Laser Printer Applications Manual

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ThePageLength,TopMarginandTextLengthcommandsthereforework

togetherto setthebottommargin:

bottommargin= pagelength- (topmargin+ textlength).

Thebottommarginis calledthe“perforationregion”withprintemthatuse

continuousforms.Younormallywantto skiptheperforationsbetweenthe

continuouspages,but sometimesyou don’t (for examplewhenyou print

labels).

Thoughyoulikelywon’toftenwanttodo it, theStarLaserPrinter8 willlet

youcompletelyignorethebottommargintoo.If youchooseto printbelow

thebottommargin,rememberthatyoumightlose wordsor graphicsin the

unprintableregionat theedgeof thepage.The commandlookslikethis:

<ESC>&tn L

If youwantto allowprintingbelowthebottommargin,for n enterO(zero).

Butif you wantto forbidprintingbelowthe margin,whichis thedefault,

enter 1(one).

In Laserjetmode, you can tell the printer whetheryou want to print in

simplexorduplexmode,andalsotodefineshort-or long-egeprinting.The

commandto do thisis:

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(notethatthe characterfollowingthe“&” is a lowercase“L”), and n is an

ASCIInumberwhichmaybeeither’’O”,“l’’or’’2”.If nis“O”,simplexmode

willbeselectedforthenextpagetobeprinted.If n is”1” or“2”,thenduplex

modewillbe selectedforthenextpage—” 1“selectinglong-edgebinding,

and“2” selectingshort-edgebinding(regardlessof pageorientation).Any

othervalueswillbe ignored.