Epson FX-185 User Manual - Page 88

The FX-80, on the other hand, can perform a reverse line feed, and it uses this capability to place the underline one row lower than any text dot. To do this, the FX-80 prints the text to be underlined, moves the print head down the paper one row's worth to print the underline, then moves the print head back up to the original text line. To see which method your printer uses, delete line 10 and replace line 30: 30 FOR x=1 TO 5: LPRINT CHR$(l03);: NEXT x UNDERLINING IS SIMPLEggggg TO TURN ON/OFF On the FX-80, the underlining does occur below the descenders of the gs. Script Modes: Super and Sub Print pitches, such as Pica, Elite, and Compressed, affect the width of characters: both Elite and Compressed Modes may be seen as squeezing Pica characters horizontally. FX printers can also squeeze a character vertically-to about half its normal height. These short characters are called Script characters (not to be confused with calligraphic manuscript lettering). Because the Script characters are so short, they can be placed high or low on the line; thus you can use them for either SUPERscripts or SUBscripts. This command turns Superscripting on: LPRINT CHR$(27)"50" This one turns Subscripting on: LPRINT CHR$(27)"S1" Try this program to see both kinds of Script characters: 20 LPRINT CHR$(27)"S0SUPER"; 30 LPRINT CHR$(27)"TSCRIPT AND"; 40 LPRINT CHR$(27)"S1 SUB"; 50 LPRINT CHR$(27)"TSCRIPT" 60 LPRINT "CAN EVEN GO ON THE SAME LINE" 71