Epson LX-810 User Manual - Page 99

Enhancing Your Printing Widening or narrowing the characters also widens or narrows the space between words and letters. Because word processors usually create a left margin by printing spaces, you may need to change the left margin and the number of characters on a line to keep the margins correct if you change character widths. Special effects and emphasis The printer offers two ways of emphasizing text and also allows you to use underlining, superscripts, subscripts, and italics. These features can be controlled directly by software commands. Many application programs can also produce these effects if they are properly installed. Refer to your application program manual for details. Emphasized and double-strike printing Emphasized and double-strike printing can give text added distinction. In emphasized mode, each character is printed twice as the print head moves across the paper, with the second character printed slightly to the right of the first. This process produces darker, more fully formed characters. In double-strike mode, the print head goes over each line twice, making the text bolder. For even greater prominence, you can combine emphasized and double-strike modes. This is normal draft printing. This is emphasized draft printing. This is double-strike in draft mode. This is double-strike and emphasized combined. Note: When using an NLQ font, double-strike mode is ignored because NLQ characters are already formed by two passes of the print head. Software and Graphics 4-5