Epson P-80 Mixing Modes, Summary Notes, Table 5-1.Summary of modes, 3.Double-Strikeand Emphasized produce the same result

together, the one with less priority is temporarily ignored. Only when the higher priority mode is turned off, will the lower priority mode take effect.

For example, suppose you activate both Emphasized and Com- pressed. Since these modes cannot be combined, the printer must make a choice. In this case, the printer chooses Emphasized because it is assigned higher priority (see Table 5-l).

Table 5-1. Summary of modes

Emphasized

Compressed

Double-strike

Mixing Modes

Not all mode combinations create conflicts. You can combine most modes to produce the different typestyles shown in Table 5-2 at the end of this chapter. Appendix B gives you the commands needed to instruct the printer to print any combination of these modes.

Summary Notes1. Pica is the default pitch and is active when Compressed is turned

off.

2.The two modes that produce boldface characters are Double- Strike and Emphasized. Single-Strike is the default.

3.Double-Strike and Emphasized produce the same result.

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