Star Micronics NB-15 user manual Here’s what you should get from this program

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100 LPRINT CHR$(27);"P";

110 LPRINT "This line is NORMAL PICA pitch."

120 LPRINT CHRS(27);"Wl";

130 LPRINT CHR$(15);

140 LPRINT CHRS(27);"M";

150 LPRINT "This line is EXPANDED CONDENSED ELITE."

160 LPRINT CHR$(27);"P";

170 LPRINT "This line is EXPANDED CONDENSED PICA."

180 LPRINT CHR$(lS);

190 LPRINT CHRS(27);"M";

200 LPRINT "This is EXPANDED ELITE."

210 LPRINT CHRS(27);"P";

220 LPRINT "This is EXPANDED PICA."

230 LPRINT CHR$(27);"WO";

Here’s what you should get from this program:

Thus line is CONDENSEDELITEpitch.

This line is CONDENSEDPICApitch.

This line is NORMAL ELITE pitch.

This line is NORMAL PICA pitch.

This 1 ine is EXPANDED CONDENSED ELITE f

This	1 ine	is EXPANDED	CONDENSED	PICA,
This	is	EXPANDED	EL.ITE,
This	is	EXPANP)ED	PICA,

W Proportional printing

Have you ever noticed in books and magazines? Doesn’t it look nice? The main reason is that each character is given an amount of space proportional to its actual width. A typewriter (and most printer), on the other hand, give every character the same amount of space, no matter how wide it is. (Pica pitch, for example, gives a “w” and an “i” l/10 of an inch each. Look these letters closely and you’ll see that a “w” is two or three times as wide as an “i”.)

Well, you too enjoy professional-looking proportional print- ing. You can turn proportional printing on and off with the following command.