Selecting The Ibm Proprinter Mode; Printing The Alternate And All Print Character Sets - Epson FX-286 User Manual

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example, the format section for the n/72-inch line spacing command
is as follows:
ASCII code:
Decimal:
Hexadecimal: 1 B
In BASIC you can send the command to set the n/72-inch line spac-
ing to 8 in three ways:
Decimal :
Hex:
Decimal with quotes:
ESCape sequences that require a 0 or 1 with a letter, such as ESC
to turn on double-width, can use either the ASCII code or the
"W1"
numeral in quotation marks for the 0 or 1. For example, in BASIC you
can turn on double-width with either of the formats below:
LPRINT CHR$(27)"W1"

Selecting the IBM Proprinter Mode

To set the FX-286 in the IBM Proprinter mode, you need to reset
three DIP switches (see Appendix A). Once the FX-286 is set in the
IBM mode, the printer responds to commands like a Proprinter, and
prints in the selected character set.
Reset the following DIP switches to select the Proprinter mode:
DIP
Switch
1-4
2-1
2-3

Printing the Alternate and All Print character sets

The IBM Proprinter has three character sets: Standard, Alternate,
and All Print (see Appendix K for printouts of all three sets). Two of
the sets, Standard and Alternate, can be selected with DIP switches.
The third set, All Print, can only be selected with ESCape code "\" or
"^". See this appendix for complete descriptions of these codes.
J-2
A
ESC
27
65
41 (n)
LPRINT CHR$(27) CHR$(65) CHR$(8)
LPRINT CHR$(&H1B) CHR$(&H41) CHR$(&H38)
LPRINT CHR$(27) "A" CHR$(8)
or
LPRINT CHR$(27)"W"CHR$(1)
Factory
Setting
ON
ON
OFF
(n)
( n )
Proprinter
Setting
OFF
OFF
ON

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