Master Select - Epson Printer Interface Cartridge for the Apple IIc Operation Manual

Master Select

The LX-90 has a special ESCape code called Master Select that
allows you to choose any possible combination of seven different
modes: pica, elite, compressed, emphasized, double-strike, expanded,
and italic. The format of the Master Select code is ESCape '!" followed
by a number that is calculated by adding together the values of the
modes listed below:
italic
expanded
double-strike
emphasized
compressed
elite
pica
For any combination, just add up the values of each of the modes
you want and use the total as the number after ESCape "!". For exam-
ple, to calculate the code for expanded underlined pica, add the fol-
lowing numbers together:
italic
expanded
pica
To print this combination, therefore, you use ESCape "!" followed
by the number 96. In the BASIC programming language the com-
mand is CHR$(27)"!"CHR$(96).
To try this number or any other, enter and run this short program,
which will ask you for a Master Select number and then give you a
sample of printing using that code.
10 INPUT "Master Select number";M
20 PRINT CHR$(4);"PR#l"
30 PRINT CHR$(27);"!";CHR$(M)
40
PRINT "This sample of printing uses"
50 PRINT "Master Select number";M
60
PRINT CHR$(27);"@"
300 PRINT CHR$(4);"PR#0"
Here is part of a sample using Master Select number 96:
m p l e
S e l e c t
64
32
16
8
4
1
0
64
32
0
96
o f p r i
n u m b e r
n t i n g
9 6
u s e s
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