Epson LQ-2500 User Manual - Page 70

Print Pitch and Character Width To add greater variety to your documents, the LQ-2500 can print in three different pitches and perform proportional spacing. The SelecType Pitch setting lets you set the LQ accordingly The three pitches are: 10 characters per inch (pica), 12 characters per inch (elite), and 15 characters per inch. The following printout compares these three pitches. This is 10 pitch--10 characters per inch. This is 12 pitch--12 characters per inch. This is 15 pitch-- 15 characters per inch. As shown in the printout, 10 and 12 pitch characters are the same height. Characters in 15 pitch, however, are about twothirds the height of 10 and 12 pitch characters. This makes 15 pitch particularly useful for footnotes, quotations, and any material you want to separate from the main document. Proportional spacing varies the width of each letter, depending on whether its a narrow letter, like an i, or a wide letter, like a w. The three pitches of 10, 12, and 15 change the width of all the characters equally. Proportional varies the width of each individual character, as shown in the following printout. Appendix B lists the proportional width tables. This is lo-pitch spacing. This is proportional spacing. Table 5-1 shows the designated pitches for each font. To make the fonts look their best, print them in their designated pitches. You can print a font in a non-designated pitch, but the font won't look its best. For example, you can print the Roman font in 12 pitch, or Prestige in 10 pitch. The LQ-2500 adjusts the pitch accordingly but the spacing isn't as precise as a designated pitch. 5-4 Using the LQ-2500 Print Features