Epson ActionPrinter 3000 User Manual - Page 60

Selecting Typestyles, Character fonts, ON LINE, READY, FORM FEED, SelecType

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Selecting Typestyles You can produce a wide range of typestyles by combining different character fonts, widths, and other enhancements. You can select typestyles using the SelecType feature on your control panel, the DIP switches, or software commands. Character fonts Your printer has eight built-in character fonts. To select a font using SelecType, follow these steps: 1. Be sure the printer is turned on and the ON LINE light is lit. Check to see that the printer is not receiving data (the READY light should not be flickering). 2. Press the FORM FEED button until the two SelecType lights match the desired font, as shown below. DRAFT selected ROMAN selected SANS SERIF selected COURIER selected PRESTIGE selected SCRIPT selected OCR-B selected ORATOR selected off on blinking The tractor cover label and the SelecType sticker list the state of the two orange indicator lights for each font. You can put the SelecType sticker on either the printer cover or the front cover provided with the optional cut-sheet feeder. The font selected by SelecType remains effective until another font is selected by a software command or until the printer is turned off, reset, or initialized. Epson Courier is the default. 3-12 Using the Printer

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Selecting Typestyles
You can produce a wide range of typestyles by combining different
character fonts, widths, and other enhancements. You can select
typestyles using the SelecType feature on your control panel, the
DIP switches, or software commands.
Character fonts
Your printer has eight built-in character fonts. To select a font using
SelecType, follow these steps:
1. Be sure the printer is turned on and the
ON LINE
light is lit.
Check to see that the printer is not receiving data (the
READY
light should not be flickering).
2.
Press the
FORM FEED
button until the two
SelecType
lights match
the desired font, as shown below.
DRAFT selected
ROMAN selected
SANS SERIF selected
COURIER selected
PRESTIGE selected
SCRIPT selected
OCR-B selected
ORATOR selected
off
on
blinking
The tractor cover label and the SelecType sticker list the state of the
two orange indicator lights for each font. You can put the
SelecType sticker on either the printer cover or the front cover
provided with the optional cut-sheet feeder.
The font selected by SelecType remains effective until another font
is selected by a software command or until the printer is turned off,
reset, or initialized. Epson Courier is the default.
3-12
Using the Printer