Epson FX-185 User Manual - Page 168

Table 11-1. Graphics Modes Alternate Mode Density code Description Head speed (in./sec.) 0 Single CHR$(27)"K" 60 dots per inch; 480 dots per 8" line 16 816 dots per 13.6" line 1 Low-Speed CHR$(27)"L" 120 dots per inch; Double 960 dots per 8" line 8 1632 dots per 13.6"line High-Speed CHR$(27)"Y" Same density as 16 2 Double Mode 1, but faster. The printer does not print consecutive dots in any one row. Quadruple CHR$(27)"Z" 240 dots per inch; 8 1920 dots per 8" line; 3 3264 dots per 13.6"line The printer does not print consecutive dots in any one row. Epson none Matches the screen 8 QX-10 density of the QX-10: 80 dots per inch; 4 640 dots per 8" iine; 1088 dots per 13.6" line. (This makes it easv to do screen dumps.) One-to-one none (plotter) 5 72 dots per inch 12 576 dots per 8" line; 979 dots per 13.6" line. Produces the same density horizontally as vertically, which makes circles look round Other CRT none 90 dots per inch; 8 screens 6 720 dots per 8" line; 1224 dots per 13.6" line Matches the Corvus Concept and DEC® screens. the mode number a variable, M. As M varied, so did the graphics density. It was your use of the "*" command that allowed you to use the variable. Suppose you had used the "K" command instead. You could use the reassigning code to make it work as though it were "*". To see this work, enter the following lines for your current program: 15 LPRINT CHR$(27)"?K"CHR$(M); 20 A$=CHR$(27)+"K"+CHR$(l2@l)+CHR$(@) 151