Variable Horizontal Tabs - Epson FX Series User Manual

Variable horizontal tabs

You can change the default horizontal tab settings by specifying
new tab stops. To do this, use the format:
CHR$(27)"D"CHR$(n,) . . . CHR$(n
where n, and n
and the CHR$(O) inf orms the printer that you are through setting tabs.
The FX can store up to 32 tab stops; you may specify one or all of
these. You may also add stops to one or more of the default tabs, as in
the next version of your current program.
Delete lines 40 through 90 and add:
40
LPRINT CHR$(27)"D"CHR$(6)CHR$(12)CHR$(20)CHR$(0);
50
LPRINT H$;"ONE";H$;"TWO";H$;"END"
RUN it to see if you get the results of Figure 9-8.
In line 40 you set new tab stops at
setting process with CHR$(0). The H$ sends the tabbing command.
For your horizontal tab settings, you cannot use a number larger
than the one that represents the last column of the page. If you have
not reset the margins, for the FX-80 this is:
79 in Pica, 95 in Elite, and
stand for the first and last of a series of new tab stops,
k
Figure 9-8. Variable horizontal tabs
131
,)CHR$(O)
k
and
6, 12,
in Compressed.
terminating the
20,
121