Epson DFX-8000 User Manual - Page 142

Enhancing Your Printing The following printout compares 10 cpi spacing with proportional spacing. This is 10 cpi printing. This is proportional printing. Note: High-speed draft is available only in 10 cpi. If you select 12 cpi or proportional spacing, the print speed temporarily switches to normal draft until 1 2 cpi or proportional spacing is turned off. Character size In addition to the two fixed spacings and proportional spacing, the DFX-8000 offers three other modes that can change the size of your printing. These modes are double-wide, double-high, and condensed. The double-wide mode doubles the width of any size characters, while the double-high mode doubles the height of any size characters. These modes are useful for emphasizing headings in reports and making displays, but are usually not suitable for large amounts of text. These modes can also be combined to obtain even more impressive printing results. T h i s i s n o r m a l 10 cpi p r i n t i n g . ThiS i s double-wide, This is double-high. This is double-wide and double-high. Both 10 and 12 cpi printing can be reduced to about 60% of their normal width using condensed mode. This mode is particularly useful for printing wide spreadsheets because condensed 12 cpi allows you to print up to 160 characters on an g-inch line and 272 characters on a 136inch line. 4-4 Software and Graphics