Table C-2. Master Select

For example, to print a title, you may want to use double-width 10 pitch characters and print them in double-strike mode. You would add three numbers together to calculate the value of n.

10 pitch

0

Double-strike

16

Double-width

32

 

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n = 48

After calculating the value of n, you would use the Master Select command to send the value to the printer.

ASCII:

ESC

 

 

decimal:

27

3!3

408

hexadecimal:

1B

21

30

 

 

 

 

The print quality and font must be set separately either using SelecType or the ESC x and ESC k commands. There are two more things to take into account when using the Master Select command:

1.Master Select cancels any of the listed features that you do not try to set. For example, if you have already set a different character width, and you try to use Master Select to set emphasized double-strike, the character width is reset to 10 pitch.

2.Proportional overrides 10, 12, and 15 pitch.

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