| 摘要 |
<p>A method of operating an impact printer having a printhead normally intended to create letter quality characters during one pass across the printing medium at a carriage speed at least three times slower than the carriage speed at which the printer creates draft quality characters wherein the method of operation produces letter quality characters at least 50% faster than the prior art method of operation. To accomplish the throughout increase, the printer is operated in the same faster draft speed for the printing of both draft and letter quality characters. Letter quality characters, however, are created in two passes and the printing medium is not advanced to a next row position until after the two passes.</p> |
