Selecting the type of character spacing, Selecting the pitch – Brother HL-2170W User Manual

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CHAPTER 2 PCL - 53

60 REM --- PRINT CHARACTERS ----
70 FOR I=33 TO 127
80 LPRINT CHR$(I);
90 NEXT
100 LPRINT
110 REM --- FRENCH CHARACTER SET SELECTION ------
120 LPRINT ESC$+"(s5C";
130 REM --- PRINT CHARACTERS ----
140 FOR I=33 TO 127
150 LPRINT CHR$(I);
160 NEXT
170 LPRINT
180 REM --- PAPER EJECT ---
190 LPRINT CHR$(12);
200 END

5.2.6.

Selecting the type of character spacing

Esc(s#P (27)(40)(115)#(80) <1Bh><28h><73h>#<50h>

This command selects the spacing type for the primary font.

Esc)s#P (27)(41)(115)#(80)

<1Bh><29h><73h>#<50h>

This command selects the spacing type for the secondary font.

# = 0 selects fixed spacing and # = 1 selects proportional spacing.

10 REM ****** SELECTING A PROPORTIONAL OR FIXED SPACE FONT ******
20 ESC$=CHR$(27)
30 WIDTH "LPT1:",255
40 REM --- SELECT A PROPORTIONALLY SPACED FONT ----
50 LPRINT ESC$+"(s1P";
60 FOR I=33 TO 127
70 LPRINT CHR$(I);
80 NEXT
90 LPRINT
100 REM --- SELECT A FIXED SPACE FONT ---
110 LPRINT ESC$+"(s0P";
120 FOR I=33 TO 127
130 LPRINT CHR$(I);
140 NEXT
150 LPRINT
160 REM --- PAPER EJECT ---
170 LPRINT CHR$(12);
180 END

5.2.7.

Selecting the pitch

Esc(s#H (27)(40)(115)#(72) <1Bh><28h><73h>#<48h>

This command designates the pitch for the primary font.

Esc)s#H (27)(41)(115)#(72) <1Bh><29h><73h>#<48h>

This command designates the pitch for the secondary font.

# = the number of characters to be printed per inch. However, the actual size range is defined in

combination with the character height.

The printer's in-built bitmap fonts all have a pitch of either 10, 12 or 16.66 characters per inch, and you can

specify any of these as follows:

Esc&k0S

( 10 cpi )

Esc&k2S

( 16.66 cpi )

Esc&k4S

( 12 cpi )

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