3.Next type:

20 LPRINT CHR$(27) "4" "ITALIC PRINTING";

4.Now press RETURN, type RUN, and press RETURN again. The SQ-2000 prints:

NORMAL PRINTING

ITALIC PRINTING

This time the printer receives a CHR$(27) which is the code for ESCape or <ESC>. This tells the printer that whatever comes next should be interpreted as a printer command.

Next comes “4” -- if you look under the SQ-2000 commands in Appendix A, you’ll find that <ESC> “4” is the command for italic print. So the SQ-2000 prints “ITALIC PRINTING” in italic type.

5.Next type:

30 LPRINT CHR$(27) "5" CHR$(1O) CHR$(13);

6. Now press RETURN.

In this line the printer receives the ESCape code CHR$(27), so it reads “5” as a printer code, in this case the code to turn off the italic typestyle.

The next two codes, CHR$(1O) and CHR$(13), are for line feed and carriage return respectively, as described in step 2.

7.Next type:

40 LPRINT CHR$(27) "p" CHR$(1) "PROPORTIONAL

PRINTING";

50 LPRINT CHR$(27) "p" CHR$(0) CHR$(1O) CHR$(13);

8.Now press RETURN, type RUN, and press RETURN again. The SQ-2000 prints:

NORMAL PRINTING

ITALIC PRINTING

PROPORTIONAL PRINTING

EMPHASIZED PRINTING

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