Epson FX-286 User Manual - Page 73

most are taken care of by applications programs. Instead, this section describes a few commands that the average user might need. For more information, see Appendixes G and J, where all the commands are listed and described. Margins The FX-286 allows you to set the left and right margins with simple ESCape sequences. In the Epson mode, the left margin command is ESCape "1" followed by the number of the column you choose for the left margin. The right margin command is ESCape "Q" followed by the column number of the right margin you want. (For the left margin command, be sure to use a lowercase letter l, not the numeral one.) If your word processing program does not allow you to change the margins, you can send margin commands to your FX-286 with BASIC or another programming language before you print your documents. For example, if you prefer wider margins than your word processing program gives you, run the following BASIC program before printing. This program gives you a left margin of 10 and a right margin of 60, but you can use any numbers you prefer for the margin commands. NEW 10 LPRINT CHR$(27)"1"CHR$(10); 20 LPRINT CHR$(27)"Q"CHR$(60); A program like this also allows you to choose the margins you prefer for program listings. Just remember that once you run a program that sets margins, those margins are in effect until you change them with new margin commands or turn off or reset the printer. The maximum right margins are shown in Table 5-5. Table 5-5. Maximum right margin settings Normal 136 Elite 163 Condensed 233 Condensed Elite* 272 *Epson mode only 5-17