Epson DFX-8000 User Manual - Page 140

Enhancing Your Printing You can obtain a wide variety of printing effects with the DFX-8000 printer, from changing the number of characters printed per inch to using special effects or adding emphasis to selected words and phrases. This section gives you a sampling of the features you ina$ want to select with your software. For software control of these features, see the instructions for your application program or look up their specific commands in the. Command Summary in Chapter 9. Print quality and fonts The most fundamental changes you can make to printing on the DFX-8000 are in the print quality and fonts. The DFX-8000 has three levels of print quality: high-speed draft, normal draft, and NLQ (Near Letter Quality). High-speed draft is ideal for rough drafts and large documents or reports that you need to print quickly. Normal draft is a bit slower, but offers higher resolution characters. Finally, NLQ takes a little longer but produces darker, more fully-formed characters suitable for presentationquality documents. For NLQ printing, the DFX-8000 offers two fonts-Roman and Sans Serif. The printout below shows the difference between high-speed draft, normal draft, NLQ Roman, and NLQ Sans Serif so that you can compare the different styles and densities. 4-2 Software and Graphics