Article 43421 of comp.sys.cbm: Xref: undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca comp.sys.cbm:43421 Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Path: undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca!csbruce From: csbruce@ccnga.uwaterloo.ca (Craig Bruce) Subject: Re: Help: Okidata Microline 182 Printer Sender: news@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (news spool owner) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 10:02:50 GMT References: <45iakg$mrg@ds2.acs.ucalgary.ca> Nntp-Posting-Host: ccnga.uwaterloo.ca Organization: University of Waterloo, Canada (eh!) writes: >I was recently given an Okidata Microline 182 printer. > >Unfortunately, I didn't get the manual with it. It's a pretty straightforward >little 9 pin printer, so most of it is just common sense. >Specifically, I'm wondering if there is a setting to skip over the page >perforations. Zed 128 v.77 doesn't do it for me. Well, ZED-128 v0.77 is a text editor rather than a word processor. But, you might try to set the skip-perforations option by software. If your printer is roughly Epson-compatible, then the following command should work: PRINT#4, CHR$(27)+"N"+CHR$(4) where the CHR$(4) tells it to skip four lines at the bottom of the form (you can use 1--127), and where this command is translated by your interface (the capital N should be lowercase (i.e., ASCII uppercase) if your interface is in transparent mode). To get out if this mode, use ESC+O (ASCII-uppercase O). Keep on Hackin'! -Craig Bruce csbruce@ccnga.uwaterloo.ca "In the word 'LAW', the leading 'F' is pronounced silently."