Epson LQ-2500 User Manual - Page 86

This is a quick way to change the aspect ratio of the design that you are printing. Changing the graphics option will change the width without changing the height. You should, however, make this change with caution. If you change one of the eight-pin graphics options to a 24-pin graphics option without changing the program that supplies the graphics data, you will print garbage (if the program prints at all). Remember, the 24-pin graphics options require three times as much graphics data as the eight-pin graphics options. User-defined Characters With the LQ, it is possible to define and print characters of your own design. You can design an entirely new alphabet or typeface, create characters for special applicafions such as mathematical or scientific symbols, or create graphic patterns with user-defined characters to serve as building blocks for larger designs. Below you can see samples of typefaces created with the userdefined character function. You can make the task of defining characters easier by using a commercial program that assists you in creating characters or simply supplies you with sets of characters already created. Also, some popular commercial programs take advantage of the LQ's userdefined character function to enhance printouts. (These characters are called download characters in some programs.) The standard characters are stored in the LQ's Read Only Memory (ROM), and the user-defined characters are stored in the LQ's Random Access Memory (RAM). Graphics and Userdefined Characters 6-11