Star Micronics NX-10 user manual Command would look like this CHR$27!CHR$49

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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

Here, the value of n defines the print style to be selected. The value of n can range from 0 to 255, which is the range of values that can be stored in one eight-bit byte. If you look at each bit in this byte, you’ll find that each one represents a printing style variation. Adding the binary values of the selected bits gives the value of n for a particular combination of print styles.

Table 3-10 shows the decimal values of the bits in the Master Print byte. To calculate the value n for a particular combination of printing styles, just add the values of the features that you want to combine.

Table 3-10

Values of mixing print styles for Master Print

1 Bit	1 Print stvle				Decimal value
		-
1	Elite print				1
2	Proportional		print		2
3	Condensed		mint		4
14	1 Emphasized		print	I	8
5	Boldface	print			16
6	Expanded		print		32
7	(Not used)
18	I‘Underline	’			128

For example, if you want to select elite expanded boldface print, you would calculate the value of n like this:

Elite1

Boldface 16

Expanded 32

1

I

1

n=49

The command would look like this:

CHR$(27);“!“;CHR$(49)