Epson EX-1000, User Manual

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The SelecType Panel
The SelecType touch panel (shown in Figure 4-1 below) has eight
buttons that control the basic style and size of the text you print. When
you press a button, it beeps and lights up to confirm your choice. These
buttons are arranged in three groups.
The first group of buttons selects the print quality and font. The EX
has one draft font and two NLQ (Near Letter Quality) fonts: Roman and
Sans Serif. To select one of these fonts, simply press the button for the
one you want.
Three more buttons determine the print pitch and character width.
You can choose pica (10 characters per inch), elite (12 characters per
inch), or proportional. The width of proportional characters varies from
character to character. Therefore, a narrow letter like i receives less
space than a wide letter like W. You can choose any one of these by
pressing the appropriate button.
The last group of buttons lets you choose the condensed mode. In
this mode all characters are about 60% of their normal width. If you
select both elite and condensed, you can get up to 160 characters on a
line with the EX-800 and 272 with the EX-1000. This is especially useful
for printing out large spreadsheets. The condensed mode, however,
cannot be used with the proportional mode.
Figure 4-1.
The SelecType panel
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