Epson LX-90TM Print Enhancements and, Special Characters, NEW, Emphasized Mode, 100 LPRINT CHR$(27);"@, 20 LPRINT CHR$(27); "E";, This is standard printing

Chapter 5

Print Enhancements and

Special Characters

Besides the pitches (pica, elite, and compressed) covered in Chapters 3 and 4, the LX-90 offers many other typestyles.

Emphasized Mode

In the emphasized mode the LX-90 prints each dot twice, with the second dot slightly to the right of the first. In order to do this, the print head must slow down so that it has time to fire, retract, and fire the pins quickly enough to produce the overlapping dots. This method produces better-looking, more fully formed characters that are darker than single-strike characters.

To see an example of emphasized, type and run the following pro- gram. (See “Running BASIC Programs” in Chapter 4 if necessary.)

NEW

10 LPRINT "This is standard printing."20 LPRINT CHR$(27); "E";30 LPRINT "This is emphasized printing."100 LPRINT CHR$(27);"@"This is standard printing.This is emphasized printing.

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