Enhancing Your Printing

In 10, 12, and 15 cpi, each character is given the same amount of space. The width of proportional spacing, however, varies from character to character. Therefore, a narrow letter like i receives less space than a wide letter like W. The width of each proportional character is given in the Appendix.

The following printout compares 10 cpi spacing with proportional spacing.

This is 10 cpi printing.

This is proportional spacing.

Proportional spacing is not available in draft mode.

Character size

In addition to the basic pitches and proportional spacing, the SQ-850 and SQ-2550 offer three other modes that can change the size of your printing. These modes are double-width, double-height, and condensed.

Double-width and double-height

The double-width mode doubles the width of any size character, while the double-height mode doubles the height of any size character. These modes are useful for emphasizing headings in reports and making displays, but are usually not suitable for large amounts of text. These modes can also be combined to obtain even more impressive printing results.

This is normal 10 cpi printing.
T h i si s d o u b l e - w i d t h

This is double-height,

This is double-width and double-height.

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