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printing, for it takes a keen eye to detect that it is from a dot
matrix printer. Normally, your printer prints draft quality
characters when the DIP switch 1-4 is set off. This is adequate
for most work and it prints fastest. But for the final printout, try
Letter Quality. The program below shows how.
10 ' Demo of LQ character set
20 LPRINT CHR$(27) ; "xl";
30 LPRINT "This line shows LETTER QUALITY!'*
40 LPRINT CHR$ (27) ; "x0" ;
50 LPRINT "This line shows standard print."
In this program, line 20 selects LQ characters with (ESC) "x"
1 command. Line 30 prints a sample before line 40 switches
printer back to draft printing with an (ESC) "~"0. When you
run the program you should get this:
This line shows LETTER QUALITY!
This line shows standard print.
Table 5-l
Letter quality commands
Function Control code
Letter quality ON
(ESC) "~"1
Letter quality
OFF (ESC) "~"0
n Characters
in the Font Cartridge
This printer offers you the Prestige LQ characters as stand-
ard. If you want to use other LQ character styles, use the op-
tional font cartridges.
You can install those font cartridges following the procedures
described in Chapter 1. You can control the characters in those
font cartridges as shown below:
10 '
Demo of optional characters
20 LPRINT CHR$(27):"xl";
30 LPRINT CHR$(27);"k";CHR$(l);
40 LPRINT "This line shows Font 1 characters."
50 LPRINT CHR$(27);"k";CHR$(2);