Star Micronics NX-1000 manual Elite Characters Per

While you are feeding lines, if you also press the On Line switch, the paper will feed to the top of the next page. This is explained later.

When power is on, always use the Paper Feed switch instead of the platen knob to feed paper. Turn the platen knob only when power is off.

Print Pitch switch

This switch operates off-line to select the print pitch: the spacing between characters. The indicators to the left light (green) to indicate the selected pitch.

The printer powers up in pica pitch. To change to another pitch, press the On Line switch to go off-line, then press the Print Pitch switch repeatedly until the indicators show the pitch you want.

In Standard mode (when DIP switch 1-6 is ON), the pitch selections cycle as follows:

Pica		(10	characters	per	inch)
Elite		(12	characters	per	inch)
Condensed	pica	(17	characters	per inch)
Condensed	elite	(20	characters	per	inch)
Proportional	pica
Proportional	elite

This is elite (12 characters per inch)

This is condensedpica (17 characters per inch).

Thisis condensedelite (20charactersper inch).

This is proportional pica.

This is proportional elite.

Figure 2-2. Print pitches selectable from the control panel

Samples of these pitches are shown in Figure 2-2. Note that with proportional pitch different letters occupy different widths. (For example, “i” and “1” are narrower than other letters.) Proportional pitch is attractive and space-efficient, though not always convenient when column alignment is required.

Note that you cannot select condensed proportional pitch on the control panel. You can make this selection by the printer commands < SI > < ESC > “p” 1 - see Appendix B.

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