Epson Printer Interface Cartridge for the Apple IIc Operation Manual page 27

Enter and run the following program to see how the NLQ mode is
turned on by an ESCape sequence:
NEW
5 PRINT CHR$(4);"PR#l"
10 PRINT CHR$(27);"x";CHR$(l);
20 FOR X=65 TO 105
30 PRINT CHR$(X);
40 NEXT X: PRINT
300 PRINT CHR$(4);"PR#0"
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^-'abcdefghi
Note that you use a lowercase x, not a capital X, in line
of the high resolution of the NLQ mode, it prints only in pica, not in
elite or compressed.
All the modes demonstrated in this chapter are compared in Table
4-l.
Print sample
1 inch
N e a r L e t t e r Q u a l i t y
P i c a p r i n t
E l i t e p r i n t
Compressed print
Compressed elite print
Remember that you don't have to use BASIC to change modes; you
use any method or software that sends the proper codes to the
can
printer.
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Table Summary
4-7.
LX-90 pitches
of
C P I
O n
10.00 ESC "x" 1
10.00
12.00
ESC "M"
17.16 1 5
ESC "M" 15
20.00
Because
10.
Codes
O f f
ESC "x" 0
ESC "P"
1 8
ESC "P" 18