6.2. Page set up; Esc9 (27)(57) ; Esc8 (27)(56) - Page 303

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Enable out-of-paper sensor 

Esc9  (27)(57) 

  <1Bh><39h> 

The printer ignores this command. 

Disable out-of-paper sensor 

Esc8  (27)(56) 

  <1Bh><38h> 

The printer ignores this command. 

6.2.

Page set up 

Set page length 

EscC

n 

(27)(67)n

<1Bh><43h>n  

This command sets the page length in lines. 

or 

EscCNULn (27)(67)(00)n 

<1Bh><43h><00h>n 



This command sets the page length in inches. 



The top of form position is set to be the current line. 



n

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

of the command is used. 



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 127. 



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$(27); CHR$(67); CHR$(40); '40 lines per page 
LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(67); CHR$(0); CHR$(11); '11 inches per page 

Set left margin 

Escln (27)(108)n 

 <1Bh><6Ch>n 



This command sets the left margin in columns from the left edge of the page.  The width of a column is the 
current character width. 



In proportional spacing mode a column width of 1/10" is adopted. 



This command clears all tab settings. 



The minimum space allowed between the left and right margins is 1/5". 

LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(108); CHR$(10); 'Left margin 1" at 10 cpi 

Set right margin 

EscQn (27)(81)n 

<1Bh><51h>n 



This command sets the right margin in columns from the left edge of the page.  The width of a column is the 
current character width. 



In proportional spacing mode a column width of 1/10" is adopted. 



This command clears all tab settings. 



The minimum space allowed between the left and right margins is 1/5". 

LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(81); CHR$(72); 'Right margin 6" at 12 cpi 

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 spacing setting between the bottom margin and the bottom edge of 

the paper. 



n

 must be in the range 1 to 127. 



Esc C

 (Set Page Length) and 

Esc O

 (Cancel Perforation Skip) cancel automatic perforation skip.