changingtheactualmeaningof a “line”.
Whenyouincreasethelinedepth
youeffectivelydecreasethenumberoflinesperinch,andincreasethepage
length.
Thecommandyousendto setthelinedepthlookslikethis:
<ESC>&?n C
(notethatthecharacterafterthe“&”isalower-case“L”)inwhichforn you
canenteranumberfromOto 336.If niszero,lineswillbeprintedontopof
eachother,andif 336,theywillbeprinted7 inchesapart.
Moving the PRINT position horizontally
Youcan use threedifferentunitsto movethe printpositionhorizontally:
columns(space-widths),dots(eachl/300thofaninch),ortenthsof apoint
(decipoints).Bothcolumnsanddecipointscanbe fractionsto twodecimal
places, such as 45.75 dccipoints—which provides a great degree of
accuracyfor graphicsapplications.
Moreover,foreachoftheseyoucanmovetheprintpositionhorizontallyin
twoways.Youcanmoveabsolutelyfromtheleftedgeofthepage.Oryou
canmoverelatively,awayfromthecurrentprintposition.Toshowyouwant
tomoveawayfromthecurrentprintposition,youputaplus(+)orminus(–)
signbeforethenumberof unitsyouwantto move.
Ifyousendacommandthatwouldputtheprint positionoutsideeitherside
margin,theLaserPrinter8willletyoudojustthat.However,youcan’tsend
theprint positionfurtherthanits printablelimitsattheedgesof the page.
Horizontal moves: by columns, decipoints and
dots
To move the print positionhorizontallya numberof columns,send the
command:
<ESC>&an C
inwhichforn youenterthenumberof columnsyouwishto movetheprint
position. Soto moveto column45 yousendthecommand:
<ESC>&a45C
Buttomove45 columnstotherightofthecurrentprintposition,yousend:
<ESC>&a+45C
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