Star SP2000 Series, Programmer'S Manual

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FUNCTION
Sets right margin
CODE <ESC> "Q" n
1B 51 n
OUTLINE
Sets the non-printable range with the current character pitch up to
the nth postion with the left edge as the reference, after printing
the data in the line buffer.
Settings changed partway through a line take effect from the
subsequent line. Changing the character pitch after setting does
not change the right margin. The right margin is the right edge is
when the power is turned ON.
The right margin must be at least 18 dots within the following
values. Also, if there is less than one character including the
space between characters in the printable range set for the left
and right margins, a "?" will be printed instead of the character
because printing is not possible there.
The range of n is 2
<
=
n
<
=
<maximum number of printable digits>
<
=
255. The default is n = maximum number of printable digits>.