80 LPRINTCHR$(ll) ; “F’IFTHTAB.”
Now when you run the program the first page looks just like
before, but line 80 sends one more (VT) than there are tabs.
This doesn’t confuse the printer – it advances the paper to the
next tab position, which happens to be the first tab position on
the next page.
There’s a one-time vertical tab command that works just like
the one-time horizontal tab command. Try this program to see
how these commands work.
10 ‘ ~~~~ of p]”i
I-it })(-).S it. i(Jrl::i
XI 1.IWI
NT “* 1st Lin~.<,1st fl) Imm”
30 LPR1NT
CHR$(27) : “fl “ ;CHR$(3) ;
4(”IL.PRINT “* 4t:h Linch, 1st Co1urrrn”
50 LPRIW CHR$(27 ) ; “fO“ ;CHR$(7) ;
Ml LPE!lNT “* 5th Line, 7th CoIl]mri”
70 LPRINTCHR$(27) ; “fl” ;CHli$(3 ) ;
80 LPRINTCHR$(27) ; “f(j” ;(;HR$(5) ;
90 LPRINT “* i3t.h Lirle, 5t.li C<lll.]m]l”
100 tnul
In this program, line 30 sends a one-time vertical tab with
(ESC) “f’ 1 command. Line 50 sends a one-time horizontal tab
with {ESC) “f” O command. Finally, line 70 and line 80 send
one-time vertical tab and one-time horizontal tab, so the line 90
prints text at the specified position.
