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2Ø LPRINT CHR$(15)"COMPRESSED MODE IS SET WITH CHR$(15)"3Ø LPRINT "IT WILL STAY ON UNTIL YOU CANCEL IT" 4Ø LPRINT CHR$(l8)"PICA AGAIN"

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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.

As do most other print modes on FX printers, Compressed stays on until you turn it off. And there is a specific code that turns Compressed 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 Compressed characters into each line (up to 137 by changing the right margin 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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