Star Micronics NB24-10/15 user manual This line is in ITALIC characters, commands

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			Table	4-1
			Letter quality	commands
Function				Control		code
Letter	quality		ON	(ESC)	“x” 1
				(ESC) “I” 2 (IBM-P mode only)
Letter	quality		OFF	(ESC)	“x” 0
				(ESC) “I” 0 (IBM-P mode only)
n Italic		printing
Italic letters are letters that are slanted to the right. Your
printer		can print all of its letters		in italic as well			as the	roman	-
(standard) letters you are accustomed to. Italics can be used to
give extra emphasis to certain words. The commands to turn
italic on and off are shown in Table 4-2.
			Table	4-2
			Italic commands
Function				Control		code
Italic	ON			(ESC)	“4” (except		IBM-P	mode)’
				(FS)	“4”	(IBM-P mode		only)
Italic	OFF			(ESC) “5” (except IBM-P mode)
				(FS)	“5”	(IBM-P mode		only)	*

Use this program to see italic characters:

10 ’ Demo		of italic		and	roman
20	LPRINT	CHR$(27);“4”;
30	LPRINT	"This	line	is	in	ITALIC characters."
40	LPRINT	CHR$(27);"5";
50	LPRINT	"This	line	is	in	ROMANcharacters."

Here is what you should get:

This line is in ITALIC characters.

This line is in ROMAN characters.

In this program, line 20 turns italic on with (ESC) “4”, and line 40 turns italic off with (ESC) “5”.

Now, set the “Type Style Panel” mode, as described in