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switch while holding the Mode key down on the control panel,
set the NLQ mode with the Mode key while in the Off Line
mode. Then run the program again. You should get like this:
This 1 i ne shows NEAR LETTER QUALITY!
This 1ine shows standard print .
As you can see,
now the printout only contains NLQ
characters. This is because we set the printer to the “Print Quali-
ty Panel” mode at power on, so the printer ignored the control
codes to set or cancel NLQ characters. This is a very useful way
to print NLQ characters if you are using a packaged software
which does not support the NLQ character mode.
Table 4-1
Near letter quality commands
Function Control code
Near letter qualityON
(ESC)
“X” 1
Near letter qualityOFF (ESC) “X”O
■ Italic printing
italic letters are letters that are slanted to the right. Your
printer can print all of its letters in italic as well as the reman
(standard) letters you are accustomed to. Italics can be used to
give extra emphasis to certain words. The commands to turn
italic on and off are shown in Table 4-2.
Table 4-2
Italic commands
Function Control code
ItalicON (ESC) “4”
ItalicOFF
(ESC) “5”
Use this program to see italic characters:
10 ‘
Demo
20 LPRINT
30 LPRINT
40 LPRINT
50 LPRINT
of ita 1ic and
CHR$(27); “4”;
“This 1ine is
CHR$(27) ; “5”;
“Tt~is 1ine is
reman
in ITALIC characters. ”
in ROMANcharacters. ”