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CHAPTER
3
PROGRAMMING
PROGRAMMING
THE
M1182
For each printing feature explained in this chapter,
we
list three
dif-
ferent forms
of
each code
as
follows:
ESC
1
CHR$(27);CHR$(49)
1 B
31
Standard
Decimal code
Hexadecimal code
abbreviation in
presented in the
used by some
ASCII-used for
format most often
software packages
reference
used. A variation
to
enter
printing
of
the same
commands. A
command
is
variation
of
the same
CHR$(27);"1
II
command
is
CHR$
(&H1
B);
CHR$(&H31 )
CARRIAGE RETURN
AND
LINE
FEED
HexGl(leti
maf
CR
CHR$(13)
00
Carriage return tells the printer to
print
the line
of
data and returns
the
print
head to the left side
of
the page. IBM
PC
adds a line feed
after a carriage return unless 128
is
added to the command. If you
send a CHR$(141), therefore the result
is
a carriage return only.
'HexadeCimal
','
LF
CHR$(10)
OA
VT
CHR$(ll
)
OB
Line feed advances the paper one line; line spacing
is
1/6 inch
unless it
is
reset
using the command on page
47.
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