Epson LX-86, User Manual

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For any combination,. just add up the values of each of the modes
you want and use the total as the number after
ESCape “!“. For
example,
to calculate the code for double-width italic underlined pica,
add the following numbers together:
underline 128
italic
64
double-width 32
pica
0
224
To print this combination, therefore, you use ESCape "!” followed
by the number 224. In BASIC the command is CHR$(27)“!”
CHR$(224).
To try this number or any other, enter and run this short program,
which will ask you for a Master Select number and then give you a
sample of printing using that code. Again, if you are using Applesoft
BASIC, see Appendix F.
10 INPUT “Master Select number” ;M
20 LPRINT CHR$ (27) ”!“ CHR$(M)
3 0 L P R I N T “ T h i s s a m p l e o f p r i n t i n g u s e s ”
40 LPRINT
"Master Select number";M
5 0 L P R I N T C H R $ ( 2 7 ) “ @ ”
In this program, you can use any number you calculate with the
formula above, but remember that emphasized can’t combine
with condensed or elite. If you try to combine emphasized with
either of the two narrow pitches, you won’t harm your printer; it
will simply use a priority list in its memory to determine which
mode to use. This priority list causes a corn bination of emphasized
and elite to produce elite only, a combination of emphasized and
condensed to produce emphasized only, and a combination of all
three to produce condensed elite.
Master Select is a powerful code that gives you an easy way to
produce multiple combination's with a single command. To see
double-strike emphasized italic printing, for example, you need only
one ESCape code instead of three.
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