244 IBM Proprinter Control Commands
PRINT STYLE
SI or ESC SI | Condensed Pitch | |
ASCII: | SI |
|
Control: | CTRL 0 |
|
Decimal: | 15 |
|
Hexadecimal: | 0F |
|
ASCII: | ESC | SI |
Control: | CTRL [ | CTRL O |
Decimal: | 27 | 15 |
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 | 8.57 |
6.0 | 9.1 |
7.5 | 9.1 |
10.0 | 17.14 |
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, on the following page, to cancel condensed pitch.
Example
REM SET 12 PITCH,
REM THEN CHANGE TO 10 PITCH.
REM AFTER THAT CHANGE TO 17.14 PITCH, AS FOLLOWS
LPRINT CHR$(27);CHR$(58);
LPRINT "Now printing in 12 cpi."
LPRINT CHR$(18);
LPRINT "Now printing in 10 cpi."
LPRINT CHR$(15);
LPRINT "Now printing in 17.14 cpi."
LPRINT CHR$(13);
