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Skip–over perforation – Printronix P3000 Series User Manual

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Programming

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Skip–Over Perforation

ASCII

Hex

Decimal

P–Series

N/A

N/A

N/A

Serial

ESC N n

1B 4E n

27 78 n

Purpose

Selects the number of lines (at the current line spacing) for the paper “skip” at the
bottom of the perforated page.

where

n = 1 to 127 to select the number of lines to skip. If the value of n exceeds the
current forms length, it is ignored.

Comment

The actual distance set is the product of n and the current line spacing. The factory
default value is to disable skip–over perforation. You can specify the default value.
Setting a new forms length (ESC C) resets skip–over perforation to zero.

This feature is disabled whenever vertical tabs are set.

You can also select skip–over perforation from the control panel; however, vertical
tabs within the skip–over perforation zone, as set by the control panel, are ignored.
The control code skip–over perforation setting from the host computer overrides the
control panel setting.