Epson LQ-1010 User Manual - Page 204

Printing Problem Printed characters are not what you expected (continued). The characters printed are smaller than expected. The typestyle selected by SelecType is not printed. Characters cannot be defined using ESC & and ESC : Solution The condensed mode may be set. Check to see if the CONDENSED light on the control panel is on. If it is lit, press the CONDENSED button to cancel the mode. Also, if your application program is capable of sending control codes, you can cancel the condensed mode by sending the DC2 code to the printer. See Chapter 9. The software may not be properly installed for your printer. Use the program's setup (or install) procedure to check the printer settings and reset as needed. Your software may be overriding your SelecType setting. If your program allows you to change the printing style, software control will override the SelecType settings. For these application programs use the program, not SelecType, to change typestyles. User-defined character mode may not be selected. When defining characters, make sure that DIP switch 2-5 is set to off. 7-10 Troubleshooting