Epson LX-90TM Manuel D’Utilisation

The first exercise is a simple three-line program to print a sample

line of characters in pica, the standard pitch. Enter this program:

FOR X=65 TO 

CHR$(X);

X: LPRINT: LPRINT

Now run the program. You should get the results you see below, 

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pica characters per inch.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ˆ - ` a b c d e f g h i

Now you can try other pitches. As explained in Chapter 

3, 

the

LX-90 

uses the same pattern of dots for pica, elite, and compressed

characters, but it changes the horizontal spaces between the dots to

produce the three different widths.

In elite mode there are 

12 

characters per inch, and in compressed

there are 

The 

LX-90 

prints in elite when it receives the ESCape

“M” command and prints in compressed when it receives the ASCII 

command. Print a sample line of elite characters by adding the line

below to your previous program. (Simply type this line and press

you do not need to retype the other lines.)

20 LPRINT CHR$(27);"M";

This line uses the command for elite, ESCape ‘M”, to turn on that

mode. When you run the program, your printout should look like the

one below.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]ˆ_`abcdefghi

The next addition to the program cancels elite with ESCape "P" and

turns on compressed with ASCII 

LPRINT CHR$(27);"P";CHR$(15);

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