Indeed, Master Select is such a powerful feature that it may occasionally be more powerful than you want it to be. Because it controls eight different modes, a Master Select code will cancel any of those eight that are not selected. For example, suppose that you have a page in elite and want part of it printing in italic. If you use ESCape “!” 64 to turn on italic, your LX-86 will begin printing in italic pica instead of italic elite because the 64 code does not include elite. Use 65 for italic elite.

Superscript and Subscript

Your LX-86 can also print superscripts and subscripts, which you can use for mathematical formulas, footnotes, and other items that require numbers or letters above or below the usual print line. ESCape “SO" turns on superscript and ESCape "S1" turns on sub- script. ESCape “T” turns off either one. You can enter either ESCape “SO" or ESCape “Sl" in the master program, but that will print the whole sentence in superscript or subscript. Some more realistic examples are below:

E=MC2H20This fact is found in three sources.7

As you can see, you can use superscript or subscript for an individual character. Just find out how to send printer codes in your applications program; then send the proper codes to the printer.

Special Characters

The LX-86 has three groups of special characters that can add distinction to your printing. Character Graphics, international characters, and the special graphics set.

Epson character graphics set

The Character Graphics set includes characters used by IBM and compatible computers as well as international characters used by IBM software. The characters in the set are shown on the next

Page.

You select the Character Graphics set in one of two ways: with an ESCape code or with a DIP switch.

The ESCape code in BASIC has the following format:

LPRINT CHR$(27)"t"CHR$(n)

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