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20 LPRINT CHR$(15)"COMPRESSED MODE IS SET WITH

CHR$(15)"

LPRINT "IT WILL STAY ON UNTIL YOU CANCEL IT"

LPRINT CHR$(l8)"PICA AGAIN"

COMPRESSED MODE IS SET WITH CHR$(15)

IT WILL STAY ON UNTIL YOU CANCEL IT

PICA AGAIN

Notice that we had you use only CHR$(l5) to turn Compressed Mode

on-that is, we didn’t have you type in an ESCape code first. If you

prefer consistency to brevity, you may add one and use ESCape

CHR$(15) to get the same effect.

most other print modes on FX printers, Compressed stays on

until you turn it off. And there is a specific code that turns Com-

pressed Mode off--CHR$(18). The Reset Code would work just as

well, but remember that it also resets all other current printer modes to

the defaults. The FX gives you a choice of resetting codes one at a time

or all at once.

At 17.16 characters per inch, Compressed Mode is the narrowest

character pitch available on FX printers. FX-80 users can fit 132 Com-

pressed characters into each line (up to 137 by changing the right mar-

gin setting; see Chapter 9). FX-100 users can get 233 Compressed

characters per print line. Compressed Mode is especially useful for

printing spreadsheets or reports that require several columns of infor-

mation.

If you find yourself using this pitch more often than not, you can

change the default pitch from Pica to Compressed Mode by setting

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