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W hile you are feeding lines, if y o u also p ress th e O n L ine sw itch, the
I tit | tt* i will feed to th e to p o f th e n e x t page. T h is is e x p lain e d la ter.
W hen p o w er is o n , alw a y s use th e P a p e r F e e d sw itch in ste a d o f th e p la ten
I. null to Iced p ap e r. T u rn th e p la te n k n o b o n ly w h en p o w er is off.

Print Pitch switch

I Ins sw itch o p e ra te s o ff-line to select th e p rin t p itch : th e sp a cin g betw een
i Ini m eters. T h e in d ic a to rs to th e left lig h t (g reen) to in d ic a te th e selected
pitch.
r h e p rin te r p o w ers u p in pica p itc h . T o c h a n g e to a n o th e r p itc h , press
l In- ( )n L ine sw itch to g o o ff-line, th e n p ress th e P rin t P itc h sw itch re p e a te d ly
until th e in d ic a to rs sh o w th e p itc h y o u w an t.
In S ta n d a rd m o d e (w h en D IP sw itch 1-6 is O N ), th e p itc h selectio n s
cycle as follow s:
P ica
E lite
C o n d e n se d p ic a
C o n d e n se d elite
P ro p o rtio n a l pica
P ro p o rtio n a l elite
T h i s
i s p i c a
This i s e l i t e (12 chara cter s per inch).
This is condensed pica (17 characters per inch).
This is condensed elite (20 characters per inch).
This i s proportional pica.
This i s proportion al e lit e .
I
/(/i/re 2-2. Print pitches selectable from the control panel
S am ples o f these p itc h es are sh o w n in F ig u re 2-2.
lu o p o rtio n a l p itc h d iffe re n t le tte rs o ccu p y d ifferen t w id th s. ( F o r ex a m p le ,
i" an d " 1" a re n a rro w e r th a n o th e r le tte rs.) P ro p o rtio n a l p itch is a ttra c tiv e
.mil sp ace-efficien t, th o u g h n o t alw ay s c o n v e n ie n t w h en co lu m n a lig n m e n t
. req u ired .
N o te th a t y o u c a n n o t select co n d e n se d p ro p o rtio n a l p itc h o n th e c o n tro l
I m i id Y o u c a n m a k e th is se lectio n by the p rin te r c o m m a n d s < S I > < E S C >
I
see A p p e n d ix B.
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(10 c h a ra c te rs p e r in ch )
(12 c h a ra c te rs p e r in ch )
(17 c h a ra c te rs p e r in ch )
(20 c h a ra c te rs p e r in ch )
(1 0 c h a r a c t e r s p e r i n c h ) .
N o te th a t w ith

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