Pitch Comparison - Epson LX-80 User Manual

To avoid having one program interfere with the printing modes of
another, you can cancel a mode one of two ways:
With a specific cancelling code, such as the ESCape "P" that we
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used above to cancel elite. Each mode has a cancelling code, which
you can find in the discussion of the code and in Appendix B. Pica
is an exception to this rule. To cancel pica, turn on elite.
By resetting the printer, a method explained in the next section.
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Resetting the Printer
Resetting your LX-80 cancels all modes that are turned on. You
can reset the printer with one of two methods:
Sending the reset code (Escape "a")
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Turning the printer off and back on.
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Either one of these methods returns the printer to what are called
its defaults, which are the standard settings that are in effect every
time you turn the printer on. The two effects of resetting the printer
that you should be concerned with are: it returns the printing to
single-strike pica, thus cancelling any other pitches or enhancements
you may have turned on, and the current position of the print head
becomes the top of page setting.
Some of our demonstration programs end with a reset code so that
the commands from one program will not interfere with the com-
mands in the next one. After you run a program with a reset code in
it, remember to change the top of page setting before you begin
printing full pages.

Pitch Comparison

Now that you have used three short programs to produce samples
of the three main pitches, you can choose the pitch that you prefer or
the one that best fits a particular printing job. Most people use either
pica or elite for printing text and compressed for spreadsheets or
other applications in which it is important to get the maximum num-
ber of characters on a line.
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