theright position on the page, ashort distance belowthe perforation. With
poweroff, you can align the forms byturning the platen knob. When power
is on, usethe Paper Feed switch on the control panel.
Type style and pitch selection
If your software does not control the type styleand pitch, you must
make theseselections onthe control panel. The default selections aredraft
styleand picapitch. If you wantadifferent styleorpitch, proceedas follows:
1. Hold the NLQ Type Styleor Print Pitch switch down when you turn
theprinter’s power on. Hold both switchesdown if you intend to make
both settings.The printer will beep in acknowledgement as it powers
up.
2. Pressthe On Line switch to set the printer off-line.
3. To selectatype style, press the NLQ Type Style switch one or more
times.
4. To selectaprint pitch, press the Print Pitch switch one or more times.
5. Pressthe On Line switch to set the printer back on-line.
Mostprograms begineachprintingjob by sendingacommandthat resets
the printer. That is why you must press the NLQ Type Styleand/or Print
Pitch switchesas you power up. If you do not press these switchesduring
power-up, the resetcommand will resetyour panel selections todraft style
and pica pitch.
If you want to changethe type style orpitch in the middle ofaprinting
job, one way to do this is to insert aprinting pause command in your file
at thepoint of the change. Whenthe printer pauses, presstheOn Line switch
to go off-line.If the change occurs in the middle of aline, the printer will
print the firstpart of the line. Now make the change with the control panel
switches,setthe printerback on-line,then commandyoursoftware toresume
printing.
If yvu wereable to define softwarecommands for print pitch and type
style,changes like these can be inserted in your text file and made on the
flywithout aprinting pause.
Other printer commands
If your software enablesyou to place the escape code in your files, or
if you wereable to define this as auser option during installation, you are
in avery powerfulposition: you can embed almost any printer command
in your files.The printer commands are explained in detail in Appendix
B.
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