Output Control
The printers have the following output control features:
v Six modes for printing text:
– Near-Letter Quality (NLQ)
– Near-Letter Quality San Serif
– Data Processing (DP)
– Draft
– Optical Character Recognition Font A (OCR A)
– Optical Character Recognition Font B (OCR B)
OCR
A and OCR B support 120 and 180 PEL, with 120 PEL the default value.
v Selectable forms length and width
v Character attribute specification:
– Selectable pitch: normal, expanded, and compressed
– Emphasized (shadow) printing
– Automatic underlining and overscoring
– Superscript and subscript printing
– Double high and wide printing
v Resident multinational character sets
Graphics and Vertical Formatting
Several graphics and vertical formatting features are available:
v Three built-in graphics generators:
– IBM Proprinter III XL bit-image graphics
– Epson FX dot graphics mode
– P-Series Plot
v
Programmable electronic vertical formatting provides rapid vertical paper
movement to specified lines for printing repetitive and continuous forms. You
can use the following methods:
– Vertical tabbing in Serial Matrix, Proprinter III XL, and Epson FX emulation
modes
– Electronic Vertical Format Unit (EVFU) in P-Series emulation mode
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