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Master Select

The LX-90 has a special ESCape code called Master Select that

allows you to choose any possible combination of seven different

modes: pica, elite, compressed, emphasized, double-strike, expanded,

and underline. The format of the Master Select code is ESCape “!”

followed by a number that is calculated by adding together the values

of the modes listed below:

underline

128

expanded

double-strike

emphasized

compressed 4

elite

pica

For any combination, just add up the values of each of the modes

you want and use the total as the number after ESCape “!“. For exam-

ple, to calculate the code for expanded underlined pica, add the fol-

lowing numbers together:

underline

expanded

pica

128

160

To print this combination, therefore, you use ESCape "!” followed

by the number 160. In the BASIC programming language the com-

mand is CHR$(27)“!“CHR$(l60).

To try this number or any other, enter and run this short program,

which will ask you for a Master Select number and then give you a

sample of printing using that code.

10 INPUT "Master Select number";M

20 LPRINT CHR$(27)"!"CHR$(M)

30 LPRINT "This sample of printing uses "

LPRINT "Master Select number";M

50 LPRINT CHR$(27)"@"

In this program, you can use any number you calculate by using the

formula above, but remember that emphasized can’t combine with

compressed or elite. If you try to combine emphasized with either of

the two narrow pitches, you won’t harm your printer; it will simply

use a priority list in its memory to determine which mode to use.

1 2 ... 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 ... 99 100

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