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For greater convenience you can make a batch file that will setup the printer and print any
specifiedfilewitha singlecommzmd. T o createsuchabatchfile withthename SJPRINT.BAT,
type in the first four lines shown next. AZ mems to press the CTRL and Z keys
simultaneously. To use this file to print README.DOC, type the fifth line.
A>COPY CON SJPRINT . BAT
COPY SJELITE.
DAT PRN
PRINT
%1
'z
A>SJPRINT
README. DOC
The first line above is a copy command from the CONsole screen to a file named
SJPRINT.BAT. The next two lines are the contents of this file. The %1 is a dummy
parameter: whatever file name you type after SJPRINT will be substituted for %1 and
printed.
PROGRAMMING WITH BASIC
As an example of programming the printer on Microsoft BASIC, we have listed the
program for the IBM-PC. This program runs in the printer's Standard mode, and the
downloadable condition.
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' Set control codes
E$=CHR$ (27 )
'Escape code
TM$=E$+"k "+CHR$ (O )
'Roman character
H$=CHR$ (9 )
'Horizontal tab
PI$=E$+ "P"
'Pica pitch
EL$=E$+" M "
'El ite pitch
' Start print inz
WIDTH "L~Tl :",2;5
LPRINT
LPRINT
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E$ ;"D" ;CHR$ (3 );CHR$ (30 );CHR$ (O )
'Set HT
TM$ ;"Resident fonts are :"
H$ ;E$ ;"k " ;CHR$ (O );"Roman characters ," ;
H$ ;E$ ;"k ";CHR$ (12) ;"H-Gothic characters ."
TM$ ;"Print pitches are :"
H$ ;PI$ ;"Pica pitch (10 CPI ),";
H$ ;EL$ ;"Elite pitch (12 CPI ),"
H$ ;E$ ;"g" ;"Semi–condensed pitch (15 CPI ),";
H$ ;PI$ ;
CHR$ (15) ;
'Select condensed print
"Condensed pica pitch (17 CPI ),"
H$ ;EL$ ;"Condensed elite pitch (20 CPI ),";
CHR$ (18)
'Cancel condensed print
H$ ;E$ ;"P 1";
'Select proportional spacing
PI$; ''Normalproportional,";
H$ ;CHR$ (15) ;"Condensed proportional.";
CHR$ (18):
E$ ;!! P O !!
'Cancel proportional spacing
H$ ;E$ ;"
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Double–he ight ,";E$ ;"WO"
H$ ;E$ ;"W1 ";' ' Double width, ";E$; ''WO"
H$;CHR$(28) ;''E'';
CHR$(2) ;"Triple width, ";
CHR$(28); tiEM ;CHR$(0)
H$;E$;M h"; CHR$(l);" Double–sized,ti
E$;''h'';CHR$(O)
E$;''Q'';CHR$(47)
'Set right margin
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