Star Micronics NB-15 user manual Try this program to see how these two pitches work

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Table 5-6

Print pitch commands

Pitch	Characters/inch	Control code
Pica	10	(ESC) “P"
Elite	12	(ESC)“M"

Try this program to see how these two pitches work.

10' Demo of pica and elite pitches

20LPRINT CHR$(27);"M";

30LPRINT "This line is ELITE pitch."

40LPRINT CHRS(27);"P";

50LPRINT "This line is PICA pitch (normal)."

When you run this program you should get this:

This line is ELITE pitch.

This line is PICA pitch (normal).

Line 20 turns on elite pitch with (ESC) “M”. Line 30 prints a line at 12 characters per inch. The (ESC) “P” in line 40 resets the printer to pica pitch and line 50 prints a line in pica pitch.

nExpanded print

Each of the print pitches can be enlarged to twice its normal width. This is called expanded print. Try this program to see how it works:

10 ' Demo of expanded print

20LPRINT "Demonstration of *';

30LPRINT CHR$(14);

40LPRINT "EXPANDED";

50 LPRINT CHR$(20);

60 LPRINT w printing."

70 LPRINT "Notice that '*;

80 LPRINT CHR$(14);

90 LPRINT "EXPANDED mode"

100 LPRINT *'automaticallyturns off at the end of a line."