Master Select Combinations; Master Select Choices - Epson FX Series User Manual

Double-Strike, use LPRINT
two modes cannot be combined.
Table 5-1. Master Select Quick Reference Chart
PITCH
Pica
Elite
Compressed
Expanded
P i c a
Expanded
Elite
E x p a n d e d
Compressed
If you rely on Master Select to change print modes, you don't have
to turn each mode off separately when you want to change to a
different combination. When you select a new mix by Master Select, it
takes care of all resetting. Because the Master Select also overrides the
DIP switch settings, you use the same codes even if you have reset
some of the DIP switches.

Master Select combinations

At the beginning of this chapter we introduced you to four print
modes. Figure 5-3 illustrates the 11 different ways these can be com-
bined.
If you add the default Pica Mode, there are 12 different combina-
tions. Four of these
Super- or Subscript) can be combined with any of the
modes. Four times
combinations that involve Super- and Subscript Modes can be com-
bined with the eight Single-Strike Master Select modes. Eight times
eight gives another
get the total of 128 unique print modes that we mentioned previously.
To create a new combination that uses both Master Select and one
or more of the dress-up modes, the simplest method is to choose a
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combinations (the ones that don't involve
12
gives you 64 combinations. The other eight
16
combinations. Add these to the first
64
N/A indicates that the
WEIGHT
Double Strike
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NIA 1
4
N/A
Double Strike
Emphasized
X
N/A
N/A
8
N/A
N/A
Master Select
16
and you
64,