The following BASIC program is a simple test you can run in hexadecimal mode:

10 FOR I=0 TO 255

20 LPRINT CHR$(I);

30 NEXT I

40LPRINT

50 END

If your system passes the codes directly to the printer without changing them, you will get a printout like Figure 2-4.

10001

0: to:, 04

05

06

07

06

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Ot

OF

 

 

IU 1, 12 t> 14 15 16 17

16

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26

27

28 29 2A LB 2C 2D 2E

2F

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33

34

35

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37

36

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36

3C

3D

3E

3F

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40

41

42

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44

45

4b

47

48

49

4A

48

4C

40

4E

4F

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53

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