Epson 4500 This is 10 CPI printing, This is 12 CPI printing, the, DRAFT, ROMAN, CONDENSED, SANS SERIF, Condensed Mode, is condensed

Selecting Typestyles

The DRAFT mode uses fewer dots per character for high-speed printing, which makes it ideal for rough drafts and editing work.

ROMAN and SANS SERIF are Letter Quality (LQ) fonts. Letter Quality takes a little longer to print, but produces nicely formed characters suitable for most documentation requirements.

Other fonts are available on optional font cartridges. See Multi-Font Module in Chapter 5.

Condensed Mode

You can use the condensed mode to change the size of printed characters. In the condensed mode, characters are approximately 60 percent of the width of normal characters. Hence, condensed printing is very useful for spreadsheets and other applications where you need to print the maximum amount of information on a page. You can combine the condensed mode with 10 and 12 cpi printing, but not 15 cpi.

To select the condensed mode, simply press the CONDENSED button so that the orange indicator light comes on. To turn off the condensed mode, press the button again.

The following printout compares normal 10 and 12 cpi with condensed 10 and 12 cpi. The condensed 10 cpi is 17 cpi, and the condensed 12 cpi is 20 cpi.

This is 10 CPI printing.

This is condensed 10 CPI printing,

This is 12 CPI printing.

This is condensed 12 CPI printing.

Using the Printer 3-21