Operation Manual

Italics
You may want to highlight a phrase by printing it in italics. You
can switch to the alternate character set (see Appendix B) with the
command:
Italics Decimal Hex. ASCII Comp.
Begin Italic' printing
27
52 lB 34 ESC4 F
Stop Italic~ printing 27 53 lB 35 ESC 5
r
Setting the MSB (7/8 bit commands)
The other method of printing italics is to set the MSB (Most
Significant Bit) to 1.
Setting the MSB Decimal Hex. ASCII
Comp.
Set \158 to 1
27
62 lB 3E ESC> r
Reset . VISB 27 35 IB 23 ESC# F
j Set \ISB to 0
27
61
lB 3D ESC =
F
This limits the range of the CHR$ codes to the area from 128 to 255
decimal.
If this command is used all characters will be printed in
italics (even if ESC 5 is sent) until the
MS B is reset which means that
bit 8 will be set as it is sent from your computer.
You can also set bitS (MSB) toO. This means that you can only print
characters from the lower half of the character set (0 to 127).
Proportional spacing
To give your text a more professional, typeset look you can switch
on the proportional spacing. If the printer is in Utility Downline
Loadable Character Generator (DLL) mode when the start code is
sent, the result will be:
Utility DLL in proportional but emphasised.
EJISOII FX Mode Standard features 5-5