Example

To print the printer’s resident 16.66 pitch Line Printer font at 17.75 cpi, send ?(s16.66H to select the Line Printer font, then send the command ?&k6.76H to change HMI. This value field is calculated as follows:

Each character then occupies 6.76/120 inch or 1/17.75 inch.

To use Courier 12 point (10 cpi) and print 80 characters across A4 paper, requires adjusting the HMI value. The HMI value is calculated as follows:

*This value was obtained from Figure 2-3 which identifies the page sizes (in 300 dpi dots).

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HP 5961-0509 manual Horizontal Motion Index HMI Command