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VERTICALLY, HOWEVER, IS ...@FIXED.... BY
 THE PIN SPACING IN THE DOT MATRIX PRINT
-HEAD.  LASERMATRIX SENDS OUT A FIXED MU
LTIPLE OF ...@2.... TIMES THIS VERTICAL 
DENSITY...TO COMPUTE PAGE HEIGHT (IN CAR
DS), DO THE FOLLOWING:....8.(.8.8.8.8.8.
8.8.......  A).DETERMINE THE HEIGHT OF T
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T ANY TOP AND BOTTOM MARGINS TO BE USED.
  C).MULTIPLY BY THE STANDARD VERTICAL D
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.(.......FOR EXAMPLE, THE STAR SG-10 HAS
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..@NOTE:  THIS BIT OF INFORMATION IS CRI
TICAL AND MAY NOT BE EXPLICIT IN YOUR MA
NUAL.  READ THE DETAILS, FINE PRINT, AND
 CODING EXAMPLES TO OBTAIN THIS NUMBER!.
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