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Pitch
Pica
Elite
Table 5-6
Print pitch commands
Characters/inch
Control code
10
(ESC) “P"
12
(ESC)“M"
Try this program to see how these two pitches work.
10
' Demo of pica and elite pitches
20 LPRINT CHR$(27);"M";
30 LPRINT "This line is ELITE pitch."
40 LPRINT CHRS(27);"P";
50 LPRINT "This line is PICA pitch (normal)."
When you run this program you should get this:
This line is ELITE pitch.
This line is PICA pitch (normal).
Line 20 turns on elite pitch with (ESC) “M”. Line 30 prints a
line at 12 characters per inch. The (ESC) “P” in line 40 resets
the printer to pica pitch and line 50 prints a line in pica pitch.
n Expanded print
Each of the print pitches can be enlarged to twice its normal
width. This is called expanded print. Try this program to see
how it works:
10
' Demo of expanded print
20 LPRINT "Demonstration of *';
30 LPRINT CHR$(14);
40 LPRINT "EXPANDED";
50 LPRINT CHR$(20);
60 LPRINT
w printing."
70 LPRINT "Notice that '*;
80 LPRINT CHR$(14);
90 LPRINT "EXPANDED mode"
100 LPRINT *'automatically turns off at the end of a
line."