Changing The Print Pitch; Table 3-1 Print Pitch Commands - Star Micronics Delta User Manual

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will investigate is changing the width of the characters that
Delta
prints.
Changing the print pitch
In "printer talk," character width is called pitch. Normally,
Delta prints
10
characters per inch. This is called pica pitch
because it's the same spacing as a standard pica typewriter.
Delta can also print 12 characters per inch. This is called elite
pitch because it is the same spacing as an elite typewriter.
Condensed print is approximately 17 characters per inch
(actually it's 17.14 characters per inch). Condensed pitch allows
you to get
136
columns of printing on an
8%
inch page.
You tell Delta which pitch you want to use with the (ESC)
"B" command. The table below shows the three options of this
command.
Pitch
Pica
Elite
Condensed
Table 3-l
Print pitch commands
Characters/inch Control code
10
(ESC) "B" CHR$(l)
12
(ESC) "B" CHR$(2)
17
', ESC) "B" CHR$(3)
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Let's see how these three pitches look. Try this program:
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NEW
18 LPRINT CHR$(27) "B" CHR$(2)
2@ LPRINT "THIS IS ELITE PITCH PRINTING"
30
LPRINT CHR$(27) "B" CHR$(3)
40
LPRINT "CONDENSED IS THE NARROWEST PITCH"
50 LPRINT CHR$(27) "B" CHR$(l)
60 LPRINT "NOW WE ARE BACK TO PICA PITCH PRINTING"
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When you run this program you should get this:
THIS
IS
ELITE PITCH
F'HiNTING
CONDENSED IS THE NARROWEST PITCH
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NOW WE ARE BACK TO
FICA
PITCH
F'RINTING