A470 Users Guide
Appendix A:Pitch / Characters Per Line
The printer has 14 PITCH / FONT combinations. These are developed from 4 basic character fonts (2 normal and 2 double wide) and a variable intercharacter space.
Chars | Chars | Line | Method | Dot Columns | Dots |
/ Inch | / Line | Length | <ESC><P> | Ch+Sp=To | / Line |
6.0 | 16 | 2.67 | <NUL><SO> | 15+09=24 | 384 |
6.6 | 18 | 2.75 | <SOH><SO> | 15+07=22 | 396 |
7.2 | 20 | 2.78 | <STX><SO> | 15+05=20 | 400 |
8.0 | 22 | 2.75 | <ETX><SO> | 15+03=18 | 396 |
9.0 | 25 | 2.78 | <EOT><S0> | 11+05=16 | 400 |
10.3 | 28 | 2.72 | <ENQ><SO> | 11+03=14 | 392 |
12.0 | 33 | 2.75 | <ACK><SO> | 11+01=12 | 396 |
12.0 | 33 | 2.75 | <NUL><SI> | 07+05=12 | 396 |
13.1 | 36 | 2.75 | <SOH><SI> | 07+04=11 | 396 |
14.4 | 40 | 2.78 | <STX><SI> | 07+03=10 | 400 |
16.0 | 44 | 2.75 | <ETX><SI> | 07+02=09 | 396 |
18.0 | 50 | 2.78 | <EOT><SI> | 05+03=08 | 400 |
20.6 | 57 | 2.77 | <ENQ><SI> | 05+02=07 | 399 |
24.0 | 66 | 2.75 | <ACK><SI> | 05+02=06 | 396 |
CHARS / INCH characters per inch or pitch
CHARS / LINE maximum number of printed characters per line
LINE LENGTH in inches - a product of .00694 inches and DOTS / LINE
METHOD ESC P control code sequence - 1st column is the n value for the <ESC> <P> command and the 2nd column selects double wide ON or OFF
DOT COLUMNS dot columns - per printable character (Ch), per intercharacter space (Sp) and total (To)
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