Epson LX-90TM User Manual download pdf (Page 40)

A program like this also allows you to choose the margins you

prefer for program listings. Just remember that once you run a pro-

gram that sets margins, those margins are in effect until you change

them with new margin commands or turn off or reset the printer.

You should be aware that a few applications programs reset the

printer before each document or file they print. These programs will,

of course, cancel your new margin settings. If your program resets the

printer, use the program’s margin command.

Skip-Over-Perforation

If you are using continuous paper for printing program listings or

other material not controlled by an applications program, you may

find that the LX-90 prints right over the perforations between pages.

The LX-90 has an ESCape code to prevent this: the ESCape “N” com-

mand. You send ESCape “N” followed by the number of lines you

want the LX-90 to skip at the bottom of a page. For example, in

BASIC the following line will make the LX-90 skip 6 lines after each 60

lines if your printer is set for 11-inch paper:

10 LPRINT CHR$(27);"N";CHR$(6);

Since an 11-inch page is 66 lines, this will give you one inch of blank

space at the bottom of each page. If you prefer to have half of the

blank space at the top of the page and half at the bottom, simply set

the top of page approximately three lines (l/2 inch) below the perfora-

tion. (See the section on paper loading in the LX-90 manual if you

need to refresh your memory on setting the top of page.)

Line Spacing

Ordinarily you don’t have to worry about how the printer moves

the paper so that it doesn’t print lines of text on top of each other; the

LX-90 takes care of this without any special instructions. The line

spacing on the LX-90, however, can be changed with an ESCape code.

The movement of the paper between lines is called a line

feed

and

the distance the paper moves is called a

line space.

In ordinary print-

ing the line spacing is l/6-inch, six lines of print per inch.

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