A470 Users Guide

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The printer has 14 PITCH / FONT combinations. These are developed from 4 basic character
fonts (2 normal and 2 double wide) and a variable intercharacter space.
Chars Chars Line Method Dot Columns Dots
/ Inch / Line Length <ESC><P> Ch+Sp=To / Line
6.0 16 2.67 <NUL><SO> 15+09=24 384
6.6 18 2.75 <SOH><SO> 15+07=22 396
7.2 20 2.78 <STX><SO> 15+05=20 400
8.0 22 2.75 <ETX><SO> 15+03=18 396
9.0 25 2.78 <EOT><S0> 11+05=16 400
10.3 28 2.72 <ENQ><SO> 11+03=14 392
12.0 33 2.75 <ACK><SO> 11+01=12 396
12.0 33 2.75 <NUL><SI> 07+05=12 396
13.1 36 2.75 <SOH><SI> 07+04=11 396
14.4 40 2.78 <STX><SI> 07+03=10 400
16.0 44 2.75 <ETX><SI> 07+02=09 396
18.0 50 2.78 <EOT><SI> 05+03=08 400
20.6 57 2.77 <ENQ><SI> 05+02=07 399
24.0 66 2.75 <ACK><SI> 05+02=06 396
CHARS / INCH characters per inch or pitch
CHARS / LINE maximum number of printed characters per line
LINE LENGTH in inches - a product of .00694 inches and DOTS / LINE
METHOD ESC P control code sequence - 1st column is the n value for the <ESC> <P>
command and the 2nd column selects double wide ON or OFF
DOT COLUMNS dot columns - per printable character (Ch), per intercharacter space (Sp)
and total (To)
Appendix A:Pitch / Characters Per Line