automatically breaks the line at the maximum length,
and continues printing at the next line. The line is
indented if you have specified INDENT.
Examples
Be sure that you have
SET
*FF
to its filter program
FORMS/FL
T and
you have FILTERed the printer to
*FF
with the commands:
SET
*FF
TO
FORMS/FL
T
(ENTER)
FI L
TER
*PR
*FF
(ENTER)
FORMS
(ENTER)
displays the current parameter values.
FORMS
(CHARS=80tINDENT=GtPAGE=Sl,
LINES=4S,FFHARD)
(ENTER)
allows a maximum of 80 characters per printed line. If a line contains
more than
80 characters, the excess is printed on the next line and
indented 6 spaces. The physical page size is set to
51
lines, and 45
lines can be printed on a page.
FFHARD causes the printer to advance 6 Iinefeeds continuously
rather than individually when the line count reaches 45. Be aware that
certain printers cannot respond to FFHARD.
FORMS
(MARGIN=10,CHARS=80,INDENT=lG)
(ENTER)
causes all lines to start 10 spaces
in
from the normal left-hand
starting position. Any line longer than
80
characters is indented 16
spaces (6 spaces after the margin) when wrapped around,
so
it is
printed starting at position 16.
FORMS
(TAB,ADDLF)
(ENTER)
specifies that tab characters are to be translated into the appropriate
number
of spaces. Also, a linefeed is sent to the printer every time a
carriage return is sent.
FORMS
(>:LATE=){
'2A2E'
)
(ENTER)
translates all hexadecimal
2A
characters (asterisks) to hexadecimal
2E characters (periods).
Sample Uses
Suppose you have a payroll program that contains all of
your
employees' payroll information, and that prints checks-of the size 4"
x 7".
To instruct your computer to print a form 4" x 7", issue the following
commands:
1-83
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