Epson 1170 - Character Pitch

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.
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