Epson LX-86TM 30 LPRINT CHR$(l5);, WIDTH, 5 WIDTH LPRINT, BASIC, 20 FOR X=65 TO, 30 LPRINT CHR$ (X);, 40 NEXT X: LPRINT

In fact, if you need even more than the 132 characters per line that condensed gives you, you can combine elite and condensed for a mode we call condensed elite. It is not really another pitch, because the size of the characters is the same as in the condensed mode; only the space between the characters is reduced. You can see this mode, which allows 160 characters to fit on a line, if you replace line 30 in your last program with this line:

30 LPRINT CHR$(l5);

With this addition, the program turns on condensed but doesn’t turn off elite, giving you the printout below:

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]ˆ_`abcdefghi

If your printout is different, you may need a WIDTH statement such as the one below:

5 WIDTH LPRINT 255

The format for your system will probably be different. Consult your BASIC manual.

Near Letter Quality Mode

The examples so far in this chapter are in the draft mode, and you have already learned how to turn on the NLQ mode with a panel button, but you can also see the NLQ mode with the following program:

10 LPRINT CHR$ (27) “x” CHR$ (1) ;

20 FOR X=65 TO 105

30 LPRINT CHR$ (X);

40 NEXT X: LPRINT

Note that you use a lowercase x, not a capital X, in line 10. Because of the high resolution of the NLQ mode, it prints only in

pica, not in elite or condensed.

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