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But it will also print more slowly at the speed of your typing. In
the immediate-print mode, the print head prints one character at
a time, as you send it. The printer also moves the paper up so
that you can see the current line and then down to continue print-
ing.
You can turn the immediate-print mode on with (ESC) “i” 1.
Before looking at it, let’s review the normal operation of the
print buffer. Enter this program.
20 A$="" : INPUT " TYPE A CHARACTER ",A$
30 IF A$="" THEN 50
40 LPRINT A$; : GOT0 20
50 LPRINT : LPRINT CHR$(27);"@"
Now type several characters, and after each press the
RETURN key. The printer simply puts the characters into its
buffer while it waits for a carriage return code. (In this program
the RETURN key doesn’t send a carriage return code.) To end
this program and print the contents of the buffer, press
RETURN alone.
Now add this line:
10 LPRINT CHRS(27) ;“il”;
And RUN the program. Your printer will now respond to your
typing - immediately.
When you are finished, press RETURN alone.
n Adjusting the width of space between characters
This printer provides a command that adjusts the space be-
tween all the characters that it prints when the NLQ character
mode is on while the DIP switch l-6 is set on. The (ESC)
CHR$(32) CHR$( n command adds blank space between the
)
characters. The units of space that are added vary in l/240-inch
units.
Try this program to see how this works.
10 ’ Demo of adjusting spaces
20 LPRINT CJB$(27);"xl";