a font is a family of characters with the same style and size. the appearance the fonts included in the pm ser/par are:
1 data
2 letter gothic
3 courier
4 micro
5 orator
6 roman
7 prestige
8 script
9 ocr a
10 ocr b
11 data block
12 orator-c
13 data large
see appendix b for print samples.
print test 3 lists all available fonts. the firmware of the printer appendix g barcodes quick reference)
2. print quality
three different print quality levels can be selected:
1 draft quality (font "data")
2 near letter quality (nlq displayed with the font name)
3 letter quality (lq displayed with the font name).
different print qualities result in different print speed.
3. sub/super font
when the sub/super font is set to "no", sub and superscript text will beraised or lowered a half line, but the text size itself will not change. when set to "yes", the text size will be reduced, and printed above or below the line.
4. pitch
indicates the number of characters printed per inch (10, 12, 15, 17, 18, 20 or proportional).
any pitch setting can be combined with any available font. in some cases this may conflict with font designs. the pitch setting is, therefore, a matter of personal taste.
5. line
determines the number of lines per inch (line space).
6. page length (only for fanfold paper)
page length is expressed in terms of lines within the range of 5 to 132 lines. any page length setting is based on six lines per inch, regardless of the number of lines per inch selected in the line setting or defined by the application.
the following indicates the number of lines for the most common paper sizes.
the page length setting is the basis from which perforation skip, tear-off an incorrect page length, therefore, gives an incorrect perforation skip. or cut mode and margins operate.
7. vertical positioning adjustment (vert.pos.adj.)
this function changes the vertical position in the current macro for the five different paper paths tractor v-pos ,manual v-pos or bin x v-pos (x = 1 up to 3) exactly position the printout in relation to the top edge of the form in use. it is meant to be a corrective parameter to meet variations in paper size and pre-printed material. using this function, the top margin and bottom margin setting are taken into account as well.
the set up of vert.pos.adj. will become effective at the next page of the form. therefore, it is recommended to perform vert.pos.adj. set up as long as the paper is in the park position and before starting the print job.
- paper source
the printer offers three input possibilities:
1 tractor (fanfold paper)
2 manual
3 asf cassettes (optional), they can be accessed either individually or pooled in a specified sequence. any combination or cassettes can be selected.
a corrective factor for the vertical positioning of the paper can be applied to each paper source and the run-in-sensor (see section vert.pos.adj.). note: please refer to chapter 7, technical data, for detailed media specifications.
- paper exit (only for single sheet paper)
it is possible to choose between stacker and front side (manual front insertion). the desired paper exit can be selected via operator panel or software.
- emulation
the emulation determines the set of commands available for the printer (see appendix d, e, and f). you can activate the following emulations:
1 philips gp
2 ibm propr.
3 epson lq / esc/p2
4 ibm propr.agm
when selecting a character set it can be further specified by the corresponding national variants.
detailed print samples are found in appendix b and the character set tables in appendix c.
- character set
if a different macro is selected the default character set may change, e.g. - philips gp emulation has the character set nv-2.5 as default.
-ibm propr. emulation has the character set ibm set 2 as default.
- epson / edc/p2 emulation has the character set epson ext.gct as default.
- line mode
if lf = lf + cr is selected, the printer performs a carriage return (cr) for every line feed (lf) received by the interface. if cr = lf + cr is selected, the printer performs a line feed (lf) for every
carriage return (cr) received by the interface.
- $$ commands
this function causes $$ either to be printed as $$ or to activate esc commands within an application.
if this function is set to yes the characters are interpreted by the printer in the following way:
1 $$ like esc
2 $$/ like esc.
3 tear-off-mode (only for fanfold paper)
there are three possible settings within this mode:
1 no
2 yes 10 sec.
3 yes 1 sec.
4 no special
the no special setting is to be used with critical forms which cannot handle the return movement of the paper.
with the yes setting the printer waits for one or ten seconds and, unless further data is received, moves the paper to the first perforation after the text. regardless of this setting, whenever changing from fanfold to another paper source, the printer will request the fanfold paper to be torn off before the paper is moved to the park position.
- pre-separation (is used for the asf cassettes only)
during normal printing, a sheet of paper is not inserted from an asf cassettebefore the preceding sheet has been ejected. by selecting pre-separation = yes the sheets follow each other more closely, thereby increasing the printer's throughput.