For n enteroneof thenumbersfromthistable:
n
AUTOMATICCOMMAND
O(zero)cCR>,cLF> and<FF>workaccordingto theirbasic
definitions,
1(one) <CR>willalsogenerateacLF> (butcLF> and<FF>stay
thesame),
2
cLF> or <FF>willproducea <CR>too(<CR>byitself
won’tchange),
3
<CR>generatesa <LF>too,andeither<LF>or <FF>
producesa <CR>.
Afteryousendthecommand<ESC>&k2 G forexample,everytimethe
printergetsaLineFeedcommandit willmovetheprintpositiondownand
overto thestartof theline.when it getsa FormFeed,the printerwillalso
movetheprintpositionbackto theleft.
Autowrap
Onenicethingwegetusedtowithawordprocessingprogramisnothaving
to worryaboutwordsgoingpasttherightmargin.Wedon’thaveto listen
forthattypewriterbellat themarginanymore.
This commanddoes pretty much the same thing your word processing
programdoes.Theimportantdifferenceisthatitdoesnotwrapwords.When
youturnon Autowrap,if yousendtoomanycharactersfora linethelaser
pnntcrprintstheoverflowon thenextline.
IfAutowrapison,whentheprintergetsacharacterthatwouldprintbeyond
therightmargin,itreturnstheprintpositionforthatcharacterbacktotheleft
andonelinedown(CarnageReturnandLineFeed).
TheAutowrapcommandworkslikea toggleswitch:
<ESC>
&S m C
If forn youenterO(zero)thenthiswrap-aroundmodewillapply.
Butif for n youput 1(one)thisautomaticwrappingof characterswillnot
happen.Thedefaultif youdon’tsenda commandisno wrapping.
Note: Even when Autowrapis on, the printerwillprintbeyondthe right
margin if you have sent one of the direct positioningcommands
describedabove,whichmovetheprintpositionpastthemargin.
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