Selecting The Type Of Character Spacing - Brother HL-Series Technical Reference Manual

Revision C 16/01/96
• To select any of the above symbol sets for the secondary font simply substitute ')' for '(' in the command
shown in the table.
10 REM ****** SELECTING CHARACTER SETS ******
20 ESC$=CHR$(27)
30 WIDTH "LPT1:",255
40 REM --- GERMAN CHARACTER SET SELECTION ------
50 LPRINT ESC$+"(s3C";
60 REM --- PRINT CHARACTERS ----
70 FOR I=33 TO 127
80 LPRINT CHR$(I);
90 NEXT
100 LPRINT
110 REM --- FRENCH CHARACTER SET SELECTION ------
120 LPRINT ESC$+"(s5C";
130 REM --- PRINT CHARACTERS ----
140 FOR I=33 TO 127
150 LPRINT CHR$(I);
160 NEXT
170 LPRINT
180 REM --- PAPER EJECT ---
190 LPRINT CHR$(12);
200 END

Selecting the type of character spacing

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• This command selects the spacing type for the primary font.
Esc)s#P
• This command selects the spacing type for the secondary font.
• • # = 0 selects fixed spacing and # = 1 selects proportional spacing.
10 REM ****** SELECTING A PROPORTIONAL OR FIXED SPACE FONT ******
20 ESC$=CHR$(27)
30 WIDTH "LPT1:",255
40 REM --- SELECT A PROPORTIONALLY SPACED FONT ----
50 LPRINT ESC$+"(s1P";
60 FOR I=33 TO 127
70 LPRINT CHR$(I);
80 NEXT
90 LPRINT
100 REM --- SELECT A FIXED SPACE FONT ---
110 LPRINT ESC$+"(s0P";
120 FOR I=33 TO 127
130 LPRINT CHR$(I);
140 NEXT
150 LPRINT
160 REM --- PAPER EJECT ---
170 LPRINT CHR$(12);
180 END
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