Selecting Character Pitch

If the SI command is received from your software, the character pitch selected on the control panel will be overridden by the SI command.

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CHARACTER PITCH

 

 

 

10

12

15

 

RESET

17

20

PROP

 

 

 

 

Character pitch determines the width of the individual characters and is measured in characters per inch (cpi). Press the CHARACTER PITCH button successively to page through the possible selections.

Epson and IBM emulations — 10 cpi, 12 cpi, 15 cpi, 17 cpi, 20 cpi, or Proportional. The lights indicate which pitch is selected.

Okidata Microline Standard emulation — 10, 12, 15, 17, or 20 cpi, either non-proportional or proportional: proportional is selected when both the light under the desired cpi and the light under PROP are lit.

To reset the character pitch to the factory default (10 cpi), make sure the printer is deselected (SEL light out), then hold the SHIFT button while pressing CHARACTER PITCH button.

Available Fonts

Typeface

Spacing

 

 

NLQ Courier

10 cpi*, 12 cpi, 15 cpi, 17 cpi, 20 cpi,

Proportional

 

NLQ Letter Gothic

10 cpi*, 12 cpi, 15 cpi, 17 cpi, 20 cpi,

 

Proportional

Utility (Gothic)

10 cpi*, 12 cpi, 15 cpi, 17 cpi, 20 cpi,

 

Proportional

High Speed Draft

10 cpi*, 12 cpi, 15 cpi, 17 cpi, 20 cpi

(Gothic)

 

Bar Code**

Code 39, UPC A, UPC E, EAN 8, EAN 13,

 

Interleaved 2 of 5, Code 128, Postnet

 

 

*cpi = characters per inch

**Bar codes are available only through appropriate software packages or through programming.

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Oki 521, 520 manual Selecting Character Pitch, Using Your Printer E-23, Available Fonts

520, 521 specifications

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