Star Micronics 8 Series - Page 104

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Stopdefiningmacro.
2’ Executemacro.This option makes the printer run the last
specifiedmacro,changingprinter parametcmaccordingto
whatitscommandssay.(Theprinterparamctemarethoseyou
mightalsosetfromthefrontpanel.)Whenthemacroisdone,
theprintpositionwillbejust whereit wasbeforeyouranthe
macro.
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Call macro.This optionalso makesthe printerrun the last
specifiedmacro. But before it runs the macro it saves the
currentparameters,andthenrestoresthemwhenthemacrois
finished.Again,whenthemacroisdonetheprintpositionwill
bejust whereit wasbeforeyouranthemacro.
Turnon automaticmacro.Thisoptionautomaticallyy runsthe
lastspecifiedmacrooneverypageyouprint.Youcanusethis
optionto rcproduccthesamedesignon eachpage(a logoor
formdesignperhaps).Youcanhavemorethanoncautomatic
macro.Aswiththe“callmacro”option,thisonesavescurrent
parametersand print position,and restoresthcm when the
macrois finished.An automaticmacrowillterminateif you
changeoricntaticmor pagelength.
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Turnoffautomaticmacro.Startingwiththecurrentpage,this
, optionterminatesthelastspecifiedautomaticmacro.
6 Dclctcallmacros.Thisoptionremovesallmacrosandauto-
maticmacrosfrompnntcrmemory—evenmacrosyouhave
dcfmcdaspermanentwithoption10below.
Dclctctcmporarymacros.Thisoptionalsodclctcstcmporary
automaticmacros.
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Dclctclastspcciticdmacro.
Makelastspccificdmacrotcmporary.
Makelast spccificdmacropermanent,
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