Chapter 10: IBM - Standard Functions
10-7
Italics
Superscript characters are printed above the base line and are used
for exponents (x
2
) and other typographical effects. Subscript is par-
ticularly suitable for chemical formulae (H
2
O). Superscript and sub-
script characters are represented in all pitches in half character
height and normal character width.
Function Dec. Hex. ASCII
Start italics 27 37 71 1B 25 47 ESC % G
Stop italics 25 37 72 1B 25 48 ESC % H
Italic characters are printed sloping slightly to the right and particu-
larly highlight individual words, sentences or whole paragraphs.
You can also activate this function via the menu to print a complete
document in italics.
Multifunction commands
Different print functions can be combined in a single escape se-
quence with multifunction commands.
Function Dec. Hex. ASCII
Select print quality, 27 33 n 1B 49 n ESC I n
pitch and font
The parameter n defines here the combination of print quality,
pitch and font in accordance with the following table. Insert a value
from the following table for n.
The following print qualities and pitches can also be selected via
the control panel or the menu.
n Print mode Pitch Font
0 Data Processing Quality 10 cpi resident
2 Letter Quality 10 cpi resident
3 Letter Quality proportional resident
4 Data Processing Quality 10 cpi resident
6 Letter Quality 10 cpi resident
7 Letter Quality proportional resident
Print quality,
character pitch and
typeface
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