Laser Printer Applications Manual
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Side margins
To setthe left marginto a particularcolumnyou sendthiscommand:
inwhichn isthecolumnnumberfortheleftmargin.(Notethatthecharacter
/is a lowercaseL.)
Columnwidthisdeterminedbythecurrentpitch(forexample1/12inchfor
12-pitch),or is set at 1/10inchforproportionalspacedtext.Oncemargins
areset,changingthe pitchdocsnot affectmargins.
Samerulesapplyforthe rightmargin:yousendthiscommand:
<ESC>Q n
in whichn is thecolumnnumberfor the rightmargin.
How to center or justify text
If your text processor won’t center or line up text for you, your Star
LaserPnntcr8 candothejob. Yusrifiedtextprintsflushagainstoncorboth
sidemarginson boththerightandleft sidesof thepage.
You turn on the centering or justification of text with the following
command:
cESC> a n
For n entera numberfromthe followingtable:
MODE
leftjustification
:
centering
1
rightjustification 2
bothsidcsjustificd 3
Backspaceandhorizontaltabswillonly workin left-justificationmode.
Line spacing
EX-800emulationoffersfivedifferentwaysto verticallyspacelines.The
defaultis 6 lines to the inch, but you can changeline spacingwith the
commandsin the followingtable. (In the first four of these commands,
rememberthatthenumberfollowingthe<ESC>codeis a realnumber,not
the ASCIIsymbolforO,1,2 or 3.)
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