Epson FX-80 Specifications download pdf (Page 136)

Horizontal tab usage

The FX has the ability to tab horizontally, and it has default tabs set

in the current pitch at columns 8, 16, 24, 32, . . . every eight Pica

spaces on out to the current width of the page. We will show you how

to change the tabs to suit your needs more closely, but first let’s see

how the printer’s tabs work.

You can move the print head from any position on the print line to

the next tab stop with the ASCII horizontal tab code, CHR$(9). You

use CHR$(9)-or CHR$(137) if 9 is a number your system does not

send-to move from stop to stop, whether the stop is a default tab or a

tab that you have set.

Using the exact line numbers shown, enter this sample program:

10 H$=CHR$(137): A$"0123456789"

FOR X=1 TO

LPRINT A$;: NEXT X: LPRINT

FOR J=l TO

LPRINT H$;"TOP";

NEXT J: LPRINT

120 LPRINT CHR$(27)"@"

and compare your RUN with Figure 9-6.

Figure 9-6. Default horizontal tabs

This shows that the default tabs (each represented by the T of the

word TOP) are set in columns 8,

16, 24, 32,

etc. Remember that the

column count starts at 0.

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Epson FX-80 Specifications Page 136