To avo
i
d havi
ng one program interfere with the printing m
odes of
another, you ca
n c
a
ncel
a
mod
e
in on
e
of two wa
y
s
:
• Using a spec
i
f
ic canc
e
lling code to ju
s
t c
a
ncel on
e
m
o
d
e
.
The
<ESC> P in t
h
e
la
s
t lin
e o
f the progr
a
m in th
e
pr
e
viou
s section
was used to ca
nc
e
l elite. E
a
ch mode ha
s
a cancelling cod
e, which
you can find
in the discu
ss
ion of the code and in App
e
n
dix B.
Pica is an exce
ption to thi
s
rule. To cancel pica
,
turn on
elite or
condensed
.
• Resetting the
e
r
, a
method e
x
pl
a
ined in th
e
ne
x
t
section
.
Res
e
tt
i
ng t
he Printer
Resetting the LX
-
8
0 c
a
ncel
s a
ll mode
s
that
a
re turned on
. You can
reset the printe
r
w
ith one of two method
s
:
• Sending the
r
ese
t cod
e
«ESC>
"@")
• Turning the p
rint
e
r o
ff a
nd back on.
Each of these
m
e
th
o
d
s
r
et
urn
s
th
e
e
r to wh
a
t
a
r
e cal
l
ed it
s
defaults
,
which a
r
e
th
e s
t
a
nd
a
rd
se
ttin
gs
th
a
t
a
r
e
in
e
ff
ec
t
every tim
e
you turn the pri
nt
e
r on. Th
e tw
o eff
ects o
f r
es
etting th
e
prin
ter th
a
t
you should be c
onc
e
rn
e
d with
a
r
e
: it r
e
turn
s
th
e
printin
g to single-
strike pica (unless y
ou h
ave se
t the DIP
s
witch on th
e
b
a
ck
of the
printer to make t
h
e
default NLQ o
r
cond
e
nsed mod
e
)
,
thu
s cancell-
ing any other pi
tch
es
or
e
nh
a
ncements you may hav
e
turned
on, and
the current posi
tion of th
e
print he
a
d becomes the top
of page
setting
.
It is also possible
to u
se
S
e
l
ec
T
y
p
e
to r
e
turn to
s
ingl
e
-
s
t
rike pic
a
without resetti
n
g a
n
y
oth
e
r
co
d
es
t
o t
h
e
ir def
a
ult
s.
Som
e of th
e
demonstration p
r
o
gram
s e
nd
w
ith
a rese
t c
o
d
e so t
h
a
t th
e com-
mands from one
program
w
ill n
o
t int
e
r
fe
r
e
with the comm
ands in
the next one. A
ft
e
r
y
ou run
a
program with
a
re
se
t cod
e in it
,
remember to c
h
a
nge the top of page
se
tting before you b
e
g
i
n
print-
ing full pages.
P
i
tc
h
C
o
mp
arison
Now that you hav
e used three
s
hort programs to produce
s
ampl
es of
the three main
pitche
s,
you c
a
n choose the pitch that you pr
efer or
the one that bes
t fit
s
a p
a
rticular printing job
.
Most peopl
e u
s
e
either pica or e
lite for print
i
ng text and condensed for spre
a
d
sheet
s
or other applica
tions where it is important to get the m
aximum
number of chara
ct
e
rs on a line.
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