Paper Feed Switch; Print Pitch Switch - Star Micronics Rainbow NX-1000C User Manual

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When you press the On Line switch again to go back on-line, the paper feeds
backward about one inch, stopping in the right place to resume printing.
Paper Feed
switch
This switch operates only when the printer is off-line. If you press it
once the paper feeds forward by one line. If you hold this switch down, the
printer performs consecutive line feeds.
While you are feeding lines, if you also press the On Line switch, the
paper will feed to the top of the next page. This is explained later.
When power is on, always use the Paper Feed switch instead of the platen
knob to feed paper. Turn the platen knob only when power is off.
Print Pitch switch
This switch operates off-line to select the print pitch: the spacing between
characters. The indicators to the left light (green) to indicate the selected
pitch.
The printer powers up in pica pitch. To change to another pitch, press
the On Line switch to go off-line, then press the Print Pitch switch repeatedly
until the indicators show the pitch you want.
The pitch selections cycle as follows:
Pica (10 characters per inch)
Elite (12 characters per inch)
Condensed pica (17 characters per inch)
Condensed elite (20 characters per inch)
Proportional pica
Proportional elite
This is pica (10 characters per inch)
This is elite (12 characters per inch).
This is condensed piCd (17 chdrdcters per inchl.
This
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condensed elite (20 chmcters per inch),
This is proportional pica.
This is proportional elite.
Figure
2-2. Print pitches selectable from the control panel
Samples of these pitches are shown in Figure 2-2. Note that with
proportional pitch different letters occupy different widths. (For example,
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