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Enter and run the following program to see how the NLQ mode is
turned on by an ESCape sequence:
NEW
10 LPRINT CHR$(27)"x"CHR$(l);
20 FOR X=65 TO 105
30
LPRINT CHR$(X);
40
NEXT X: LPRINT
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]ˆ-'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
4-1.
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
can use any method or software that sends the proper codes to the
printer.
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Table 4-1. Summary
of
LX-90 pitches
C P I
O n
ESC "x" 1
10.00
1 0 . 0 0
ESC "M"
1 2 . 0 0
17.16
1 5
ESC "M" 15
20.00
Because
10.
Codes
O f f
ESC "x" 0
ESC "P"
18
ESC "P" 18
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