Commodore MPS 1200 - Chapter 3 Printing Text; NEAR LETTER QUALITY

Chapter 3
Printing Text
Starting with this chapter we'll look at each of the MPS 1200's
features in
detail-what the feature does, how it works, and how to
use it. We'll
show you example programs that illustrate how to
send the
control codes to the MPS 1200.
If you plan to write your own programs, you'll find the programs
in this section provide examples of proper command syntax and
may be useful as subroutines. If you don't know BASIC, you can
still use all
of the MPS 1200's features. Just follow the code syntax
in the example programs.
This chapter covers the commands that control the way the MPS
1200 prints text. You'll learn how to get near letter quality print
and proportional spacing, how to change pitch and character width
and height, how to use doubles trike, emphasized, italic, reverse
print, underlining,
and how to print superscripts and subscripts.
When you finish this chapter you'll be able to customize your text
printing exactly to your task and needs.
NOTE: So that your sample programs come out the same, we assume
that you have internal switch 1-2 OFF (to configure your MPS
1200 as a PET ASCII printer).
NEAR LETTER QUALITY
Format
BASIC
Hex
ON
chr$(27) "x1"
1 B
58 31
3-1
OFF
chr$(27) "xO"
1B 58 30