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BASIC Program Listings, Quiet Printing, Graphics and User-Defined Characters - user manual

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Keep in mind that this puts extra wear on your ribbon and slows your printing speed. A few word processing programs support the FX's Proportional Mode. Since there is no DIP switch for this mode, consult your program's manual for instructions on activating Proportional printing. If you wish to use right-justification with Proportional, be sure that your program can do so. Another option-for those who use foreign characters in their correspondence-is to select the appropriate country with switches 1-6, 1-7, and 1-8. Eight of the 9 countries can be selected (all except Japan) according to the chart in Appendix E. This will work as long as your word processor can send out the required codes. See Chapter 6. For software that allows you to insert printer codes during the setup or operation of the program, see the Quick Reference card for the appropriate codes. BASIC Program Listings Set switch 1-2 ON to print all zeros with slashes. Set switch 2-3 ON or use CHR$(27)"N"CHR$(n) to activate the skip-over-perforation feature. Quiet Printing The protective lid dampens the noise output. The Half-Speed Mode, activated with CHR$(27)"s1", also cuts down on the noise level. And for those late night sessions, you may want to turn the beeper off by turning switch 2-2 OFF. Graphics and User-Defined Characters Set switch 1-4 OFF to enable you to define characters. 322

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Keep in mind that this puts extra wear on your ribbon and slows your
printing speed.
A few word processing programs support the FX’s Proportional
Mode. Since there is no DIP switch for this mode, consult your pro-
gram’s manual for instructions on activating Proportional printing. If
you wish to use right-justification with Proportional, be sure that
your program can do so.
Another option-for those who use foreign characters in their cor-
respondence-is to select the appropriate country with switches
1-6,
1-7, and
1-8.
Eight of the 9 countries can be selected (all except Japan)
according to the chart in Appendix E. This will work as long as your
word processor can send out the required codes. See Chapter 6.
For software that allows you to insert printer codes during
the set-
up or operation of the program, see the Quick Reference card for
the
appropriate codes.
BASIC Program Listings
Set switch 1-2 ON to print all zeros with slashes. Set switch 2-3 ON
or use CHR$(27)“N”CHR$(n) to activate the skip-over-perforation
feature.
Quiet Printing
The protective lid dampens the noise output. The Half-Speed
Mode, activated with CHR$(27)“s1”, also cuts down on the noise
level. And for those late night sessions, you may
want to
turn the
beeper off by turning switch 2-2 OFF.
Graphics and User-Defined Characters
Set switch 1-4 OFF to enable you to define characters.
322