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ORIENTATIONPAPERSIZE
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6 LINESilNCH n @ 8 LINES/tNCH
Portrait
Portrait
Portrait
Portrait
Landscape
Landscape
Landscape
Landscape
Executive
Letter
A4
Legat
Executive
Letter
A4
Legat
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* Printinglandscapesonlegalpaperis trickier.Firstset on portraitmode
andsendthecommand<ESC>&t’84Pandthenchangetheorientationto
landscape.
Anexample:Sayyouwanttomanuallyprintlegal-sizepagesateightlines
perinch.Thefollowingcommandscombinemanualfeedingwiththatpage
length:
<ESC>&t’2h112P
Ifyourcommandspecifiesapagelengthdifferentthanthepaperinthetray,
theprinterwillgoofflineanddisplaya messageaskingforthepropertray.
Afteryouchangethetray,presstheON LINE buttonto restarttheprinter.
Itdoesn’thurttoprintshortpageson longpaper.If youinadvertentlyprint
a Iegal:sizepageontoexecutiveor letter-sizepaper,theprinterwillscroll
thatpageacrosstwosheets.
Also,thePageLengthcommandputsallmarginsbacktotheirdefaults.So
after you send it, check whetheryou have to send any of the following
margin-settingcommands.
Side margins
Marginsettingsdefinethatpart.ofthepageon whichtheprintercanprint.
Yousetsidemarginsto particularcoh.wv.zs.The widthof a columndiffers
foreachfont,dependingon itspitch.Ten-pitchCourier,for example,puts
column30threeinchesfromtheleftedgeof thepage(columnO).But 12-
pitchPrestigeEliteputscolumn30just twoanda halfinchesin.
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