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W Draft download characters
As you’ve seen, draft characters are designed on a grid which is 9 dots wide by 24 dots high (plus up to three columns of dots for space between characters). Draft download characters print at the same high speed as normal draft characters, even though they may print with more dots and may even be designed for pro- portional spacing.
nLetter quality download characters
If you select letter quality printing with the (ESC) “x” 1 com- mand or by the control panel, you can design your own characters on a grid which is 29, 23, or 37 dots wide by 24 dots high depending on the print pitch. Each character can be as wide as 36, 30, or 42 dots, including space on either side of the character. The dot columns are spaced closer together horizon- tally than draft style dot columns.
Unlike draft characters, there are no restrictions on which dots can print. This, coupled with the closer dot spacing, allows you to design characters with higher resolution. The drawback is speed. Normal letter quality characters print more slowly
than draft characters; the same is true of LQ download characters.
STORlNG THE DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS
You can define up to 35 characters with this printer. But, once the printer is turned off, you must redefine those characters again.
By using the optional RAM cartridge, you can extend the download characters up to 192, and the download characters are remained even if the printer is turned off because of the battery in the cartridge.
This is a very convenient function when you use and save your own characters for later use.
In addition, when the
set on after downloaded characters, you can print those characters by the panel operation, without using special control codes.
