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The draft mode uses fewer dots per character for high-speed printing.
This makes draft ideal for rough drafts and editing work.
Roman and Sans Serif are near letter quality (NLQ) fonts. Near letter
quality takes a little longer to print but produces nicely formed
characters suitable for most documentation requirements.
Characters per inch
For each of the three built-in fonts, you can choose a character size of 10
or 12 characters per inch (cpi), or proportional spacing.
The following printout compares the different types of spacing.
This is Roman printing in 10 cpi.
This is Roman printing in 12 cpi.
This is Roman printing in proportional.
In the 10 and
12
cpi modes, each character is given the same amount of
space. However, in the proportional mode, spacing varies from character
to character. Therefore, a narrow letter like the lowercase i receives less
space than a wide letter like the uppercase W.
Condensed mode
In
addition to the two pitches and proportional spacing, you can use
the
condensed mode to change the character size. In the condensed mode,
characters are approximately 60% of the width of normal characters.
Condensed printing is very useful for spreadsheets and other applications
where you need to print the maximum amount of information on a page.
Both 10 and
12
cpi can be condensed, but proportional spacing
cannot.
The printout below compares normal
10
cpi with condensed
10
cpi.
This is
10 cpi Roman printing.
This
is condensed
10 cpi Roman printing.
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Using the Printer