Print Quality; Modes For Weights; Double-Strike Mode - Epson FX-80 User Manual

Chapter 4
Print Quality
Modes for Weights
In the last chapter you changed the width of the printed characters
to achieve several different print styles. The FX printer also offers
three modes which improve print quality: Double-Strike, Empha-
sized, and Proportional.
Double-Strike Mode
The first mode which affects the weight and thus the quality (rather
than the width) of print is the Double-Strike Mode. It prints each line
twice. Try this:
NEW
1~ LPRINT CHR$(27)"G";"DOUBLE-STRIKE PRINT IS
DARKER" ;
2~
LPRINT CHR$(27)"H";" THAN SINGLE-STRIKE"
and RUN it:
DOUBLE-STRIKE PRINT IS DARKER THAN SINGLE-STRIKE
Double-Strike Mode is turned on with (ESC)" G". It stays on until
turned off with (ESC) "H". In this mode, the letters look less like a
bunch of dots and more like fully formed characters.
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