Tally Genicom Matrix Printer manual Underline Mode

Underline Mode				ESC -
Data Structure ASCII	ESC "-"		<n> or n	underline mode ON/OFF
hex.	1B	2D	<n> or n
dec.	27	45	<n> or n

Description This code sequence switches the automatic underline function ON or OFF. When the automatic underline function is ON, all printed characters including spaces are automat- ically underlined.

The automatic underline function is ON when 1 is specified for n, and is OFF when 0 is specified. Once the printer receives ESC -<1>, all subsequent characters including spaces are automatically underlined until ESC -<0> is received.

Spaces between tab codes (HT) will not be underlined.

The characters hex.B0 to hex.DF (hex.176...dec.223) and hex.F0 to hex.FE

(dec.240...dec.254) of the extended EPSON graphics character set cannot be underlined using this mode.

Example	10 REM		underline mode
	20	LPRINT	"the most ";
	30	LPRINT	CHR$(27);"-";CHR$(1);
	40	LPRINT	"important";
	50	LPRINT	CHR$(27);"-";CHR$(0);
	60	LPRINT " word must be underlined."
	70	END

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