Output Control - InfoPrint 6500 User Manual

This emulation appears as "Serial Matrix" on the operator panel.
NOTE: Serial matrix refers to the way printer characters are formed. A
moving printhead uses pins to form whole characters one at a time
and one after the other. The pins print dots according to programmed
matrix patterns. Data is sent to the printer through either a serial or
parallel interface, but the printhead must receive the data serially to
form each character.
An InfoPrint line matrix printer also forms characters with dots in
matrix patterns, but it feeds print data in parallel to many hammers
mounted on a rapidly oscillating shuttle. The hammers fire
simultaneously to print entire lines at a time.

Output Control

The printers have the following output control features:
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Six modes for printing text:
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Near-Letter Quality (NLQ)
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Near-Letter Quality San Serif
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Data Processing (DP)
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Draft
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Optical Character Recognition Font A (OCR A)
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Optical Character Recognition Font B (OCR B)
OCR A and OCR B support 120 and 180 PEL, with 120 PEL the default value.
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Selectable forms length and width
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Character attribute specification:
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Selectable pitch: normal, expanded, and compressed
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Emphasized (shadow) printing
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Automatic underlining and overscoring
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Superscript and subscript printing
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Double high and wide printing
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Resident multinational character sets
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Output Control
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