LQ - 850/950/1050 DOT - MATRIX PRINTER

Choosing a character set

Character sets

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The zets numbered 8 through 12 and 64 are available only through a software command. See page 9-3 I.

Selecting Typestyles

Draft mode uses fewer dots per character for high-speedprinting.

DRAFT

!“#$%&‘()*t,- ./0123456789:;~=>?@ABCDEFGHIJK

LMNOPPRSTUVWXYZ[\]A-‘abcdefghijklmnopqrstuv ^ ._^.

W e ’ v e j u s t s e e n y o u r e x c e l l e n t a d f o r m i n i a t u r e z e b r a s i n a r e c e n t b a c k i s s u e o f

T r a d e r ’ s T i m e s . W h a t i s t h e p r i c e s c h e d u l e f o r q u a n t i t i e s o v e r o n e g r o s s ?

The Roman and Sans Serif Letter Quality (LQ) fonts use a larger

number of dots for higher print quality at a lower speed.

ROMAN

!“t$X&‘()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJK

LMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^-‘abcdefghijklmnopqrst.uv

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wxyz(:}‘C~Qi~BH~eeel1IAAlaBooouuy~U~g~~i~~6 lifiRC&Qir7+f i <<B

W e ’ v e j u s t s e e n y o u r e x c e l l e n t a d f o r m i n i a t u r e z e b r a s i n a r e c e n t b a c k i s s u e o f T r a d e r ’ s T i m e s . W h a t i s t h e p r i c e s c h e d u l e f o r q u a n t i t i e s o v e r o n e g r o s s ?

SANS SERIF

W e ’ v e j u s t s e e n y o u r e x c e l l e n t a d f o r m i n i a t u r e z e b r a s i n a r e c e n t b a c k i s s u e o f T r a d e r ’ s T i m e s . W h a t i s t h e p r i c e s c h e d u l e f o r q u a n t i t i e s o v e r o n e g r o s s ?

Now that you have set up and tested the LQ, you should make sure that it works with the application programs you want to use. Most application programs let you specify the type of printer you are using so that the program can take full advantage of the printer’s features. Many of these programs provide an installation or setup section that presents a list of printers from which to choose.

Choosing from a menu

Because the family of Epson printers shares a great many commands, you can use an application program even if it does not 1st the LQ-850.LQ-950. or LQ-I050 on it? prmter selectjon menu.

Choow from the followtng lt$t.

LQ-850/950/1050

LQ-2500

LQ-8oO/lOOO

LQ-1500

If none of these printers is listed, select the first one available on the following list.

EX

FX LX RX MX

Epson printer Standard printer

Draft printer

To use all the features of the LQ-850. LQ-950, and LQ-1050. however, tt is best to use a program with the LQ-850.LQ-950, or LQ-1050 on its menu. If your program does not list these printers. contact the manufacturer to see If an update is available.

jGraphics1

‘Adjacent dots cannot be printed in this mode.

Column reservation numbers

The graphics command requires more than one number to specify how many columns to reserve because one line can use thousands of columns, but the LQ does not use numbers larger than 255 (decimal). Therefore, the graphics mode command uses two numbers for reserving columns.

To figure nl and n2, divide the total number of columns by 256. The result is n2; the remainder is ni. Since the command is set up for two numbers, you must supply two even if you need only one. When you need fewer than 256 columns, just make nl the number of columns you are reserving and make n2 a zero.

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