Master Select

The LX-90 has a special ESCape code called Master Select that allows you to choose any possible combination of seven different modes: pica, elite, compressed, emphasized, double-strike, expanded, and italic. The format of the Master Select code is ESCape “!” followed by a number that is calculated by adding together the values of the modes listed below:

italic

64

expanded

32

double-strike

16

emphasized

8

compressed

4

elite

1

pica

0

For any combination, just add up the values of each of the modes you want and use the total as the number after ESCape “!“. For exam- ple, to calculate the code for expanded underlined pica, add the following numbers together:

italic64

expanded32

pica0

96

To print this combination, therefore, you use ESCape "!" followed by the number 96. In the BASIC programming language the command is CHR$ (27) “!“ CHR$ (96).

To try this number or any other, enter and run this short program, which will ask you for a Master Select number and then give you a sample of printing using that code.

18 INPUT "Master Select number"; M 30 LPRINT CHR$ (27) ; "!" ; CHR$(M)

40 LPRINT "This sample of printing uses"50 LPRINT "Master Select number" ;M60 LPRINT CHR$(27);"@"

Here is a sample using Master Select number 96:

29