the characters twice, but they use slightly different methods to darken the characters. Let’s try them and see what the difference is.

The following table shows the control codes for getting into and out of double-strike and emphasized modes.

 

 

Table

5-7

 

 

 

Print

emphasis

commands

 

 

Function

 

Mode

Control code

 

Double-strike

ON

STAR

<ESC>

“G”

 

 

 

IBM

<ESC>

“G”

 

Double-strike

OFF

STAR

<ESC >

“H”

 

 

 

IBM

< ESC >

“H”

 

Emphasized

ON

STAR

<ESC>

“E”

 

 

 

l1~h4

I <Esc>

"E"

I

Emphasized

OFF

STAR

<ESC>

“I?

 

 

 

IBM

<ESC>

“F”

 

Try them now with this little program:

10 'Demo double-strike and emphasized.

20 LPRINT CHR$(27) "G" ; 'Double strike on.

30 LPRINT "This line is DOUBLE-STRIKE printing."

40 LPRINT CHR$(27) "E" ; 'Emphasized on.

50 LPRINT "This line is DOUBLE-STRIKE and EMPHASIZED." 60 LPRINT CHR$(27) "H" ; 'Double strike off.

70 LPRINT "This line is EMPHASIZED printing."

84)LPRINT CHR$(27) "F" ; 'Emphasized off.

90 LPRINT "This line is normal printing."

Run this program. The results will look like this:

.-_

This line is DOUBLE-STRIKE printing.

Thim llnm im DOUBLE-STRIKE and EMPHASIZED,

This line is EMPHASIZED printing.

Thirs 3.ine is normal printing.

Line 20 turns on double-strike with < ESC > “G” and line 30 prints a line of text. In line 40 emphasized is turned on with

<ESC > “E”. Line 50 prints a line of text in double-strike and emphasized. Line 60 then turns double-strike off with < ESC > “H” so that line 70 can print in emphasized only. Finally, line

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Star Micronics SG-10, SG-15 Try them now with this little program, Run this program. The results will look like this

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