Enhancing Your Printing; Print Quality And Fonts - Epson LQ-1050 User Manual

Enhancing Your Printing

You can obtain a wide variety of printing effects with the LQ-850,
LQ-950, and LQ-1050 printers, from changing the number of
characters per inch to using special effects on selected words and
phrases. This section gives you a sampling of the features you may
select with your software.
For software control of these features, see the instructions for your
application programs or look up their specific commands in the
Command Summary in Chapter 9.

Print Quality and Fonts

The printer has three levels of print quality: high-speed draft,
normal draft, and Letter Quality (LQ). Draft printing speeds are
controlled by DIP switch 1-6.
High-speed draft is ideal for rough drafts and large documents or
reports that you need to print quickly. Normal draft takes a bit
longer but offers higher resolution characters. Finally, Letter Quality
takes even longer, but produces darker, more fully-formed
characters suitable for presentation-quality documents.
For Letter Quality printing, the printer offers two fonts, Roman and
Sans Serif. To expand your range of typestyles, you can also use the
optional font module. For more information, see The Multi-Font
Module in Chapter 5.
You can select any of three built-in fonts (draft, Roman, and Sans
Serif) with a software command (see Chapter 9) or by SelecType (see
Chapter 3).
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