Epson P-80 P-80, Print Pitches, Figure 5-2. Overlapping dots, Figure 5-1.Main columns and intermediate positions

Figure 5-1. Main columns and intermediate positions

Although each P-80 character is designed to be five or fewer columns wide, dots can also be placed midway between each main col- umn. This means that the dot pattern is printed twice, shifted one half dot to the right. Figure 5-2shows how the dots printed in these intermediate columns actually overlap with those in the main columns. You can see this difference between the dots shown in Figure 5-land the overlapping dots in Figure 5-2.(An example of a print mode using overlapping dots is shown later in this chapter.)

Figure 5-2.Overlapping dotsPrint Pitches

There are two print pitches (or widths) available on the P-80.They are Pica and Compressed. Pica is a standard character width used on typewriters and prints 10 characters per inch. Compressed pitch prints

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