Control Codes
position. The complete page definition is printed excluding any blank information at the bottom of the page.
Function | Set Print Area in Page Mode | Enhanced | |
ASCII | [ESC] [SUB] S <XOL><XOH><<YOL><YOH><WL><WH>< HL><HH> |
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Hexadecimal | 1BH 1AH 53H <XOL><XOH><<YOL><YOH><WL><WH>< HL><HH> | ||
Decimal | <27><26><83><XOL><XOH><<YOL><YOH><WL><WH>< HL><HH> |
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IPCL | None |
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EPOS | [ESC] W |
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Description This command Sets the position and size of the initial area in page mode and sub pages.
Where:
<XOL><XOH> the x direction offset | Min 0 |
<YOL><YOH> the y direction offset | Min 0 |
<WL><WH> the width in dots | Max 576 |
< HL><HH> the height in dots | Max 3000 |
This command should always be sent before or immediately after page mode is entered to define the initial page size.
Once in page mode (after the [ESC]t command) the command can be sent multiple times so that several different print areas, aligned in different print directions, can be developed in the printer’s page buffer before being printed using the Print Page Mode commands
(FF or ESC FF).
The starting position of the print area is the upper left of the area to be printed. The Yoffset is in the y direction and is YO dots and the Xoffset is in the x direction and is XO dots in. The length of the area to be printed in the y direction is set to H dots. The length of the area to be printed in the x direction is set to W dots.
The set print area command may be invoked multiple times while in page mode. The first invocation specifies the initial master page size. Following invocations will define smaller windows within the initially defined page. If the Set page size command is not used, the page size will default to the maximum size.
The orientation of the set print area command is always based on 0 degrees regardless of the current orientation setting. This includes if the command is sent before the start page mode command, after the start page mode command, or as a
Note: The maximum printable area in the x direction is 576/203 or 3.15 inches.
Note: The maximum printable area in the y direction is 2999/203 or 14.78 inches.
Note: Only the used portion of the page is printed. That is the page length will only include what actually has print data. See illustration below.
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