Not-So-Standard Forms; Setting The Top Of Form (Tof) - Epson FX-80 User Manual

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Figure 8·1. Setting the Top Of Form (TOF).
Tum on the printer. The FX-80 will now remember this position on
the paper as the TOE Each form feed will bring the paper back to the
corresponding position on the next sheet. Try pressing the FF button
(with the printer OFF LINE). Sure enough, right to the top of the form.
Now do a few line feeds, then tum the printer back ON LINE, and
type:
LPRINT CHR$(12)
(ASCII 12 is the FF code.)
Note: Some users will be better off using CHR$(140).
CHR$(12) sends the paper to the top of the next form. It works just
like the FF button with one exception. Because of the automatic line
feed at the end of each LPRINT line, sending the FF code in BASIC
causes an extra line feed. Don't worry-we can adjust for this extra
line feed in our programs if necessary.
Not-so-standard forms
The printer already knows that a form is 11 inches long. But what if
you decide to use a shorter form length, say 5 or 7 inches? The printer
has no way of "sensing" the length of your paper. You must somehow
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