Epson LT-286 - Manual (Page 39)

If the current settings are correct, press to return to the main
setup menu.
To change the display information, highlight
Color/graph.
80
col
and press Enter. The following menu appears:
Exit
Memory
Display
Coprocessor
Mass storage
Backlight period
Gray scale
Color/graph.
80
col
** SAVE SETTINGS **
* Special options *
Color/graph.
40
col
Monochrome
80
col
The choices are as follows:
Color/graph.
80 col-In this mode, the Equity LT-286
displays text at a width of eighty characters per line and can
display graphics. This is the standard setting.
Color/graph.
40 col-In this mode, the Equity LT-286
displays text at a width of forty characters per line and can
display graphics. Use this setting if you want the computer to
start up with wider characters. (Your application programs
may still change the display from the 40-column mode to the
80-column mode, but the computer will start in the 40-column
mode each time you turn it on or reset it.)
Monochrome 80
col-Choose this setting only if you have a
monochrome monitor attached to a monochrome display
adapter in an expansion chassis and you want the computer’s
initial display to appear on the monochrome monitor.
Running the Setup Program 2-5