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CHAPTER 7 IBM PROPRINTER - 11 

5.2. 

Page Format 

Set page length 

EscCn 

(27)(67)n   

<1Bh><43h>n 

This command sets the page length in lines. 

or 

EscCNULn  (27)(67)(0)n 

<1Bh><43h><00h>n 

• 

This command sets the page length in inches. 

• 

n

 is the number of lines that make up one page, or the length of the page in inches, according to the 

form of the command. 

• 

If the first form of the command is used (

n

 = the number of lines in the page) the current line spacing 

setting is used to determine the length of the page. 

• 

If the first form of the command is used,  

n

 must be in the range 1 to 255. 

• 

If the second form of the command is used ( 

n

 = page length in inches ),  

n

 must be in the range 1  to 

14. 

LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(81); CHR$(22); 'Disable printer 

Set left and right margins 

EscXmn 

(27)(88)mn  

<1Bh><88h>mn 

• 

This command sets the left and right margins. 

• 

m

 = the number of character positions at the current pitch (characters per inch) between the left edge 

of the page and t he left margin. 

• 

n

 = the number of character positions at the current pitch between the left edge of the page and the 

right margin. 

• 

If you set 

m

 = 0 the current left margin setting is retained. 

• 

If you set 

n

 = 0 the current right margin setting is retained. 

LPRINT CHR$(18); 'Set pitch to 10 CPI 

LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(88); CHR$(10); CHR$(70); 'Set margins to 1" and 

7" 

Set perforation skip 

EscNn 

(27)(78)n   

<1Bh><4Eh>n 

• 

This command sets the bottom margin and enables perforation skip,  that is,  whenever the print 

position reaches the bottom margin the printer performs a page eject and moves the print position to 
the top of the next page. 

• 

n

 = the number of lines at the current line space setting between the bottom edge of the page and the 

bottom margin. 

• 

n

 must be in the range 1 to 255. 

• 

Esc C

 (set page length) and 

Esc O

(Cancel perforation skip) cancel automatic perforation skip. 

• 

If the bottom margin is set to be above the top margin,  the top margin is discarded and one line is 

enabled for printing. 

LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(78); CHR$(4); 'Set bottom margin to 4 lines. 

Cancel perforation skip 

EscO  

(27)(79) 

<1Bh><4Fh> 

This command cancels the automatic perforation skip feature. 

LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(79); 'Cancel perforation skip.