Commodore MPS 1000 — Commodore MPS 1000 Dot Matrix Printer User's Manual PDF (EN)

gram is easy to use. Just remember to press the RETURN key after the answer to each question and to use a capital letter in the answer to the first question unless we tell you to use a lowercase letter for a specific code. You should get the following printout when you run this program and type "E" and "emphasized" in answer to the questions. This sample uses ESCape E to produce emphasized printing. The code to turn off emphasized is ESCape "F". Double-strike The other bold mode on the MPS 1000 is double-strike. For this mode the printer prints each line, then moves the paper up slightly and prints the line again.

Each dot is printed twice, with the second one slightly below the first as you can see in Figure 5-2. Figure 5-2 Single-strike and double-strike Unlike emphasized, double-strike combines with any draft pitch (but not with NLQ) because it does not overlap dots horizontally. Since each line in this mode is printed twice, the speed of your printing is slowed. The code for double-strike is ESCape "G" . Try it in the master program if you wish. The code to turn off double-strike is ESCape "H". Enlarged Mode Perhaps the most dramatic code on the MPS 1000 is enlarged. It produces extra-wide characters that are good for titles and headings.

For this mode, the dot pattern of each character is enlarged and a duplicate set of dots is printed one dot to the right. You can see the difference between pica and enlarged pica in Figure 5-3 65 S t. a nrli:\r·· c:l F'r-i nt. Double-strike print