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26 Chapter 3: Programming the PrinterRevision D 12/09
Character appearance
The appearance of text can be changed using the following print modes:
• | Standard | • | Rotated | • | Italic |
• | Compressed | • | Underlined | • | |
• | • | Bold | • | Scaled | |
• | • | Reverse | • | Shading | |
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Width specifications
Standard | Compressed | ||
• Characters per inch: 15.6 | • Characters per inch: 20.3 | ||
• | Characters per line: 44 | • | Characters per line: 56 |
• | Cell size: 13 X 24 dots | • | Cell size: 10 X 24 dots |
Print zones
Print zones for 80mm paper
Specifications of print zone for 80mm paper:
•576 dots (addressable) @ 8 dots/mm, centered on 80mm
•Standard mode: minimum margins: 2.0mm (.079 inches)
•Top margin to manual
•Top margin to knife cut: 19.0mm (0.75 inches)
Note: The application centers 44 standard character cells (13 X 24 dots), or 56 compressed character cells (10 X 24 dots), or 576 addressable bits of graphics across an 80mm wide receipt. Minimum print line height is 24 dots for text or graphics. Standard print line spacing is 27 dots (i.e., 3 extra row dots).
The A799 adds a 27 dot high font, so standard print spacing is 30 dots.