Form Features; Changing Form Features - Texas Instruments 880 User Manual

3.3.1.1 Form Features. The following print
features are listed in the form report.
• Print Features (PRTFEA) switch position:
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Host (H), Preset (P), A, B, C, 0, E, or F.
Font: draft or enhanced.
Characters per inch (CPI): 5, 6, 8-1/3 (8),
10, 12, or 16-2/3 (16) in draft font; 5, 6,
10, or 12 in enhanced font.
• Lines per inch (LPI): 3, 4,6, or 8.
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LPI = VMI (vertical motion index) when
using variable line spacing.
Left, right, top, and bottom margins (LM,
RM, TM, BM): column and line numbers,
based on currently selected horizontal and
vertical pitch and margin-control software.
Form length (FL): number of lines; based
on currently selected vertical pitch and set-
tings made from the control panel or from
the host software.
Perforation skip (PERFSKIP): on or off.
The perfskip feature adds one line to the
top margin and subtracts two lines from
the bottom margin.
NOTE·
Form length (FL) can be set from the
control panel in the command mode.
Margins can be set only by the host soft-
ware. PRTFEA, FONT, CPI, LPI, and
PERFSKIP can be set from the control
panel in the menu mode.
3.3.1.2 Changing Form Features.. Complete
the following steps to change the FONT, CPI, LPI
and PERFSKIP features:
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1. After printing
a
form report as described in
paragraph 3.3.1, "Form Report and
Menu," press the Change key. The printer
begins to list the form menu by printing the
currently selected font, as shown below.
(Font will not be printed in the menu if the
Print Features switch is in one of the Pre-
set positions. See subsection 3.4, "PRINT
FEATURES SWITCH", at the end of this
section.)
FONT= DRAFT
2. Press the Change key. The printer now
shows the next choice for font, as shown
in this example.
FONT = DRAFT ENHANCED
3.
Press the Accept key to select enhanced
font. The printer now underlines your
choice for font and lists· the currently
selected CPI (characters per inch) feature,
as in this example. (CPI will not be printed
if the Print Features switch is in one of the
Preset positions. See "PRINT FEATURES
SWITCH," at the end of this section.)
FONT = DRAFT ENHANCED
CPI = 10
4. Press the Change key. The printer now
shows the next choice for CPI, which is 12
characters per inch, as in this example.
FONT = DRAFT ENHANCED
CPI = 10 12