Epson FX-80 Specifications download pdf (Page 90)

Whether your computer system is one of these or not, with ESCape

“4” you can print Italic characters. Prove it by adding these lines to

your program:

10 LPRINT CHR$(27)

“4”

70 LPRINT CHR$(27)"@"

When you want to turn off only the Italic Mode, you use ESCape "5"

(instead of line 70’s Reset Code) in your program.

More Mode Combinations

With all the handsome print types we’ve covered up to this point,

you’re probably wondering how many different print combinations

are waiting in your FX. Well, hang onto your hat. By combining the

various print modes, the FX can print text in 128 type styles.

Instead of counting these one by one, we’ll begin by describing a

special FX feature, the Master Select, which lets you choose any one of

16 popular mode combinations more simply than by calling up each

mode separately. Then we’ll demonstrate mixing Master Select choices

with the modes of this chapter.

Master Select

For Master Select you use the code sequence of ESCape ’ ! ” fol-

lowed by CHR$ and a number in parentheses. With Master Select you

can quickly produce any possible combination of the following:

Single-Strike

Pica

Elite

Compressed

Emphasized

Double-Strike

Expanded

These are the modes for pitch and weight. Master Select will accept

any number between 0 and 255. Since there are only 16 unique combi-

nations, however, we’ve devised a program (Figure 5-1) with which

you can print out a handy reference chart (Figure 5-2) listing one set of

Master Select numbers.

1 2 ... 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 ... 267 268

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