Epson MX-80 User Manual page 30

Chapter 2
SECOND: it was smart enough to figure that out by itself.
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Figure 2-10
2 Easy Pieces
Only 2 more easy lines. It's downhill now.
Line 50 is a multiple statement line. The first LPRINT just inserts a vertical
space of one line.
5 0 L P R I N T i L P R I N T T A B ( 2 0 ) C H R * ( 1 8 ) " Y O U ' L L L I K E M E !
Figure 2-11
The second LPRINT tabs over 20 spaces and shoots the ASCII code # 1 8
down the line before printing "YOU'LL LIKE ME!"
18 is code for "turn off 1 5". No more COMPRESSED CHARACTERS.
It returns printing from 132 to 80 characters/line.
Add line 50 and RUN, watching the printhead.
Yep! Its print size is more like what we're used to. But why did it print twice?
Oh yes, it's that old ESCAPE G again. We'll take care of that in our final
program line.
But first, let's double-check to see that we are really out of the COM-
PRESSED CHARACTER mode. What would make a good test to find out?
Think about it. Think back a little ways.