Tally Genicom Matrix Printer manual ESC 4 ESC, Ascii

Italic Mode ON

Italic Mode OFF

ESC 4 ESC 5

Data Structure ASCII	ESC "4"		italic mode ON	➊
hex.	1B	34
dec.	27	52
ASCII	ESC "5"		italic mode OFF	➋
hex.	1B	35
dec.	27	53

Description ➊ All characters following this code sequence are printed in italics. Italic characters are also printed, if codes with the eight bit set by ESC > are sent to the printer.

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 printed in italic mode.

➋Italic print mode set by ESC 4 or ESC ! (Master Select) is reset. Italic mode can be used in all print qualities (DPQ, NLQ, LQ).

Example	10	REM	italic mode
	20	LPRINT	CHR$(27);"4";
	30	GOSUB 70
	40	LPRINT CHR$(27);"5";
	50	GOSUB 70
	60	END
	70	LPRINT "Matrix Printer"
	80	RETURN

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