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W Draft download characters
As you've seen, draft characters
are designed on a grid which
is 9 dots wide by 24 dots high (plus up to three columns of dots
for space between characters).
Draft download characters print
at the same high speed as normal draft characters,
even though
they may print with more dots and may even be designed for pro-
portional spacing.
n Letter quality download characters
If you select letter quality printing with the (ESC) "x" 1 com-
mand or by the control
panel,
you can design
your own
characters on a grid which is 29, 23, or 37 dots wide by 24 dots
high depending
on the print pitch. Each character
can be as
wide as 36, 30, or 42 dots, including space on either side of the
character. The dot columns are spaced closer together horizon-
tally than draft style dot columns.
Unlike draft characters,
there are no restrictions
on which
dots can print. This, coupled with the closer dot spacing, allows
you to design characters
with higher resolution.
The drawback
is speed. Normal letter quality characters
print more slowly
than
draft
characters;
the same
is true
of LQ download
characters.
STORlNG THE DOWNLOAD
CHARACTERS
You can define up to 35 characters with this printer. But, once
the printer is turned
off, you must redefine
those characters
again.
By using the optional RAM cartridge,
you can extend the
download characters up to 192, and the download characters are
remained even if the printer is turned off because of the battery
in the cartridge.
This is a very convenient
function
when you use and save
your own characters
for later use.
In addition, when the write-protect
switch of the cartridge
is
set on after
downloaded
characters,
you can print
those
characters by the panel operation, without using special control
codes.
USER-DESIGNED DOT GRAPHICS
Designing and printing graphics is similar to the procedures
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