Laser Printer Applications Manual

Line feeds

LineFeedcommandadvancestheprintpositiononelinedownthepage.

The meaningof a lineis set by the LineDepthcommand.

To senda line feedjust sendthiscontrolcode:

<LF>

The Half Line Feed commandis the one you want for subscripts.This

commandmovestheprintpositiondownthepageonehalf thecurrentline

depth:

<ESC>=

To senda reverseHalfLineFeed,movingthe printpositionup to let you

printa superscript,uselhiscommand:

<ESC>&a–.5 R

Form feed

Thiscommand,likethePRINTbutton,makestheprinteradvanceto anew

sheetofpaper.WhenyousendthecFF>controlcodeyouarcalsotellingthe

printer to print all its stored page information.Rememberto send this

commandtomakesureanylastpartialpagein yourprinter’smemorygets

printed:

<FF>

Define automatic line endings

When you pressthe CarnageReturnkey whatdo youexpectto happen?

Mostpeoplethinkacomputerkeyboardshouldworklikeatypewriter,with

a CarnageReturnstartinga newline as well.

Butcomputerprogramsdon’thavetostickto thatanalogy.Someprograms

(particularlygraphicspackages)wanta CarriageReturnto just movethe

printpositionbackto theleftedgeof thepage.Andtheywanta LineFeed

to movedownto anewlinewithoutgoingbacktothebeginningoftheline.

So youcan specifyexactlyhowyou want<CR>,<LF>and<FF>to work

withthiscommand:

<ESC>&k n G