Typestyles
Character spacing
Character spacings of
10, 12,
or 15 cpi (characters per inch) and
proportional are available using software commands or your
application program. See Chapter 7 for the character spacings
available for each font.
In the l0-, l2-, or 15-cpi modes, each character gets an equal
amount of space. In proportional mode, the spacing varies from
character to character. A narrow letter like a lowercase i receives
less space than an uppercase W.
The printout below compares the different types of spacing:
This is 10
c p i p r i n t i n g .
This is 12 cpi printing.
This is 15 cpi printing.
This is proportional printing.
Condensed printing
Condensed printing reduces the size of characters to approximately
60 percent of their normal width, allowing more characters to fit on
a line. This is useful for spreadsheets and other applications where
you need to print the maximum amount of information on a page.
You can condense 10 cpi, 12 cpi, and proportional spacing using
software commands or your application program. You cannot
condense 15-cpi printing.
The printout below shows condensed
l0-
and 12-cpi printing.
This is condensed 1O cpi printing,
This is condensed 12 cpi printing.
Using the Printer
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