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Selecting typestyles with Master Select
Your printer has a special ESCape code called Master Select that
allows you to choose many possible combinations of eight
different printing modes:
0
10 cpi
l
double-strike
0
12 cpi
l double-wide
l
condensed
0
italics
l
emphasized
l
underline
The format of the Master Select code is shown below:
ASCII
Decimal
Hexadecimal
:ESC !
n
: 27 33
n
: 1B
21
n
The variable n is a number that identifies the desired mode or
combination of modes. To find the value of n, refer to the table
below and add up either the decimal or hexadecimal numbers for
the features you want to combine.
Feature
Dec.
Hex.
10 cpi
0
00
12 cpi
1
01
condensed
4
04
emphasized
8
08
double-strike
16
1O
double-wide
32
20
italics
64 40
underline 128
80
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