Table 2-1 shows the typestyles you can print with SelecType, and-as you will learn later in this chapter-you can combine some of them.

Table 2-1. SelecType modes1 NLQABCDEFGHIJKL,MNopqrst,uvwxyz

2Emphasized ABCDEFGH I JKL.MNop qrstUswx yz

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Double-strike

0 Ix:: 1:) 1.: F” G I.-I :I ;I K l... PI Iv (::I /z:, Cl I’” !iii t, L.1 v w 2: y z

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Compressed

kECDEFSHIJKLnN@pqrstuvwxyz

5

Elite

ABC~EFGHIJKt.MNopqrstL~~~~I~~~~

SelecType lets you use the Epson typestyles in Table 2-1and combinations of those styles even if your word processing or business program does not support all of them. SelecType also lets you make print style choices when you print rather than when you edit. If you would like a memo or letter to be in the NLQ mode, a few taps on the panel buttons tell your printer what you want, and you don’t have to re-edit the document to put in print codes.

SelecType is also handy for selecting narrow pitches to put more characters on a line. If you find that your spreadsheet would be too wide for a single page in pica, with SelecType you can choose compressed to fit over 130 characters on a line or compressed elite for over 150 characters. In addition, you undoubtedly will have your own uses for this feature.

Using SelecType is a simple four-step process:1)Enter SelecType mode.2)Select a print function.3)Set the function.4)Exit SelecType mode.Turning SelecType Mode On

To turn on SelecType make sure that the printer is turned on (with the POWER, READY, and ON LINE lights all on), and then press the top two buttons on the panel (ON LINE and FF) at the same time, as illustrated in Figure 2-1.The LX-80will beep to signal that it is in SelecType mode. The READY light also turns off, and the ON LINE light begins flashing. Now that your printer is in SelecType

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