Citizen Systems CLP-6401 user manual Units for position and length

Units for position and length

The print positions may be specified in either inch or metric system. Switching between the two systems is accomplished through software. The print positions can be freely designated within the maximum label size, regardless of which system you use.

nInch system

Basic unit (point): 0.01 in (0.254 mm)

The position of each row address (in the direction of main scanning) and column address (in the direction of subscanning) is designated in 0.01-inch units. In the case of the 400 dpi head, if the print position changes by 1 point, it will change by 2 dots.

1 point	=	0.01 in	.=.	4 dots
100 point	=	1.00 in	.	400 dots
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nMetric system

Basic unit (point): 0.1 mm

The position of each row address and column address is designated in 0.1-mm units. Since there is a slight difference between the main and subscanning density and the point value, the nearest dot number to the designated address is selected in one dot (0.125 mm) units.

1 point	=	0.1 mm	.=.	2 dot
100 point	=	10.0 mm	.=.	157 dots

The basic unit is common to all label format and system-level commands. The label format commands are used to specify the position, length, whole-screen offset, etc. The system-level commands are used to specify the maximum paper length, home-position offset, etc.

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