Printer User Manual
Table Of Contents
- FRONT MATTER
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAP 1-SETTING UP THE PRINTER
- CHAP 2-PAPER HANDLING
- CHAP 3-USING THE PRINTER
- CHAP 4-USING SOFTWARE AND GRAPHICS
- Using the LQ-2550 With Application Programs
- Computer-Printer Communication
- Enhancing Your Printing
- Graphics
- User-Defined Characters
- Designing Your Characters
- Design Grids
- Data Numbers
- Sending Information to Your Printer
- Printing User-Defined Characters
- Copying ROM Characters to RAM
- Letter Quality Characters
- Proportional Mode Characters
- Superscripts and Subscripts
- The Graphics Command
- Column Reservation Numbers
- A simple Graphics Program
- Using Hand-Calculated Data to Print Graphics
- Using Software and Graphics
- Mixing Print Styles
- CHAP 5-MAINTENANCE AND TRANSPORTATION
- CHAP 6-TROUBLESHOOTING
- Troubleshooting
- Problems and Solutions
- The Printer Does Not Print
- The Printer Stops Printing
- The Printout is Spaced Incorrectly
- The Printout is Faint or Uneven
- The Printout is Not what You Expect
- Single Sheets Do Not Feed Properly
- Continuous Paper Does Not Feed Properly
- Cut Sheet Feeder Does Not Load Paper Correctly
- The Short Tear-Off Feature Does Not Work Properly
- Color Printing Is Not What You Expect
- Data Dump Mode
- CHAP 7-USING PRINTER OPTIONS
- CHAP 8-COMMAND SUMMARY
- APPENDIX A-TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- GLOSSARY
- INDEX
The following printout compares the fixed pitch settings.
This is 10 pitch printing.
This is 12 pitch printing.
This is 15 pitch printing.
For the fixed pitch settings
(10, 12,
and 15 CPI), each character is given
an equal amount of space. For proportional spacing, character width
varies from one character to the next. For example, a narrow letter like i
receives less space than a wide letter like W. Proportional pitch produces
text that is easier to read.
The following printout compares a fixed pitch (10 CPI) spacing with
proportional spacing.
This is 10 pitch printing.
This is proportional spacing.
Condensed mode
In addition to the three fixed pitches and proportional spacing, you can
use the condensed mode to change the character size. In condensed
mode, characters are approximately
60%
of the width of normal
characters. Thus, it is very useful for spreadsheets and other applications
where you need to print the maximum amount of information on a page.
The
10
CPI,
12
CPI, and Proportional pitches can be condensed;
15
CPI
cannot be.
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Using the Printer