Star Micronics LC-20 Printer User Manual


 
FONTbutton
Thisbuttonselectsthe font to be printed.Draftfont is alwaysselectedat
power-up.To changeto oneof theNLQ(nearletterquality)fonts,setthe
printeroff-line,then pressthe
FONTbuttonrepeatedlyuntilthe indicators
besidethe desiredselectionilluminate.The selectionscyclein the follow-
ingorder:
Font Indicator(s)
Draft
DRAFT
Courier
COURIER
Sanserif SANSERIF
Orator
ORATOR
TheOratorfontisuniqueintwoways.First,itislarger(higher)thantheother
fonts,whichmakesit agoodchoiceforlabelsandothertextrequiringhigh
visibility.You will need a little extraline spacingwhen Orator is used.
Second,therearetwoversionsoftheOratorfont:oneprintssmallcapitals
inplaceoflower-caseletters;theotherprintslower-caseletters,butwithout
descenders.Theotherfontsdonothaveasmall-capitalsoption.Lowercase
willalwaysprintas lowercase.
TheversionyougetwhenyouselectOratorfromthecontrolpaneldepends
ontheDIPswitches.IfDIPswitch1-6isOFF,lower-caseOratorwillprint
aslowercase.Otherwiseit willprintas smallcapitals.
The font can also be selectedby printer commandsgiven in Chapter4.
Printercommandsenableyouto selectbothOratorfonts.
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