Epson LQ-850X User Manual - Page 118

Enhancing Your Printing You can obtain a wide variety of printing effects with your printer from changing the number of characters per inch to using special effects on selected words and phrases. This section gives you a sampling of the features you may select with your software. For software control of these features, see the instructions for your application programs or look up their specific commands in the Command Summary in Chapter 9. Print Quality and Fonts The printer has three levels of print quality: SuperDraft, normal draft, and Letter Quality (LQ). Draft printing speeds are controlled by DIP switch 1-6. SuperDraft is ideal for rough drafts and large documents or reports that you need to print quickly. Normal draft takes a bit longer but offers higher resolution characters. Finally, Letter Quality takes even longer, but produces darker, more fully-formed characters suitable for presentation-quality documents. For Letter Quality printing, the printer offers nine fonts. See Chapter 3 for information on the fonts and how to select them. Note: SuperDraft is available only with 10 cpi printing. Underlining and double-width printing can be combined with SuperDraft. If other enhancements or character spacings are selected, the printer switches to normal draft speed. SuperDraft resumes again after the features are turned off. 4-2 Software and Graphics