Star Micronics NX-10 user manual Lprint CHR$27il

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You can turn immediate-print mode on with (ESC) “i” 1. But 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. True to form, the printer just stuffs the characters into its buffer while it waits for a carriage return code. (In this program the RETURN key doesn’t send a car- riage return code.) To end this program and print the contents of the buffer, press RETURN alone.

Now add this line:

10 LPRINT CHR$(27);"il";

And RUN the program. Your printer responds to your typing - immediately.

’When you are finished, press RETURN alone.

nAdjusting the width of space between characters

This printer provides a command that adjusts the space be- tween the NLQ characters that it prints when 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/60-inch units.

Try thisprogram toseehow thisworks.

10 ’ Demo of adjusting spaces

20 LPRINT CHR$( 27);"xl";

30 FOR I=10 TO 1 STEP -2

40 LPRINT CHR$(27);" ";CHR$(I);

50 LPRINT "This line is added";I;"spaces."

60 NEXT I

70 LPRINT "This line is Normal space."

80END