Some Mode Combinations - Epson FX-80 User Manual

If 16 different modes is not enough, then how does 128 "strike" you?
By using combinations of the 4 modes from the beginning of this chap-
ter with the 16 Master Select modes, we can drive the number of
unique print modes up to 128! (That's right, you get MODE for your
money with Epson.)
For you nonbelievers, we'll spell it out in black and white. Start
with these four print modes: Superscript, Subscript, Italic, and Under-
line. Figure 5-3 illustrates the 11 different ways they can be combined:
1 - ORDINARY PRINT
fSl.JF"ERfSCR J: F'-r
4 -
ITALICS
5 - UI'.lDEHL. I NE
6 -
5UP£R5CRIFT~
ITALICS
7 -
SUF"ERSCRJ:F"T. UNDERLJ:NE
8
&UDSCRIPT~
ITALZCS
1'? --
Figure 5·3. Some mode combinations.
If we add the default Pica Mode, there are 12 different combinations.
Now it's time to dig out the calculators. Four of these 12 combina-
tions (the ones that don't involve Super- or Subscript) can be com-
bined with any of the 16 modes from the Master Select. This gives us 4
times 16, or 64 combinations. The other 8 combinations that involve
Super- and Subscript Modes can be combined with the 8 Single-Strike
Master Select modes. Eight times 8 gives another 64 combinations.
Add these to the first 64, and we get a total of 128 unique print modes
on the FX-80 printer!!
The 128 modes are displayed in the print sample at the beginning of
the manual.
So how would someone print a combination like
UNDERLINED SUPERSCRIPT ITALIC DOUBLE-STRIKE
EMPHASIZED EXPANDED PICA?
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