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If you want to print more characters using the < ESC > “\”
command you must tell the printer how many characters should
be printed. The total number of characters is equal to nl +
(n2 x 256).
For example, if you want to print 300 characters, nl = 44
and n2 = 1 (300 = 44 + 1 x 256), the control code will be
the following:
< ESC > “\” CHR$(44) CHR$(l)
I There is one more command to print a character in the control
L code area: < ESC > “,,” n. This command prints one character
determined by the value of n. You’ll get the same results as
/ shown above with the following program.
10 ’ Demo of one character print
20 FOR I=0 TO 31
30 LPRINT CHR$(27);"-";
40 LPRINT CHR$(I);
50 NEXT I
60 LPRINT
70 END
A note for IBM-PC users:
When you run these programs, you cannot get the
right-pointed arrow (CHR$(26)) with the IBM-PC computer.
This is because the IBM-PC does not send this code to the
printer.
To avoid this problem, change line 40, and add lines 100
and 120 to either of the following lists.
40 GOSUB 100
100 O=INP(&H379) : IF 0<128 THEN 100
110 OUT &H378,1 :
OUT &H37A,5 : OUT &H37A,4
120 RETURN
40 GOSUB 100
100 O=INP(&H3BD) : IF 0<128 THEN 100
110 OUT LH3BC.I :
OUT &H3BE,5 : OUT &H3BE,4
120 RETURN