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Margins, columns and lines
Youcanchangemarginsettingsforallfouredgesofapage.Theleftandright
sidemarginscanhavevaluesfromOto 132,definingthemargincolumns
betweenwhichwordsandimagescarIbe printed.Andthetop andbottom
marginscanbe setat anywherefromOto 112lines.
Top Margin
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Side Margins
Text
Length
{
/
{
‘\Line
Column
/
Porlrait
Bottom Margin
Landscape
Orientation
Orientation
Theactualmeaningofacolumnisdefinedby thesettingforthe
horizontal
motion index
(HMI).The HMIjust meanshowwide you wantthe space
characterto be.Eachcolumn,ruining frompagetoptobottom,willbethe
widthof a space.
Youprobablywillletyoursoftwareworryaboutthespacewidth.Butif you
want,youcan set the HMIparameteron the panelin incrementsof 1/120
inch—anywherefrom 1to 255increments.
Similarly,themeaningofaline(sometimescalleda“row”)isdefinedbythe
vertical motion index (VMI).Theprintermovestheprintpositiondowna
line when it getsa LineFeed code,usuallywhenit bumpsinto the right
margin.
Again,you’llprobablylet yourcomputerprogramset thelinedepth.But
from the panel you can set the VMI value in incrementsfrom 1/48 to
255/48of an inch.
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