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Purpose |
Send a formfeed (page eject) character to an attached printer device. |
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Syntax |
LPRINT FORMFEED |
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Remarks |
For direct connections, LPRINT FORMFEED sends a form-feed character (ASCII character 12, $FF, or CHR$(12)) to the attached line printer device, to ensure the current page will be ejected. For host-based connections, PowerBASIC signals to the printing subsystem to perform the page eject operation. Typically, an LPRINT FORMFEED is performed before a LPRINT FLUSH and LPRINT CLOSE. |
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See also |
LPRINT, LPRINT ATTACH, LPRINT CLOSE, LPRINT FLUSH, LPRINT$, XPRINT, XPRINT ATTACH |
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Example |
' Typical LPRINT printing strategy ERRCLEAR LPRINT ATTACH "LPT2" ' Use LPT2 device IF ISTRUE ERR OR ISFALSE LEN(LPRINT$) THEN LPRINT "This is your line-printer talking" LPRINT FORMFEED ' Issue a formfeed LPRINT FLUSH ' flush the buffer LPRINT CLOSE ' detach the printer END IF |