206 Epson
Example
REM SET TO 20 PITCH, SINGLE STRIKE
LPRINT CHR$(27);"!";CHR$(5);
LPRINT "20 pitch in single strike."
REM SET TO 5 PITCH, EXTRA BOLD STRIKE
LPRINT CHR$(27);"!";CHR$(56);
LPRINT "5 pitch in extra bold."
SI or ESC SI |
| Condensed Pitch | |
ASCII: | SI |
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Control: | CTRL 0 |
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Decimal: | 15 |
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Hexadecimal: | 0F |
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ASCII: | ESC | SI |
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Control: | CTRL [ | CTRL O |
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Decimal: | 27 | 15 |
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Hexadecimal: |
| 1B | 0F |
Increases character pitch according to the table below. Increasing character pitch allows more characters to be printed per line. ESC SI duplicates the function of the SI command.
Current Pitch | After SI or ESC SI |
5.0 | 8.33 |
6.0 | 9.1 |
7.5 | 9.1 |
10.0 | 16.67 |
12.0 | 18.2 |
15.0 | 18.2 |
Current character pitches of 8.33, 8.57, 9.1, 16.67, 17.14, and 18.2 are unaffected by this command. See DC2 to cancel condensed pitch.
Example
REM SET TO 10 PITCH, THEN
REM CHANGE TO 17.14 PITCH, AS FOLLOWS
LPRINT CHR$(27);CHR$(33);CHR$(0);
LPRINT "Now printing in 10 cpi."
