printer command sent from an application program or programming language.

Be aware that widening or narrowing characters also widens or narrows the spaces between words and letters. Word processors usually create a left margin by printing spaces. If you change character widths, you may need to adjust the number of characters on a line.

Special effects and emphasis

The LQ-2500 offers two ways of emphasizing text. It can also print underlining, superscripts, and subscripts. These features are controlled by printer commands, but many application programs can produce them if the program is properly installed.

Emphasized and double-strike are the two modes that give added emphasis. In emphasized mode, the print head prints each dot twice as it moves across the paper. The second dot is printed slightly to the right of the first, producing darker, more fully formed characters.

In double-strike mode, the print head goes over each line twice, making the text bolder. The following examples compare emphasized and double-strike.

Emphasized produces darker characters. Double-strike produces bolder characters.

The underline mode provides an automatic way of fully underlining any piece of text, as shown below. It underlines spaces, subscripts, and superscripts without a break. Most word processors take advantage of this feature, but some programs use the underline character instead. If this happens, check your program for an underlining option.

This is continuous underlining.

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Using the LQ-25OO Print Features