Epson DFX-8000 User Manual - Page 141

Enhancing Your Printing You can choose the print quality and NLQ fonts with software commands or DIP switches. However, high-speed draft can be selected only by setting DIP switch 2-2. (See the section on setting DIP switches in Chapter 3.) Note: High-speed draft is available only when 10 cpi printing is selected: T h e only print enhancements that can be combined with high-speed draft are underline and double-wide. If other enhancements or character sizes are selected, high-speed draft is ignored and replaced by normal draft. Character spacing To add greater variety to your documents, the DFX-8000 has two fixed character spacings and proportional spacing. Each one can be selected with a software command. For two of the built-in fonts, normal draft and NLQ, you can choose a character spacing of 10 cpi (characters per inch), 12 cpi, or proportional spacing. The printout below compares the two types of character spacing. T h i s i s 10 cpi p r i n t i n g . T h i s i s 12 cpi printing. In 10 and 12 cpi, each character is given the same amount of space. The width of proportional spacing, however, varies from character to character. Therefore, a narrow letter like i receives less space than a wide letter like W. The width of each proportional character is given in the Appendix. Software and Graphics 4-3