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Pica
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Figure 3-2. The three pitches of the LX-80
The dot pattern of each character is carefully designed so that in
pica mode no dot overlaps another. The reason is that in normal
high-speed printing of pica the pins cannot fire and retract and fire
again quickly enough to print one dot overlapping another.
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