NEW
20 LPRINT CHR$(15)"COMPRESSED MODE IS SET WITH
CHR$(15)"
30
LPRINT "IT WILL STAY ON UNTIL YOU CANCEL IT"
40
LPRINT CHR$(l8)"PICA AGAIN"
COMPRESSED MODE IS SET WITH CHR$(15)
IT WILL STAY ON UNTIL YOU CANCEL IT
PICA AGAIN
Notice that we had you use only CHR$(l5) to turn Compressed Mode
on-that is, we didn’t have you type in an ESCape code first. If you
prefer consistency to brevity, you may add one and use ESCape
CHR$(15) to get the same effect.
As
do
most other print modes on FX printers, Compressed stays on
until you turn it off. And there is a specific code that turns Com-
pressed Mode off--CHR$(18). The Reset Code would work just as
well, but remember that it also resets all other current printer modes to
the defaults. The FX gives you a choice of resetting codes one at a time
or all at once.
At 17.16 characters per inch, Compressed Mode is the narrowest
character pitch available on FX printers. FX-80 users can fit 132 Com-
pressed characters into each line (up to 137 by changing the right mar-
gin setting; see Chapter 9). FX-100 users can get 233 Compressed
characters per print line. Compressed Mode is especially useful for
printing spreadsheets or reports that require several columns of infor-
mation.
If you find yourself using this pitch more often than not, you can
change the default pitch from Pica to Compressed Mode by setting
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