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pica (and is the same as the pica pitch on most typewriters).
This works out to 136 characters per line.
You can also print 12 characters per inch (elite pitch). This
gives you 163 characters per line.
You can set these pitches by using the Print Pitch key on
the control panel manually, or by software as shown in the
table below.
Pitch
Pica
Elite
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Print pitch commands
Characters/inch Control code
10 < ESC > “p”
12 < ESC > “M”
< ESC > “:” (IBM-P mode only) 1
Try this program to see how these two pitches work. Be sure
to set the printer to draft mode.
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20 LPRINT CHR$ ( 27) ; “M” ;
30 LPRINT “This line is ELITE pitch.”
40 LPRINT CHR$ (27) ; “P” ;
50 LPRINT “This line is PICA pitch (NORMAL) .I’
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Line 20 turns on elite pitch with < ESC > “M”. Line 30
prints the line at 12 characters per inch. The < ESC > “P” in
line 40 resets the printer to pica pitch and line 50 prints the
line in pica pitch.
W Expanded print
Each of the print pitches can be enlarged to twice its normal
width. This is called expanded print. Try this program to see
how it works: