Esc9 ; 4.2.12. Resetting the horizontal margins ; 4.2.13. Setting the top margin - Page 46

2001/10/02

CHAPTER 2 "PCL" - 26 

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If the current cursor position is to the right of your new right margin setting, the cursor will be moved to the 

new right margin.  

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The factory default left and right margin settings are at the left and right edges of the logical page 

respectively. 

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Depending on your model,  margin settings can be made from the printer’s control panel (see the User Guide). 

10 REM ***** SET AND CLEAR SIDE MARGINS *****  

20 ESC$=CHR$(27)  

30 WIDTH "LPT1:",255  

40 REM --- END OF LINE WRAP ON ---  

50 LPRINT ESC$+"&s0C";  

60 REM --- LEFT MARGIN SET TO 10 COLUMNS ----  

70 LPRINT ESC$+"&a10L";  

80 REM --- RIGHT MARGIN SET TO 70 COLUMNS ----  

90 LPRINT ESC$+"&a70M";  

100 REM --- PRINT "0123456789" 10 TIMES  

110 FOR I=1 TO 10  

120 LPRINT "0123456789";  

130 NEXT  

140 LPRINT  

150 REM --- CLEAR SIDE MARGIN ----  

160 LPRINT ESC$+"9";  

170 REM --- PRINT "0123456789" 10 TIMES  

180 FOR I=1 TO 10  

190 LPRINT "0123456789";  

200 NEXT  

210 REM --- PAPER EJECT ----  

220 LPRINT CHR$(12);  

230 END 

4.2.12.  Resetting the horizontal margins 

Esc9  

(27)(39) 

<1Bh><39h> 

This command resets the left and right margins to the left and right edges of the logical page respectively. 

4.2.13.  Setting the top margin 

Esc&l#E 

(27)(38)(108)#(69) 

<1Bh><26h><6Ch>#<45h> 

# stands for the distance between the top of the logical page and the top margin in rows. 

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The row height is as defined by the VMI. If you subsequently change the VMI (or the line spacing) the top 

margin position that you have set does not change - that is, when you specify the top margin position it 
remains fixed physically until you specify a new one or reset it to a default value. 

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The top margin command is ignored if you try to set a margin greater than the current length of the logical 

page. 

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The top margin command is ignored if the current VMI is 0. 

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The factory default top margin setting is half an inch below the top of the logical page. 

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Depending on your model,  the top margin can be set from the printer’s control panel (see the User Guide). 

10 REM ******* SET TOP MARGIN TO 10 LINES *******  

20 REM  

30 ESC$=CHR$(27)  

40 LPRINT ESC$+"&l10E";  

50 LPRINT "10 LINES "  

60 LPRINT CHR$(12);  

70 END