30 Delta User’s Manual ._
will investigate is changing the width of the characters that Delta
prints.
Changing the print pitch
In “printer talk,” character width is called pitch. Normally,
Delta prints 10 characters per inch. This is called pica pitch
because it’s the same spacing as a standard pica typewriter.
Delta can also print 12 characters per inch. This is called elite
pitch because it is the same spacing as an elite typewriter.
Condensed print is approximately 17 characters per inch
(actually it’s 17.14 characters per inch). Condensed pitch allows
you to get 136 columns of printing on an 8% inch page.
You tell Delta which pitch you want to use with the (ESC)
“B” command. The table below shows the three options of this
command.
Pitch
Pica
Elite
Condensed
Table 3-l
Print pitch commands
Characters/inch Control code
10 (ESC) “B” CHR$(l)
12 (ESC) “B” CHR$(2)
17 ‘, ESC) “B” CHR$(3)
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Let’s see how these three pitches look. Try this program:
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NEW
18 LPRINT CHR$(27) "B" CHR$(2)
2@ LPRINT "THIS IS ELITE PITCH PRINTING"
30 LPRINT CHR$(27) "B" CHR$(3)
40 LPRINT "CONDENSED IS THE NARROWEST PITCH"
50 LPRINT CHR$(27) "B" CHR$(l)
60 LPRINT "NOW WE ARE BACK TO PICA PITCH PRINTING"
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When you run this program you should get this:
THIS IS ELITE PITCH F’HiNTING
CONDENSED IS THE NARROWEST PITCH -
NOW WE ARE BACK TO FICA PITCH F’RINTING