Esc sp – Tally Genicom Matrix Printer User Manual
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Character Spacing
ESC SP
Data Structure
ASCII
ESC SP
hex.
1B
20
dec.
27
32
Description
The size of the spaces between the characters is increased by n
∗
1
⁄
180
inch in NLQ and
LQ and in Draft by n
∗
1
⁄
120
inch. This space is added to the spaces used for character de-
finition.
The value specified for n must be in the range of 0 to 127.
Example
10 REM character spacing
20 LPRINT CHR$(27);"@"
25 LPRINT CHR$(27);"x1";:REM High Print quality
30 LPRINT "this is normal width"
40 LPRINT CHR$(27);" ";CHR$(3);
50 LPRINT "now 3/180 inch is added to normal width"
60 LPRINT CHR$(27);" ";CHR$(6);
70 LPRINT "now 6/180 inch is added"
80 END
24
Character
Spacing