Printronix P9000 Series, User'S Reference Manual

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6-43 Programming
Forms Length Set (Lines)
ASCII Hex Decimal
P-Series SFCC LINES;n
Serial ESC C n 1B 43 n 27 67 n
Purpose Sets the length of a form (paper) in lines.
where n = 1 to 192 (P-Series) or 1 to 127 (Serial) to specify the number of lines
per page at the current line spacing.
Comment The forms length set becomes the current forms length. Forms length is deĆ
fined in inches; therefore, subsequent line spacing changes do not affect the
result of this command.
The forms length is set to the number of lines defined by the quotient of n"
and the current line spacing so that the units are in inches. When using the
ESC C sequence, the quotient of n" and the current lines per inch cannot
exceed 113 inches, or an incorrect forms length will result. In LINES mode,
the maximum form length is 24 inches, and n values in excess of 24 will cause
an error message (Command Line Error Messages are listed on page 6-3).
If the calculated forms length in lines is not an exact multiple of the paper step
distance, the forms length value will be adjusted down to the next possible
multiple.
When forms length is set by the ESC C sequence, the skip-over perforation is
set to zero.
In P-Series protocol, if the VFU is enabled and loaded, this command is igĆ
nored.