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W Draft download characters
As you’ve seen, draft characters are designed on a grid which
is 9 dots wide by 24 dots high (plus up to three columns of dots
for space between characters). Draft download characters print
at the same high speed as normal draft characters, even though
they may print with more dots and may even be designed for pro-
portional spacing.
n Letter quality download characters
If you select letter quality printing with the (ESC) “x” 1 com-
mand or by the control panel, you can design your own
characters on a grid which is 29, 23, or 37 dots wide by 24 dots
high depending on the print pitch. Each character can be as
wide as 36, 30, or 42 dots, including space on either side of the
character. The dot columns are spaced closer together horizon-
tally than draft style dot columns.
Unlike draft characters, there are no restrictions on which
dots can print. This, coupled with the closer dot spacing, allows
you to design characters with higher resolution. The drawback
is speed. Normal letter quality characters print more slowly
than draft characters; the same is true of LQ download
characters.
STORlNG THE DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS
You can define up to 35 characters with this printer. But, once
the printer is turned off, you must redefine those characters
again.
By using the optional RAM cartridge, you can extend the
download characters up to 192, and the download characters are
remained even if the printer is turned off because of the battery
in the cartridge.
This is a very convenient function when you use and save
your own characters for later use.
In addition, when the write-protect switch of the cartridge is
set on after downloaded characters, you can print those
characters by the panel operation, without using special control
codes.
USER-DESIGNED DOT GRAPHICS
Designing and printing graphics is similar to the procedures