CHR$(lO)
is
r
a
th
e
r
complic
a
ted.
First
y
ou open the pr
i
nt
er
as a
random
fi
l
e:
Although
this a
ll
ows y
ou to
s
end an
y
code to the print
e
r
, you can no
longer use t
h
e
LPRINT
c
o
mmand
.
Us
e a
#1 in
s
t
ead.
If you want to
print m
o
r
e
th
a
n
8
0 charact
e
rs
p
e
r lin
e i
n
a graphic
s
program
,
yo
u mu
s
t th
e
ref
o
r
e
change
y
our opening
s
t
a
t
ement
to
include the ap
p
ro
pri
a
t
e
WIDTH
s
t
a
t
e
m
e
nt:
And for the p
ro
g
rams in this manual
,
don
'
t forget to us
e
PR
INT #1
wherever
we
u
se
LPRINT
.
This won
'
t wor
k f
o
r th
ose o
f
yo
u wh
o
h
ave
th
e o
ri
g
in
a
l
re
l
eas
e
of
th
e
Disk Ope
r
a
t
i
n
g
S
yste
m
(
DOS
1
.
0).
I
t ca
n
'
t run
a
prin
ter lik
e a
file. IBM has,
h
oweve
r
,
i
ss
u
e
d
a
fr
ee
upd
a
t
e (
DOS 1
.
05)
;
t
ake a disk
to your dealer
t
o
g
e
t
yo
ur
co
p
y.
Another
printer
pr
o
bl
e
m
wi
th DOS
1
.
0 i
s
th
a
t
it d
oesn
'
t
s
end
CHR$(7)
to t
h
e
p
r
inter
;
it ju
s
t rin
gs
th
e
comput
e
r
'
s
b
e
ll
.
This h
as
also been correc
t
e
d
in
s
ub
se
qu
e
nt
ve
rsions.
QX
-
IO multi
font
CP/M
solutions
There are two
pr
o
bl
e
m
s yo
u m
ay
exp
e
ri
e
nc
e
when usin
g
th
e Multi-
font CP
/
M sys
t
e
m
.
Fir
s
tl
y,
it i
s
not possible to s
e
nd contr
o
l
charac-
ters in the ra
n
ge
0-31 without first giving the BIT ON comm
and
in
Multifont BA
SI
C
.
You ma
y
have trouble in sending contr
o
l
c
h
arac-
ters using softwa
r
e
in th
e C
P
/
M
e
n
v
ironment
,
not just B
ASIC
.
In
this case yo
u
r
d
ea
l
e
r
w
ill b
e a
bl
e
to tell
y
ou how t
o
p
atch
th
e
program
,
or give y
ou
a s
h
o
rt
C
OM
f
ile to run b
e
for
e yo
u
run th
e
applications
progra
m
.
When you co
n
fig
ur
e yo
ur
sys
t
e
m
yo
u should tak
e
the FX-
80 option
in the CONF
IG
progr
a
m
.
Thi
s
ma
y
cau
s
e
y
ou probl
e
m
s
in som
e
cases because
th
e
QX-
lO
will automaticall
y
send a carri
age return
and line feed after 8
0
c
h
a
r
ac
t
ers.
Y
o
u can
ex
tend this to
100 charac-
ters by taking
th
e
F
X
-
10
0
o
pti
o
n in CONFIG
.
If you w
ant more
,
you will have to go
b
ac
k t
o yo
ur d
ea
l
e
r to obtain
a
patch t
o CP
/
M
.
In Multifont
BASI
C,
th
e
WIDTH
LPRINT 255 will o
ve
r
come
thi
s
problem
.
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