Commodore MPS 1200 - Page 55

Table 3.1 Character Widths
Character Width
Pica Standard
Pica Expanded
Pica Compressed
Pica Compressed
Expanded
Elite Standard
Elite Expanded
Elite Compressed
Elite Compressed
Expanded
Characters/Inch
10
5
17
8.5
12
6
20
10
Max. Characters/Line
80
40
136
68
96
48
160
80
We'll cover the commands for each of these print widths in this
section.
Pitch
The pitch tells you how many characters will be printed in one
inch. It is
another term for characters per inch, or CPI.
The MPS 1200 is capable of two basic pitches: 10-pitch, called pica,
and 12-pitch, called elite. They are described below.
Pica Pitch
Format
BASIC
Hex
ON
chr$(27) "P"
1B DO
OFF
chr$(27) "M"
1B CD
Pica is the default pitch. When you first turn on the MPS 1200, it
will print at 10 characters per inch by default until you change it.
Pica pitch does
not cancel other width commands such as expanded
or compressed print. Pica pitch can be turned off by selecting the
other pitch command, which is elite.
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