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 ROMAN printing.
This is ROMAN, emphasized.
This is ROMAN, double-strike.
This is ROMAN, with both.
See the ESC E and ESC G commands in Chapter 9.
Italic printing
You can print italics by using the ESC 4 software command (see Chapter 9). This is true no matter how DIP switch 1-7 is set.
This is ROMAN 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.
This is continuous underlining.
This is broken overlining.
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