Epson FX-185 User Manual - Page 71

NEW 2Ø LPRINT CHR$(15)"COMPRESSED MODE IS SET WITH CHR$(15)" 3Ø LPRINT "IT WILL STAY ON UNTIL YOU CANCEL IT" 4Ø LPRINT CHR$(l8)"PICA AGAIN" COMPRESSED MODE IS SET WITH CHR$(15) IT WILL STAY ON UNTIL YOU CANCEL IT PICA AGAIN Notice that we had you use only CHR$(l5) to turn Compressed Mode on-that is, we didn't have you type in an ESCape code first. If you prefer consistency to brevity, you may add one and use ESCape CHR$(15) to get the same effect. As do most other print modes on FX printers, Compressed stays on until you turn it off. And there is a specific code that turns Compressed Mode off-CHR$(18). The Reset Code would work just as well, but remember that it also resets all other current printer modes to the defaults. The FX gives you a choice of resetting codes one at a time or all at once. At 17.16 characters per inch, Compressed Mode is the narrowest character pitch available on FX printers. FX-80 users can fit 132 Compressed characters into each line (up to 137 by changing the right margin setting; see Chapter 9). FX-100 users can get 233 Compressed characters per print line. Compressed Mode is especially useful for printing spreadsheets or reports that require several columns of information. If you find yourself using this pitch more often than not, you can change the default pitch from Pica to Compressed Mode by setting 54