Selecting Typestyles; Character Fonts - Epson LQ-850 User Manual

Selecting Typestyles

Your printer can produce a wide range of typestyles by
combining different fonts, pitches, widths, and other enhancements.
You can select the typestyles in two different ways: by using
software commands, and by pressing SelecType buttons on the
control panel.
The settings you select using the SelecType panel remain valid
even after the printer is turned off, reset, or initialized. However,
commands from your software application program temporarily
override the SelecType setting.
This chapter describes only the features controlled by SelecType.
To use software commands, see the instructions for your application
program or Chapter 9, Command Summary.
You can use the SelecType section of the control panel to choose
fonts, pitches, and condensed printing. Orange lights indicate which
features you have chosen.

Character fonts

To select a font, press the FONT button until the font's orange
indicator light comes on. Note that font selection skips over SLOT A
or SLOT B if no optional font module is installed in that slot.
The character sets of the three built-in fonts are shown below. To
expand your range of typestyles, you can use four optional font
modules. For details on their installation and use, see the section on
font modules in Chapter 7.
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