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In a laser-printer manual I was reading today I found a table entitled
`Meaningful control codes'
The first entry is
NUL (0) Null. Used for filling in time during transmission or
space on media.
Others include
BBS (08) Back space. Causes impact-type printer [sic] to move the
print element one space to the left. In [this printer], BS has
this effect only if it is the first code in the print line.
DEL (7F) Delete. Indicates that subsequent data is to be ignored.
Neat printer. Now I know what I should be using to fill all that unused
space on the disk...
Lee
[I have omitted the name of the manufacturer out of compassion...]
(From the "Rest" of RHF)
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