Star Micronics LC-8521 user manual Setting the character pitch, Entering the Pitch Lock Mode

22Control Panel Operations

Setting the character pitch

The character pitch setting controls how many characters are printed per inch. Use the following procedure to select the pitch you want.

❏Make sure the printer is off-line (ON LINE indicator is not lit).

❏Press PITCH to change the pitch selection.

The following shows the meanings of the indicators that light on the control panel when you press PITCH.

Lit Indicators	Meaning
10CPI	10 characters per inch (Pica)
10CPI + 15CPI	12 characters per inch (Elite)
15CPI	15 characters per inch
10CPI + COND	17 characters per inch (Condensed Pica)
10CPI + 15CPI + COND	20 characters per inch (Condensed Elite)
PROP	Proportional
COND + PROP	Condensed proportional

Note:

The pitch setting you make with the above procedure can be changed if the software you are using overrides the setting from the control panel. You can prevent this by using the following procedure to put the printer into the Pitch Lock Mode when you turn it on.

Entering the Pitch Lock Mode

When the printer is in the Pitch Lock Mode, the pitch settings you make on the control panel are used even if your software tries to override the pitch. Use the following procedure to enter the Pitch Lock Mode.

❏Turn off the printer.

❏While holding down PITCH, turn printer power on.

The printer is now in the Pitch Lock Mode. You could enter the Pitch Lock Mode and Font Lock Mode (page 21) at the same time by holding down both FONT and PITCH when you turn on printer power.

To exit the Pitch Lock Mode, simply turn the printer off.

Important!

Pitch lock will not function if you are using Windows Truetype fonts.