Oki MICROLINE 591Elite User Manual

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3 – 28EpsonYou have the option of setting up to eight separate sets—called channels—of verticaltab stops. The command to set vertical tab channels, ESC b, uses the same principlesas ESC B: stops are listed in ascending order, and the list ends with NUL. You haveto specify which channel you are setting stops for, by giving a value from 0 to 7 forthe variable n. Once you have set up the stops in the channels you are using, youperform the vertical tabs by sending the ESC / command to specify a channel, followedby VT.Vertical Tab Channel Decimal Hex ASCII CompSelect vertical tab channel 27 47 n 1B 2F n ESC / n ESelect vertical tab stops 27 98 n 1B 62 n ESC b n Efor channel n m1...mk 0 m1...mk 00 m1...mk NULn = 0 to 7; m = 1 to 255; k = 1 to 16ExampleThe following BASIC program sets stops in three channels, and then performs a seriesof vertical tabs in the different channels:5 REM Stops in channel 0: lines 10, 20, 30, 40, 5010 LPRINTCHR$(27);“b”;CHR$(0);CHR$(10);CHR$(20);CHR$(30);CHR$(40);CHR$(50);CHR$(0)20 REM Stops in channel 1: lines 5, 15, 35, 45, 5530 LPRINT CHR$(27);“b”;CHR$(1);CHR$(5);CHR$(15);CHR$(35);CHR$(45);CHR$(55);CHR$(0)40 REM Stops in channel 2: lines 12, 24, 4850 LPRINT CHR$(27);“b”;CHR$(2);CHR$(12);CHR$(24);CHR$(48);CHR$(0)60 LPRINT CHR$(27);“/”;CHR$(1): REM Select channel 170 LPRINT CHR$(11);“This prints on line 5”80 LPRINT CHR$(11);LPRINT CHR$(11);“This prints on line 35”90 LPRINT CHR$(27);“/”;CHR$(2): REM Select channel 2100 LPRINT CHR$(11);“This prints on line 48”110 LPRINT CHR$(27);“/”;CHR$(0): REM Select channel 0120 LPRINT CHR$(11);“This prints on line 50”