Epson LQ-850 Emulation (Mode 5)
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You can alter these default SETF assignments to suit your own purposes. In the example
below, four of the SETF assignments are changed to proportional fonts, and the font
mode is changed to 15. The sample text is then printed by selecting pica for the title, elite
for the first paragraph, compressed for the second paragraph, compressed elite for the
third paragraph, and elite for the last paragraph.
!R! SETF 0, 12; CMNT Draft 10cpi: Swiss721BM12-Bold;
SETF 1, 2; CMNT Draft 12cpi: Dutch801BM10-Roman;
SETF 7, 13; CMNT Draft 15cpi: Swiss721BM8-Roman;
SETF 8, 14; CMNT Condensed 10cpi: Swiss721BM6-Roman;
EXIT;
To select a scalable font for the SETF assignments, first assign a font number to the scal-
able font by sending the command SFNT commands to the printing system as shown
below. The font number assigned should not duplicate a number already in use.
!R! SFNT ’Swiss742SWC-Bold’, 12, 3000, 277, 1, 0;
SFNT ’Dutch801SWC-Roman’, 10, 3001, 277, 1, 0;
SFNT ’Swiss742SWC-Roman’, 8, 3002, 277, 1, 0;
SFNT ’Swiss742SWC-Roman’, 6, 3003, 277, 1, 0;
EXIT;
All option parameters for SFNT (including symbol-set, compression, and angle) are
required for assigning font numbers to a scalable font when altering the SETF assign-
ments for the Epson emulation.
Landscape printing is possible in the LQ-850 mode. If you send the command
!R! SPOL; EXIT; the printing system rotates fonts and prints them in landscape ori-
entation.
In portrait orientation, the printing system supports Epson bit-image graphics, so with
graphics software for the LQ-850 printer, you can use it to print charts, graphs, and pic-
tures. The 9-bit graphics mode is also supported.
If you attempt to print beyond the right margin, the characters wrap around and are
printed on the next line.
Epson Prestige 10 cpi, 12 cpi, Proportional 6
15 cpi 7
Condensed 10 cpi 8
Condensed 12 cpi, Condensed proportional 9
Table 7.12. Epson LQ-850 Fonts (Sheet 2 of 2)
Font name Character spacing ALTF No.
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