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Character Pitch, This is 17, printing.

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Typestyles Character pitch You can select a character pitch from the control panel. To select a pitch, press the PITCH button until the indicator light next to the desired pitch comes on. The table below shows the character pitches available for each font. Script-C Orator Orator-S OCR-B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 In the lo-, 12-, 15-, 17-, or 20-cpi modes, each character gets an equal amount of space. In proportional mode, the spacing varies from character to character. A narrow letter like the lowercase i receives less space than an uppercase W. The printout below compares the different pitches: This is 10 cpi printing. This is 12 cpi printing. This is IS cpi printing. This is 17 cpi printing. This is 20 cpi printing. This is proportional printing. 3-22 Using the Printer

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Typestyles
Character pitch
You can select a character pitch from the control panel. To select a
pitch, press the
PITCH
button until the indicator light next to the
desired pitch comes on.
The table below shows the character pitches available for each
font.
Script-C
0
0
0
0
0
Orator
0
0
0
0
Orator-S
0
0
0
0
OCR-B
0
0
0
0
In the
lo-,
12-,
15-,
17-,
or
20-cpi
modes, each character gets an
equal amount of space. In proportional mode, the spacing varies
from character to character. A narrow letter like the lowercase
i
receives less space than an uppercase
W.
The printout below compares the different pitches:
This is
10
cpi
printing.
This is 12
cpi
printing.
This
is
IS
cpi
printing.
This is 17
cpi
printing.
This is 20
cpi
printing.
This is proportional printing.
3-22
Using the Printer