Epson FX 40 LPRINT CHR$(27)"GCOMBINED THEY CAN'T BE BEAT, can, that, to your program, Figure 4-2.Expanded and Emphasized letters

D O U B L E - S T R I K E P R I N T I S D A R K E R T H A N S I N G L E - S T R I K E

EMPHASIZED ADDS A TOUCH OF CLASS

That’s right, Emphasized is very similar to Expanded print, except that Expanded Mode prints a duplicate set of dots a full (rather than a half) column to the right of the initial set. Figure 4-2shows Expanded and Emphasized characters.

Figure 4-2. Expanded and Emphasized letters

Although the print head slows to half normal speed (i.e., 80 cps) in Emphasized Mode, the increase in print quality is well worth it. If you like Emphasized so well that you want to use it for most of your printouts, you can set it as a default with DIP switch 1-5.This adjustment will make the printer automatically reset to Emphasized Mode, after which you can switch to other modes as needed.

Whether you turn Emphasized on with ESCape “E” or by DIP switch, you can turn it off with ESCape “F”.

Emphasized Mode is always a variation of Pica; it can never be combined with either the Elite or the Compressed Mode. It can, how- ever, be added to Double-Strike. See this by adding:

40 LPRINT CHR$(27)"GCOMBINED THEY CAN'T BE BEAT"

to your program.

DOUBLE-STRIKE PRINT IS DARKER THAN SINGLE-STRIKEEMPHASIZED ADDS A TOUCH OF CLASS

COMBINED THEY CAN’T BE BEAT

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