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LETTER QUALITY CHARACTERS CAN PRINT

WITH PROPORTIONAL SPACING OR NORMAL PICA PITCH.

Figure 4-5. An examole of proportional prlntlng.

Table 4-4. The codes for proportional printing

FUNCTION ESCAPE DECIMAL HEXADECIMAL

CODE CODE CODE

Activate

Proportional <ESC> pl 27 1121 lB7001

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n THE DRAFT-QUALITY MODE

You’ll probably want to use the draft-quality mode whenever you

need to print a fast draft of your work, but when you see all the ca-

pabilities this mode offers, we think you’ll use it even more often,

To switch from LQ to DQ you have two choices:

.Turn on DIP switch 1-5, or

.Enter the proper code through your word processing

program (shown in Table 4-5).

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Table 4-5. Codes for the LQ and DQ modes.

FUNCTION ESCAPE DECIMAL HEXADECIMAL

CODE CODE CODE

Activate

DQ

Return

to LQ

<ESC> 5 27 53 1B 35

<ESC> 4 27 52 1B 34

If you plan to use both the LQ and DQ modes frequently, you will

probably want to program the necessary codes right into your word

processor’s installation program.

In the draft mode, you can use the same features you learned

earlier in this manual to accent your text: double-strike, emphasized,

underlined and expanded print. You’ll use the same codes to turn

these features on and off. Now let’s see some of the other things the

draft mode can do for you.

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n VARIETY OF PITCH SIZES

If you have already read Section 3,you’ll know how many variations

in pitch size can help in designing a spreadsheet to your exact -

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Contents

Main CONTENTS Page Page I . ,, TABLE OF TABLES Page INTRODUCTION its many features include: SETTING UP YOUR PRINTER dow To Assemble the Printer for Operation - n PLACEMENT OF THE PRINTER l n HOW TO ASSEMBLE THE PRINTER Attach the cut sheet guide: Connect the power cord to the printer: n FEATURES OF THE PRINTER n THE CONTROL PANEL w DUAL IN-LINE PACKAGE (DIP) SWITCHES l W HOW TO LOAD PAPER INTO THE PRINTER Sing/e-sheet loading: Table.l-1 Slide positions for determining the left margin Page Form-feed loading: l n ADJUSTING THE PRINT HEAD GAP n HOW TO PRINT THE SELF-TEST l n CONNECT THE INTERFACE CABLE TO YOUR COMPUTER Page Page Page WORD PROCESS/A/G WITH THE PRINTER n AN INTRODUCTION TO ASCII CODES Table 2-1. Examples of decimal and hexadecimal codes. Decimal codes Hexadecimal codes Escape codes and Control codes Table 2-2. Examples of escape and control codes. pi n WORD PROCESSING FOR ALL PURPOSES PROCESSING PACKAGE Pitch size/characters per inch Proportional spacing Boldface and Emphasized printing modes Page Page GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR SPREADSHEET PACKAGE Page n SUPERCALC n LOTUS 7-2-3 Page Page EXPLORING PRINT FEATURES L n THE LETTER-QUALITY (LQ) MODE THIS LINE IS LETTER QUALITY, AND EMPHASIZED PRINTING. NOW, TURN TO NORMAL PRINTING. THIS IS UNDERLINED LQ PRINTING. LETTER QUALITY CHARACTERS CAN PRINT WITH PROPORTIONAL SPACING OR NORMAL PICA PITCH. n THE DRAFT-QUALITY MODE - n VARIETY OF PITCH SIZES Page Figure 4-7. Elite printing in the draft mode. - - Condensed pitch w ~;M311~NDG FEATURES WITH THE MACRO n INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SETS Page Page Page CREATING PAGE FORMATS n CHOOSING THE PAGE LENGTH AND NUMBER OF LINES PER PAGE W SETTING THE TOP AND BOTTOM MARGINS n ADJUSTING LINE SPACING Table 5-3. Adjusting line spacing. n SUPERSCRIPTS AND SUBSCRIPTS Table 5-4. Printing superscripts and subscripts. - n VERTICAL TABS w HORIZONTAL TABS Table 5-6. Setting and using horizontal tabs. Page Page PROGRAMMNG IN BASIC Table 6-7. Expanded print conversion chart. I Emphasized and double-strike printing - Underlined printing Superscripts and subscripts Line spacing and reverse line feed Page Page BASIC MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES W HOW TO CLEAN THE PRINTER Exterior Interior W REPLACING THE FUSE n REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD l H M&KING THE PRINTER FOR CORRECT OPER- Electrical ! : Mechanical