double-strike printing

A way of producing bolder characters. Each character is printed twice; the second time, the dots are printed slightly below the original dots. Can only be used in draft mode.

double-wide printing

A print width in which each character is twice as wide as normal characters.

draft

One of two print qualities available on your printer. Draft uses a minimum number of dots per character for high-speed printing. See also Letter Quality.

emphasized printing

A way of producing darker characters. Each character is printed twice, with the second slightly to the right of the first.

Epson Extended Graphics

The Epson Extended Graphics character table contains international accented characters, Greek characters and character graphics for printing lines, corners, and shaded areas.

ESC/P

Abbreviation for Epson Standard Code for Printers. This system of commands gives you software control of your printer from your computer. It is standard for all Epson printers and supported by most application software for personal computers.

font

A font is a style of type designated by a family name.

form feed

A control code and a panel button that advances the paper to the next top of form.

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