Emphasized And Double-Strike; Proportional Mode - Epson FX-80 User Manual

Neat trick! Although the print head slows down to half speed in
Emphasized Mode, the increase in print quality is well worth it.
(ESC) "F" is the shut-off code for Emphasized Mode.
Emphasized Mode is a variation of Pica; it cannot be combined
with Elite or Compressed print. If you like this mode, you can make it
the default on power-up by setting internal switch 1-5 on. (See Appen-
dix K for switch settings.)
Emphasized and Double-Strike in concert
For even better quality, you can combine Emphasized with Double-
Strike. Add:
4YJ LPRINT CHR$(27)"G";"COMBINED THEY CAN'T BE BEAT!"
to your program.
DOUBLE-STRIKE PRINT IS DARKER THAN SINGLE-STRIKE
EMPHASIZED ADDS A TOUCH OF CLASS
COMBINED THEY CAN'T BE BEAT!
Emphasized Mode (line 30) stays on until it is shut off. Line 40 kicks in
Double-Strike before Emphasized is turned off. You see the result
above.
The only drawback to all this high-powered printing is the wear
and tear on the ribbon. Understandably, these extra dense modes use
up the life of a ribbon faster than Single-Strike Mode does. Used spar-
ingly, however, they can give you increased capability for a low over-
head.
Proportional Mode
Have you ever wondered why most computer printouts don't look
quite as good as typeset books, even when bold characters are used?
That's because most dot-matrix printers use a uniform width for each
character ("monospacing") whereas typesetting machines set the
width for each character "proportional" to its size. That is, narrow
characters like i and! are printed without the excess space that would
be used if they were printed in the same width as m and w.
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