ASCII
Codes
for
IBM
80
CPS
Matrix
Printer
To
tell
your
new Printer how and what
you
would like to print, you
must first send special coded characters from the system Unit to
your
Printer. These special characters are called ASCII control codes.
Below, you will see a few examples on how these are used.
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On
the
following pages
you
will find the complete ASCII code charts
for control, character and symbols and graphic codes. You may
want
to
keep it handy for future reference.
EXAMPLES-For
the
BASIC programmer
1.
ASCII
number
14 turns
on
double width mode.
*What
to
program: LPRINT
CHR$(l4);
"IBM Personal
Computer"
*What it will print: I
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Pe-r-SC:H""la.l.
CCllTlput.ar-
2.
ASCII number
15
turns on compressed character mode.
*What
to
program: LPRINT
CHR$(l5);
"IBM Personal
Computer"
*What it will print:
18K
Per
••
nal
C
••
putor
3. ASCII number 69 (ASCII
"E")
followed
by
ASCII
number
27
(ESC. Code)
*What to program: LPRINT CHR$(27)+CHR$(69); "IBM
Personal
Computer"
*What it will print:
IBM
Personal
Computer
Printer 3-14
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