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Your printer’s DIP switches control the printing style of a whole
document. Software commands, on the other hand, let you change
anything from a single character to the entire document. By using
software commands, you can obtain many different printing
effects with the DFX-5000 printer, from arranging the text on the
page to giving extra emphasis to particular words and phrases.
You can obtain many of the effects described in this section with
your application program, but not all. For example, many word
processing programs let you choose bold or underlined text, but
do not have an option for printing double-wide text. And while
some programs let you print an entire document in a typestyle
such as italics or NLQ, many don’t let you select a particular
typestyle for just one word or phrase. If your software program
lets you insert printer commands in your document, you can be
much more versatile in your printing.
Once you have read about some of the special features the
DFX-5000 offers, you may want to check your software manual to
see how you can use a particular feature. If your software lets you
send printer commands, you can look up the command for the
feature in the Command Summary in Chapter 8. To understand
more about how your software communicates with your printer
and how to send commands, see the section in this chapter on
sending commands to the printer.
Print quality and fonts
The DFX-5000 has three levels of print quality: high-speed draft,
normal draft, and NLQ (near letter quality). High-speed draft is
ideal for rough drafts and large documents or reports that you
need to print quickly. Normal draft is a bit slower, but offers
higher resolution characters. Finally, NLQ takes a little longer, but
produces darker, more fully formed characters suitable for
presentation-quality documents.
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Getting the Most from Your Printer