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Sampleprogram
The following lines of BASIC give examples of how the printer may be driven from within your own programs:
1000 | ‘ Set control codes |
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1010 | E$=CHR$( 27) | ‘ Escape code |
1020 | D$=E$+”XO“ | ‘Draft quality |
1030 L$=E$+’’x1° | ‘Letter quality | |
1040 F$=E$+”k | ‘Select font | |
1050 C$=F$+CHR$(O)+L$ | ‘Select Courier | |
1060 H$=CHR$(9) | ‘Horizonta1 tab | |
1070 P$=E$+”P” | ‘Pica pitch | |
1080 ‘ Start printing |
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1090 WIDTH “LPT1:“,255
1100 LPRINT E$;“D”;CHR$(3);C~$ (27);CHR$(O); 1110 LPRINT C$;“Font settings:“
1120 LPRINT H$;D$;“Draft characters,”;L$;
1130 LPRINT H$;F$;CHR$(0);“Couriercharacters,“
1140 LPRINT H$;F$;CHR$(l);’’Sanserifcharacters,”; 1150 LPRINT
1160 LPRINT H$;F$;CHR$(3);“Oratorcharacters,“;
1170 LPRINT H$;F$;CHR$(4);“Scriptcharacters,“
1180 LPRINT
1190 LPRINT
1220 LPRINT
1230 LPRINT C$;“Print pitches are:”
1240 LPRINT H$;P$;’’Picapitch (10 CPI),”;
1250 LPRINT H$;E$;’’M’’Eliteitepitch (12 CPI),”
1260 LPRINT H$;P$;
1270 LPRINT CHR$(15); ‘Selectcondensedprint
1280 LPRINT “Condensedpica pitch (17 CPI),”;
1290 LPRINT H$;E$;’’M’’Condensedsedelite pitch (20 CPI),”;
1300 LPRINT CHR$(18) ‘Cancelcondensedprint
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