Star Micronics SR-10/I5 user manual Changing the page Length

Table 63 Form feed commands

CHANGING THE PAGE LENGTH

You may have some computer forms that you wish to use with SR- lo/ 15 that are not 11 inches high. That’s no problem, because you can tell SR-lo/15 how high the forms are that you are using. There are two commands for doing this, shown in this table:

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Form length commands

11

Setthepage lengthtoninches STAR < ESC> “C"CHR$(O)CHR$@)

Let’s set up a 7 inch high form length, which is typical of many computer checks. The following program will do it.

10 'Demo variable form lengths.

2@ LPRINT CHR$(27) "C" CHR$(@) CHR$(7) ; 'Form length 7 inches.

30 LPRINT "Pay to the order of:"

40 LPRINT CHR$(12) ; 'Form feed.

50 LPRINT "Pay to the order of:"

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This program should print “Pay to the order of:” twice, and they should be 7 inches apart. Line 20 sets the form length to 7 inches. After line 30 prints, line 40 sends a form feed advance the paper to the top of the next form. Line 50 then prints its message.

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