Italic Mode - TallyGenicom Matrix Printer Programmer's Manual

Italic Mode ON
Italic Mode OFF
Data Structure ASCII
hex.
dec.
ASCII
hex.
dec.
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Description All characters following this code sequence are printed in italics. Italic characters are
also printed, if codes with the eight bit set by ESC > are sent to the printer.
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Italic print mode set by ESC 4 or ESC ! (Master Select) is reset. Italic mode can be
used in all print qualities (DPQ, NLQ, LQ).
Example
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Character Styling
ESC "4" italic mode ON
1B 34
27 52
ESC "5" italic mode OFF
1B 35
27 53
The characters hex.B0 to hex.DF (hex.176...dec.223) and hex.F0 to hex.FE
(dec.240...dec.254) of the extended EPSON graphics character set cannot be printed
in italic mode.
REM

italic mode

LPRINT CHR$(27);"4";
GOSUB 70
LPRINT CHR$(27);"5";
GOSUB 70
END
LPRINT "Matrix Printer"
RETURN
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ESC 4
ESC 5