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Compressed Mode, Pitch comparison

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J Figure 3-5. Pica and Elite letters 30 LPRINT CHR$(27)"P"; 40 LPRINT PICA PITCH THE NORMAL PRINT WIDTH" When you RUN it, you should get: Figure 3-6. Pitch comparison The 10 blank spaces in line 20 above print as 10 Elite spaces; the 10 corresponding spaces in line 40 print as Pica spaces. This means, as you can see in Figure 3-6, that the different width modes affect spaces as well as characters. The modes also affect tabs, which we will discuss in Chapter 9. The ESCape "P" in line 30 turns Elite Mode off and returns the printer to Pica pitch. Notice that, because Pica is the factory-set default, it comes on whenever you turn the printer on (unless you've changed the pitch default by changing a DIP switch). Compressed Mode To see a third handy print pitch that is available on FX printers, replace your current program with this one: 53

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J
Figure
3-5. Pica and Elite letters
30 LPRINT CHR$(27)"P";
40 LPRINT
PICA PITCH THE NORMAL PRINT
WIDTH"
When you RUN it, you should get:
Figure 3-6. Pitch comparison
The
10
blank spaces in line 20 above print as
10
Elite spaces; the
10
corresponding spaces in line 40 print as Pica spaces. This means, as
you can see in Figure 3-6, that the different width modes affect spaces
as well as characters. The modes also affect tabs, which we will discuss
in Chapter 9.
The ESCape “P" in line 30 turns Elite Mode off and returns the
printer to Pica pitch. Notice that, because Pica is the factory-set
default, it comes on whenever you turn the printer on (unless you’ve
changed the pitch default by changing a DIP switch).
Compressed Mode
To see a third handy print pitch that is available on FX printers,
replace your current program with this one:
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