Operator's Guide 267
CHARACTER PITCH DIFFERENCES
Control commands used to set character pitch are the same in the DEC
emulations of the 4100 printer and DEC LA210 printers, except for
commands shown in the table below:
Character Pitch
Control
Sequence LA210
Printer 4100 Printer
ESC[3w 13.2 pitch 15.0 pitch
ESC[4w 16.5 pitch 16.67 pitch
ESC[7w 6.6 pitch 7.5 pitch
ESC[8w 8.25 pitch 8.33 pitch
ESC[9w –––––– 9.1 pitch
ESC[18w –––––– 18.2 pitch
GRAPHICS DENSITY DIFFERENCES
Graphics densities available in the 4100 printer are different than graphics
densities available in the DEC LA210 printer. The differences are shown
in the following tables.
DEC LA210 Printer Graphics Densities
Dots/inch Overlap Aspect
ratio Dots/line Inches/Line
330 77.00% 4.58 4350 13.18
220 66.00% 3.04 2880 13.09
168 55.00% 2.29 2160 13.09
132 50.00% 1.83 1760 13.18
110 32.00% 1.50 1440 13.09
94 20.00% 1.30 1250 13.05
83 9.00% 1.12 1080 13.09
74 0.00% 1.02 960 13.09