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Youcan now sendyourletterfromyourwordprocessingprogramto the
printerandfeedinthosepages.Whenyou’redone,youmaywanttosendthe
<ESC>E commandonemoretime.
PAGE ORIENTATION
Youmightreasonablythinkof pageorientationasa pageformattingissue.
Toprintwordswidthwiseonapage,however,eachletterineffecthastolie
onitsback.Soorientationis actuallya fontattribute,andistreatedas such
lateron in thischapter.
Page Length
Thepapertray youhaveinstalledsetsthedefaultpagesizefor yourlaser
printer.Whenyouwantadifferentsize,andwhenyouchangethetray,you’ll
need to reset that page size. You shouldalwayschangethe page length
be~oreyou send text for printing.The Page Length commandsets the
numberoflinesthatcanprinton apage(linesperinchtimesthenumberof
inches).
ThePageLengthcommandformatis:
<ESC>&/n P
wheren isthenumberoftextlinesonthepage;itcanbeanynumberbetween
5 and 128.
Thedefaultnumberof linesisthelengthofthepapertraytimes6 linesper
inch.For 11-inchlener-sizepaperthatworksoutto66lines(that’salsothe
defaultwhenyouhaven’tputin a tray).
If you don’t want the defaultlength,you shouldsend the Page Length
commandbejbreyousendtextforpnnting.Thetablebelowshouldhelpyou
picktherightnumberoflines.Decidewhichorientationandpapersizeyou
want,thenusc then underyourpreferredlines/inch:
If youhavesetthe paperfeederfromthe frontpanelto “AUTOSELEC-
TION”,a“selectpagelength”command(<ESO&tn P)willautomatically
selectthecassettewhichcontainsthepaperselectedbythecommand.If no
cassettecurrentlycontainstherightsizeof paper,thedisplaywillask you
to insertthe appropriatesizeof paper.
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