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INPUT, number, LPRINT, CHR$M, printing, u.ses, Master, Select, number;M, BASIC, see Appendix F.

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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 expanded italic underlined pica, add the following numbers together: underline 128 italic 64 expanded 32 pica -4 224 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 Se1 ect number" ; M 20 LPRINT CHR$( 27) " ! "CHR$(M) 30 LPRINT "This sample of printing u.ses " 40 LPRINT "Master Select number";M 50 LPRINT CHR$( 27) "@" In this program, you can use any number you calculate with the formula above, but remember that emphasized can't combine with compressed 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 combination of emphasized and elite to produce elite only, a combination of emphasized and compressed to produce emphasized only, and a combination of all three to produce compressed elite. Master Select is a powerful code that gives you an easy way to produce multiple combinations with a single command. To see double-strike emphasized italic printing, for example, you need only one ESCape code instead of three. 48

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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 expanded italic underlined pica, add
the following numbers together:
underline
italic
expanded
pica
128
64
32
-4
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
Se1
ect
number”
;
M
20
LPRINT
CHR$(
27)
”
!
“CHR$(M)
30
LPRINT
“This
sample
of
printing
u.ses
”
40
LPRINT
“Master
Select
number”;M
50
LPRINT
CHR$(
27)
“@”
In this program, you can use any number you calculate with the
formula above, but remember that emphasized can’t combine with
compressed 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 combination of emphasized and elite to produce
elite only, a combination of emphasized and compressed to produce
emphasized only, and a combination of all three to produce com-
pressed elite.
Master Select is a powerful code that gives you an easy way to
produce multiple combinations 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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