3.3.1.1 Form Features. The following print
features
are
listed
in
the form report.
•
Print
Features
(PRTFEA)
switch position:
•
•
Host
(H), Preset (P),
A,
B, C,
0,
E,
or
F.
Font: draft or enhanced.
Characters per inch
(CPI): 5, 6,
8-1/3
(8),
10,
12,
or 16-2/3
(16)
in
draft font; 5, 6,
10,
or
12
in
enhanced font.
• Lines per inch (LPI): 3,
4,6,
or 8.
•
•
LPI
= VMI (vertical motion index) when
using variable line spacing.
Left, right, top, and bottom margins (LM,
RM, TM, BM): column
and
line numbers,
based
on
currently selected horizontal and
vertical pitch
and
margin-control software.
Form
length (FL): number
of
lines;
based
on currently selected vertical pitch and set-
tings
made
from the control panel or from
the host software.
Perforation skip
(PERFSKIP):
on
or off.
The perfskip feature adds one line to the
top margin
and
subtracts
two
lines from
the bottom margin.
NOTE·
Form length
(FL)
can
be
set from the
control panel
in
the command mode.
Margins
can
be
set only by the host soft-
ware.
PRTFEA,
FONT,
CPI,
LPI,
and
PERFSKIP
can
be
set from the control
panel
in
the menu mode.
3.3.1.2
Changing
Form
Features.. Complete
the following steps
to
change the FONT, CPI,
LPI
and PERFSKIP features:
3-6
1.
After printing a form report
as
described in
paragraph 3.3.1,
"Form
Report and
Menu,"
press
the Change
key.
The printer
begins to
list the form menu by printing the
currently selected font,
as
shown below.
(Font will not
be
printed
in
the menu
if
the
Print
Features switch
is
in
one
of
the Pre-
set
positions.
See
subsection 3.4, "PRINT
FEATURES
SWITCH", at the
end
of this
section.)
FONT= DRAFT
2.
Press
the Change
key.
The printer now
shows the next choice for font,
as
shown
in
this example.
FONT
= DRAFT ENHANCED
3.
Press
the
Accept
key
to select enhanced
font. The printer now
underlines your
choice for font
and
lists· the currently
selected
CPI
(characters per inch) feature,
as
in
this example.
(CPI
will not
be
printed
if
the
Print
Features switch
is
in
one of the
Preset positions.
See
"PRINT
FEATURES
SWITCH," at the
end
of
this section.)
FONT
= DRAFT ENHANCED
CPI
=
10
4.
Press
the Change
key.
The printer
now
shows the next choice for
CPI,
which
is
12
characters per inch,
as
in
this example.
FONT
= DRAFT ENHANCED
CPI
=
10 12
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