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10 LPRINTCHR$(27)CHR$(36)CHR$(l)

20FOR I=33 TO 126 : LPRINTCHR$(I);: NEXT I

30FOR 1=16gTO 254 : LPRINTCHR$(I);: NEXT I

40LPRINT

50LPRINTCHR$(27)CHR$(36)CHR$(@

Nope! Just four characters in the download set. This is incon- venient for a couple of reasons. First, every time you wanted to use a download character you would have to switch back and forth between character sets. Knowing that you wouldn’t want to do that, Delta won’t even allow it. Standard characters and download characters cannot be mixed in a line. If you want to use download characters, the command should appear at the begin- ning of the line. All subsequent characters (even on following lines) are printed with the download set until you return to the standard characters with an (ESC) “$” CHR$(O). (Note that the (ESC) “$” CHR$(l) command can be in the middle of a line, and that entire line will be printed with the download characters. Like- wise, if you select the standard character set anywhere in a line, the entire line will be printed with the standard characters. Con- flicting commands within a line can cause unpredictable results.)

So does that mean that in order to print something meaning- ful with our card suits we have to define an entire alphabet? Fear not. The engineers at Star have made it an easy task to use mostly standard characters with just a few special characters thrown in. This command copies all the characters from the standard char- acter ROM into download RAM:

(ESC) "*" CHR$(@)

Since it will copy all characters into the download area, it will wipe out any characters that are already there. So it’s important to send this command to the printer before you send any download characters you want to define. With that in mind, add this line to the program we used to send the characters to Delta:

5 LPRINTCHR$(27)Ir*"CHR$(g)

Now try the download printout test program again. Your results should look like Figure 7-12. You probably noticed that our

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