Star Micronics 4111 manual Spacing, Pitch

Spacing

If you specify monospaced for a font, each character prints with the same width. But if you specify proportional spacing the design of each character determines its width. To define how you want your primary font spaced, send this command:

<ESC> (S n P

in which for n you put O(zero) to get monospaced,

or 1 (one) to get proportional spacing.

If you specify proportional spacing it doesn’t matter if you also specify pitch, because spacing is a higher priority font attribute. The printer willjust ignore the pitch request.

To define spacing for your secondary font, use the same numbers andjust flip the parenthesis:

<ESC> )S n P

Pitch

Pitch defines how many characters per inch you want for a monospaced- pitch font. Your Star LaserPrinter 4111’sinternal monospaced-pitch fonts have settings of 10, 12or 16.66characters per inch. Cartridge or downloaded fonts with monospaced pitches often have other settings for characters per inch.

To select the pitch you want for the primary font, send this command:

<ESC> (S n H

where for n you put in how many characters per inch you want. For example, <ESC> (s 12H will pack twelve characters into each inch.

The corresponding pitch command for the secondary font is:

<ESC> )S n H

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