Epson FX-286 User Manual - Page 69

The printer's priority list causes a combination of emphasized and elite to produce elite only, a combination of emphasized and condensed to produce emphasized only, and a combination of all three to produce condensed elite. Also remember that elite or condensed will cancel pica. 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 underlined printing, for example, you need only one ESCape code instead of three. Indeed, Master Select is such a powerful feature that it may occasionally be more powerful than you want it to be. Because it controls seven different modes, a Master Select code will cancel any of those seven that are not selected. For example, suppose that you have a page in elite and want part of it underlined. If you use ESCape "!" 128 to turn on underlining, your FX-286 will begin printing in underlined pica instead of underlined elite because the 128 code does not include elite. Use 129 for underlined elite. Superscript and subscript Your FX-286 can also print superscripts and subscripts, which you can use for mathematical formulas, footnotes, and other items that require numbers or letters above or below the usual print line. ESCape "SO" turns on superscript and ESCape "S1" turns on subscript. ESCape "T" turns off either one. You can see them in action with the program below: 10 LPRINT "The formula for water is H"; 20 LPRINT CHR$(27)"S1";"2"CHR$(27)"T"; 30 LPRINT "0." 40 LPRINT CHR$(27)"T" T h e f o r m u l a f o r w a t e r i s H2O . Now that you see how to use the ESCape sequences for superscript and subscript, you can devise your own examples. 5-13