHR$(13)
Advance paper	one line	STAR	CHR$(lO)
		IBM	CHR$(lO)
Reverse paper	one line	STAR	<ESC > CHR!$(lO)
		IBM	< ESC > CHR$(lO)

CHANGING LINE SPACING

When you turn SR- 10/l 5 on the line spacing is set to 6 lines per inch. This is fine for most printing applications, but sometimes you may want something different. SR- 10/l 5 makes it easy to set the line spacing to whatever value you want.

Try this program with STAR mode to see how easy it is to change the line spacing:

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