Paper Perforation Skip; Skip Command - Epson FX Series User Manual

Why does the printer give you two options? In some cases, setting
the form length by inches is more convenient. If you know how many
inches long the form should be, the printer will calculate the correct
setting for you, regardless of the current line spacing. On the other
hand, setting the form length by number of lines is the only way you
can set extremely long form lengths.
If you set the line spacing to its maximum of 85/72-inch and you
also set the form length to its maximum of
that is nearly 150 inches long. Compare this to the maximum of 22
inches that you get when you set form length in inches. Except for this
difference, your choice of form setting command is a matter of per-
sonal preference.
Either format of
ing that is in effect when the command is given. Subsequent changes
in line spacing will not affect it. This can be important in the graphics
programs later in this manual.

Paper Perforation Skip

You can avoid printing on the paper perforation by setting the top
of form properly and making sure the printer is informed of the cor-
rect form length. Then your appropriately placed form feeds will keep
the printing off the perforation.
But there are some situations in which you will find that sending
form feeds on every page is inconvenient, and others in which you
can't control the process with a BASIC program. A good example of
the latter is printing a listing of a long BASIC program. If your com-
puter system's LLIST command doesn't automatically skip perfora-
tions, most printers can't compensate. Your FX, however, can; it can
automatically output a form feed at the bottom of every page to clean
up those listings. You can think of it as an automatic skip-over-
perforation command.

Skip command

ESCape "N", the skip-over-perforation command, can automati-
cally skip lines at the bottom of each page to avoid printing right on
the perforation, but you must first inform the printer of two things:
where the correct top of form is and 2) how long the current forms are.
"C" sets the form length in the line spac-
CHR$(27)
lines, you get a form
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