GE TermiNet 300 Beginner's Manual page 10

BEGINNERS GUIDE
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the
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RETURN
key ret
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lefthand marqin like the
electric
typewrlt~r.
LIN EFEED.
the Printer to the
return
key
on an
The
IF
key is th9 Linefeed key. Pressing this
key will advance the paper one or two lines
de
0
end i
n
Jon ' : ' . / her e t
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N ES PAC E
s wit c h i s
set. (The
LINES~ACE
switch will
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discussed
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SHIFT.
The last remaInIng righthand control key' is
the SHIFT key that performs just like the
shift key on most typewriters.
LEfT SIDE KEYS.
VERTICAL
TAB.
The keys marked VT and
FF
are for the
Vertical
Tao
and Form Feed. When the VT key
is pressed,
a
VT character is generated. This
character will not cause your Printer to dG
anything unless it has the Vertical Tab, Form
Feed option inst3lleJ. Regardless of whether
or not this option is installed, the VT
signal is generated and will be sent to any
remote printer to which your Printer may be
connected.
It
the
VTFF
option is installed in your
Printer, pressing the VT key will advance the
paper to the next vertical tab. The vertical
tabs are progra~med into your Printer by
punching holes into a disk. This disk fits
into the
VTFF
device which is (if installed)
inside the Printer case.
FORM FEED.
The
FF
key also generates the
FF
character
regardless of whether or not the VTFF option
is installed in your Printer.
The FF
key will
have no effect on your Printer if the option
is not installed.
If the VTFF option is installed, pressing the
FF key will automatically advance your paper
to the beginning of the next form (page).
HORIZONTAL TAB.
Tne HT key is the Horizontal Tab key.
Pressing this key advances your Printer to
the next horizontal
ta~.
If your Printer is
connected to a remote teleprinter having an
HT option, pressing the
HI
key will advance
both printers to the next horizontal tab.
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CONTROL.
The
eTl
key is the Control key. The operation
of this key is silnilar to thdt of a
SiiIFT
key
sin c e i t
mod
i fie s c
h
d
r
d
c t e r sse n t by
f)
t -
e
'~ ~:; i n (:
other keys. The CTL key is alvvays
UJPlj
'.",ith
another key. For instJnce, hold down the
elL
key and then press t:te
G
key. You shou
LJ (H~t
a
high pitched beep lasting about one hdll
second. You mignt
~otice
that the front
of
the
G
key is marked
8EL
(BELL). The Control
keys are marked with ~rown letters on
a
whi
tl'
background.
If you desire more knowledge of the Control
codes, please re'fer to PROGRAMMER'S
MANUAL
GEK-15002A.
ESCAPE.
Ine ESC
key is the
~scape
key. Tnis key
i~
a
1
sou sed inc
0
n
,i
un c
t
ion \" i t
11
0
t
n e
r key
s . 1
1
you desire to qenerate an
t:SCAPE
cooe,
you
press anj release the ESC key and then
ores~
an
0
the
r
key. l'h
eke
Y
5 U 5
earn
os t
0
f t
9
n
'/'1
i t h
the ESC k~y
3re
a150 ~arked on the
fronL.
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E.S C k_ e
V
'n
ark
i nos are i n
\AI
hit e
1
e
t t e r
son (
b
row n
b
a c I( 0 r 0
un d • (N
0
tic
e
the fro
n t 0 f t
r' , ('
ESC key is ~arked wit~ a brown band).
HORIZONTAL TA8 CLEAri.
One funct
i
on
of
the
t:3CAP E
key
is
to
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t
driO
clear horizantal t-3bs.
If
'y"lU
Dress In(~
release the ESC key and then ~r8SS the 2
KeV,
all the ~orizontal
t3jS
in your ~rinter will
be
clean:;).
Not onl y wi 11 your 011'/n t)ori zontal taos be
cleared, but if your Printer is remotely
connected to another printer having the
horizontal tab optio~, the remote printer's
horizontal tabs will also be cleared.
HORIZONTAL TAB
SET.
Settinq the horizontal tabs involves two
things:
I.
The
Tab
Set signal which is Obtained
by pressinq and releasinq the ESC key
and then pressing the
1
(one) ke'l.
2.
The present print position (column)
of the Printer.
Whenever an ESC signal is recoqnized,
d
horizontal tab is set at the then existing
print position; for example, if the
P~I
says
35
when an ESC 1 is recognized,
d
horizontal
tab will be set at orint oosition J~.
t ,
Note that if any norizontal tabs dre set, the
lowest tab set becomes the left marQin.
There are other uses for
~SCAPE
codes, but
these will
be
discussed later.
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