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Printer features – Epson 8900 Series User Manual

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All paper-handling operations are accessible through the control
panel and via the host computer using global commands.

Printer Features

The Model 8900 Series Printer includes the following features.

q Print quality choices — letter-quality (LQ), text, normal draft,

and Rapid Print

draft

q Standard character sets — US ASCII (with 13 international

substitution tables), IBM

®

PC1, IBM PC2, IBM Multinational,

ISO 8859/1 Multinational and Nordic PC

q Character spacing (pitch) — 5.0, 6.0, 7.5, 8.6, 10.0, 12.0, 15.0,

16.7 and 17.1 characters per inch (cpi), depending on the
emulation mode in effect

q Line length — 13.6 inches (345.44 mm) maximum

q Maximum character columns — 136 at 10.0 cpi, 163 at 12.0 cpi,

204 at 15 cpi, and 227 at 16.7 cpi

q Line spacing — 3, 4, 6 and 8 lines per inch (lpi)

q Line feed modes — forward and reverse full or one-half line (for

superscript and subscript characters)

q Print enhancements — bold, emphasized, underlined, and

expanded with true descenders (for lowercase characters such as
g, j, and y)

q Standard fonts — Courier and Gothic

q Optional fonts — Prestige Elite, Presenter, Barcode 3 of 9,

Interleave 2 of 5, OCRA, OCRB and PostNet

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