Brother International HL-1070 Technical Reference - Page 307
Using Characters, Proportional spacing
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2001/10/02 5.3. Using Characters Select character set I Esc7 (27)(55) This command selects IBM Character set I for use in subsequent printing operations. LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(55); 'Select character set I Select character set II Esc6 (27)(56) This command selects IBM character set II for use in subsequent printing operations. LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(54); 'Select character set II Set pitch to 10 cpi DC2 (18) • This command sets the printing pitch to 10 characters per inch (cpi). • If condensed character mode has previously been set, it is cancelled. LPRINT CHR$(18); 'set pitch to 10 CPI Set pitch to 12 cpi Esc: (27)(58) This command sets the printing pitch to 12 characters per inch (cpi). LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(58); 'set pitch to 12 CPI Proportional spacing EscPn (27)(80)n n • This command allows you to turn proportional spacing on or off. • Setting n to 1 turns proportional spacing on. Subsequent text is printed proportionally spaced. • Setting n to 0 turns proportional spacing off. Subsequent text is printed monospaced. • If you change the character pitch using DC2, SI or Esc :, proportional spacing is automatically turned off. LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(80); CHR$(1); 'Turn proportional spacing on Set condensed character mode SI (15) • This command selects condensed character mode. Subsequent text characters are condensed horizontally when printed. • The DC2 code, used to select a character pitch of 10 cpi, cancels condensed character mode. LPRINT CHR$(15); 'Set condensed character mode Set emphasized character mode EscE (27)(69) This command turns emphasized character mode on. Subsequent text is printed with a bold stroke width. LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(69); 'Turn emphasized character mode on Cancel emphasized character mode EscF (27)(70) This command turns emphasized character mode off. Subsequent text is printed with medium stroke width. LPRINT CHR$(27)l CHR$(70); 'Turn emphasized character mode off CHAPTER 7 IBM PROPRINTER - 14