User's Manual Printer FX

Figure 9-4 shows the new listing, which did not print out at the posi-
tion you specified. What happened? Well, the CHR$(18) turned off
Compressed Mode, but there was no change in the margin because
the new right margin setting would have occurred on the wrong side
of the current left margin (which is still set at 10). Remember, the FX
simply ignores impossible settings.
Use a workable number to reset the right margin:
LPRINT CHR$(27)"Q"CHR$(22)
Then RUN the program.
Figure 9-5. Right margin set correctly
As shown in Figure 9-5, all the characters get printed between columns
10 and 21 (counting from 0).
You can use the right margin setting to increase your printing width
in Compressed Mode on the FX-80. The default right margin in that
mode is 132, which is slightly less than 8 inches. If you set the right
margin to 137 after giving the command for Compressed, you get a
full S-inch print line. You may also need a WIDTH statement; see
Appendix F.
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