Epson LX-90 User Manual - Parallel 8620 PIC for LX-90 - Page 27

LPRINT CHR$27; x; CHR$l, FOR X=65 TO 105, LPRINT CHR$X, NEXT X: LPRINT, Near Letter Quality

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Enter and run the following program to see how the NLQ mode is turned on by an ESCape sequence: NEW 10 LPRINT CHR$(27); "x"; CHR$(l); 28 FOR X=65 TO 105 30 LPRINT CHR$(X); 40 NEXT X: LPRINT ABCDEFGHINKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]ˆ_`abcdefghi Note that you use a lowercase x, not a capital X, in line 10. Because of the high resolution of the NLQ mode, it prints only in pica, not in elite or compressed. All the modes demonstrated in this chapter are compared in Table 4-l. Table 4-1. Summary of LX-90 pitches Print sample Near Letter Quality Pica print. Elite print Compressed print Compressed elite print CPI 10.00 10.00 12.00 17.16 20.00 codes On Off ESC "x" 1 ESC "x" 0 ESC "M" 15 ESC "M" 15 ESC " P" 18 ESC "P" 18 Remember that you don't have to use BASIC to change modes; you can use any method or software that sends the proper codes to the printer. 24

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Enter and run the following program to see how the NLQ mode is
turned on by an ESCape sequence:
NEW
10 LPRINT CHR$(27); "x"; CHR$(l);
28
FOR X=65 TO 105
30
LPRINT CHR$(X);
40
NEXT X: LPRINT
ABCDEFGHINKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]ˆ_`abcdefghi
Note that you use a lowercase x, not a capital X, in line
10.
Because
of the high resolution of the NLQ mode, it prints only in pica, not in
elite or compressed.
All the modes demonstrated in this chapter are compared in Table
4-l.
Table 4-1. Summary
of
LX-90 pitches
Print sample
CPI
codes
<- inch ->
On
Off
Near Letter Quality
10.00
ESC “x” 1
ESC “x" 0
Pica print.
10.00
Elite print
12.00
ESC “M”
ESC “ P”
Compressed print
17.16
15
18
Compressed elite print
20.00
ESC “M” 15
ESC “P” 18
Remember that you don’t have to use BASIC to change modes; you
can use any method or software that sends the proper codes to the
printer.
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