4.2.18. Page length ; 4.2.19. Perforation skip - Page 49

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CHAPTER 2 "PCL" - 29 

Top margin

Bottom margin

Text length

Page length

4.2.18.  Page length 

Esc&l#P 

(27)(38)(108)#(80) 

<1Bh><26h><6Ch>#<50h> 

# stands for the length of the logical page in lines (at the current VMI). 

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If you specify a page length greater than is allowed by the physical size of the paper in the currently installed 

paper tray, a control panel message prompts you to load paper of the appropriate size. 

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When the printer receives this command any unprinted pages are printed and the left, right and top margins 

and the text  length are set to their user defaults. 

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If you specify a page length greater than is allowed by any of the supported paper sizes, the command is 

ignored. 

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If the current VMI is 0 the command is ignored. 

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For the USA, the factory default page size is letter, for which the default page length is 66 lines (11 inches at 6 

lines per inch). For Europe, the factory default page size is A4, for which the default page length is 70 lines 
(11.6 inches at 6 lines per inch). The default lengths for other paper sizes are: Legal - 84 lines,  Executive - 63 
lines (all at 6 lines per inch). 

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Depending on your printer model,  you can also set the page length from the printer’s control panel or remote 

printer console by setting LINES to the required number of lines per page in the PAGE FORMAT mode (see 
the User Guide). 

10 REM ******* SETTING THE PAGE LENGTH TO 66 LINES *******  

20 REM  

30 ESC$=CHR$(27)  

40 LPRINT ESC$+"&l66P";  

50 FOR I=1 TO 67  

60 LPRINT STR$(I)  

70 NEXT  

80 LPRINT CHR$(12);  

90 END 

4.2.19.  Perforation skip 

You can set the printer to flow text from one page to the next when it encounters a line feed (or half line feed) that 
would otherwise move the cursor position to below the bottom of the text area. When perforation skip is enabled 
the cursor is automatically moved to the top left hand corner of the text area on the next page and printing 
continues. 

Esc&l#L 

(27)(38)(108)#(76) 

<1Bh><26h><6Ch>#<4Ch> 

# is either 0 or 1. 

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# = 0 turns the perforation skip feature off. 

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# = 1 turns the perforation skip feature on. 

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The factory default mode is perforation skip on. 

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Whenever the perforation skip mode is changed, the top margin and page length values are reset to their 

default values.