Proportional Mode Characters; Mixing Print Styles - Epson SQ-2000 Operating Manual

Unlike draft characters, there are no restrictions on which dots
can print. You can print a solid box of 360 (15x24) dots if you
wish. This, coupled with the closer dot spacing, allows you to
design characters with higher resolution. The drawback is speed.
Normal letter quality characters print more slowly than draft
characters; the same is true of the user-defined character set.

Proportional mode characters

Selecting the proportional character mode yields user-defined
characters of the highest resolution. Characters can be designed
on a grid which is 24 dots high by 37 dots wide. Horizontal dot
spacing for proportional characters is l/360-inch-quite fine in-
deed! And, like letter quality characters, there are no limits on dot
placement. You can use all of the dot positions without restric-
tion.

Mixing Print Styles

Each of the three user-defined character modes (draft, letter
quality, and proportional) can be used in combination with most
of the SQ-2000's various print styles. For instance, italic, elite, and
emphasized styles all work with user-defined characters. The
characters you design will be altered to give each of these print-
ing effects.
Mixing the three types of user-defined characters is not per-
mitted. For example, you select the draft attribute and define
some characters. Then you select proportional printing and
define some more. In this case, the first character definitions will
be destroyed. Only one type of character definition may be
stored in RAM at any time.
If you define characters in one mode, then switch to another
mode and select the user-defined character set, the command will
be ignored and nothing will print. However, the user-defined
characters definitions remain unaffected. If you switch back to
the mode in which they were defined, you can then select and
print them.
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