Enhancing Your Printing

In double-strike mode, the print head prints each line twice, making the text bolder. For even greater boldness, emphasized and double- strike can be combined. The following samples show the different effects you can achieve using these modes alone and in combination.

This is R O M A N p r i n t i n g .This is ROMAN, emphasized .This is ROMAN, double-strike.T h i s i s R O M A N , w i t h b o t h .Italic printing

You can print italics by using the ESC 4 software command. This is true no matter how DIP switch 1-7 is set.

T h i s i s R O M A N p r i n t i n g .T h i s i s R O M A N i t a l i c s ,Underlining, strike-through, and overlining

The underline, strike-through, and overline modes are useful for highlighting selected text. This feature can be used to score spaces, subscripts, and superscripts without a break. You can choose from a variety of line styles, including single, double, broken, or continuous. See the ESC ( - command in Chapter 9 for more information.

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