All the modes demonstrated tn this chapter are compared tn Table 5-1. Table 5-1. Summary of MPS 1000 pitches (IBM mode) Remember-you don't have to use BASIC to change modes; you can use any method that sends the printer the proper codes. ESCape Codes Now that you have seen how you can change the pitch of your MPS 1000 printing, we can show you many ways to vary or enhance your printing. So that you won't have to type dozens of programs to try all these features, we have provided a master program that can demonstrate any feature.
Bold Modes Besides the pitches (pica, elite, and condensed) that we covered ear- lier, the MPS 1000 offers other typestyles, including two for bold printing-emphasized and double-strike. Emphasized mode In emphasized mode, the MPS 1000 prints each dot twice, with the second dot slightly to the right of the first. In order to do this, the print head must slow down so that it has time to fire, retract and fire the pins quickly enough to produce overlapping dots. As you can see in Figure 5-1, this method produces more fully-formed characters that are darker than single-strike ones. Standar-d Print Emphasized Print Figure 5-1.
Single-strike and emphasized printing 63 Print sample CPI Codes I ..----1 inch~ I On Off Near Letter Quality 10.00 ESC "x" 1 ESC "x" 0 p1::;:1NT PICr~ 10.00 Elite print 12.00 ESC":" print Co~pressed 17.16 15 18