Density Varieties - Epson FX-1050 User Manual

The last important thing to do is to reset the printer to its default
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settings, including the normal line spacing (line
Notice that the graphics command (ESC K) can be in effect for only one
print line. To print more than one line of graphics, the graphics
command must be issued before each line.

Density varieties

Although all the examples so far in this section have been in the single-
density graphics mode, there are seven other eight-pin densities and two
that use all nine pins.
Nine-pin graphics is not necessary for most uses, but you can find the
command (ESC ^) in the Command Summary in Chapter 8. The four
most common eight-pin modes are ESC K, ESC L, ESC Y, and ESC Z.
There is also a general purpose command for any of the eight-pin
graphics modes: ESC *. This command is used in the same way as the
individual commands, except that before n7 and n2 you must send the
code for the graphics mode required.
The different graphics modes are summarized in the following table:
*Adjacent dots cannot be printed in this mode.
Modes 5,
4, 6,
to give the proportions of a computer monitor (the CRT modes) or to
match the vertical density so as to give round circles (the plotter mode).
In two modes, high-speed double-density and quadruple-density, the
print head cannot print two consecutive dots with the same pin, so it
Using Software and Graphics
and are special modes that alter the horizontal density
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