Star Micronics LC-15 user manual NLQ TYPESTYLEbutton

NLQ TYPESTYLEbutton

Thisbuttonselectsthe fontstyleto beprinted.Draftstyleis alwaysselected atpower-up.To changeto oneof theNLQ(nearletterquality)styles,setthe printeroff-line,thenpressthe (SfF7E)buttonrepeatedlyuntilthe indicators besidethe desiredselectionilluminate.The selectionscycle in the follow- ing order:

Fontstyle	Indicator(s)
Draft	(allindicatorsoff)
Courier	COURIER
Courieritatic	COURIER, ITALIC
Sanserif	SANSERIF
Sanserifitalic	SANSERIF, ITALIC
Orator	ORATOR
Oratoritalic	ORATOR, ITALIC

Holdingdown this buttonwill cyclecontinuouslybetweenthese options.

The Oratorstyleis uniquein two ways.First, it is a lot larger (higher)than the other styles. This makes it a good choice for labels and other text requiringhigh visibility.A little extra line spacing helps when Orator is used.Second,therearetwoversionsoftheOratorfontstyle:oneprintssmall capitalsin placeof lower-caseletters;theotherprintslower-caseletters,but without descenders.The other font styles do not have a small-capitals option.Lower case alwaysprints as lower case.

You get the smallcapitalswhen you selectOratorfmm the controlpanel.

Thefontstylecan alsobe selectedby printercommandsgivenin Chapter4. Printer commandsenable you to select both Orator styles, and also draft italic,whichcannotbe selectedfrom the controlpanel.

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