Star Micronics NB-15 user manual Mixing Print Modes

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	Table 5-9
	Proportional	commands
Function		Control code
Proportional	ON	(ESC)“p”l
Proportional	OFF	(ESC)“p”O

Try this program to see how the proportional spacing works.

10 ’ Demo of proportional printing

20 LPRINT CHR$(27) ; “~1”;

30 LPRINT “This line is PROPORTIONALprinting.”

40 LPRI NT CHR$(27) ; “~0” ;

SO LPRINT “This line is NORMALPICA print.ing.”

When you run this program you should get this:

This line is PROPORTIONAL printing.

This line is NORMAL PICA printing.

In this program line 20 turns on the proportional printing with (ESC)“p” 1. Line 30 prints a line with proportional pitch. Then, line 40 resets the proportional printing and line 50 prints a line in normal pica pitch.

NOTE: When you change the print pitch by the MODE key on

the control panel, this proportional spacing should be automatically cancelled.

MIXING PRINT MODES

We have learned how to use the various print modes in- dividually and together. Now we’ll see how to combine them more efficiently.

You have at your disposal a unique command that lets you choose any valid combination of print modes and pitch. This is the Master Print mode command. It looks like this:

(ESC) “!” n