Chapter 6: Programming Information

A794 Owner’s Guide

Set Print Area in Page Mode

Sets the position and size of the printing area in page mode.

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).

ASCII

ESC W n1, n2 ...n8.]

Hexadecimal

1B 57 n1, n2 ...n8]

Decimal

27 87 n1,n2 ...n8]

Range of n

0-255

 

Default

n1-4 =

0

 

n5 =

64

 

n6 =

2

 

n7 =

64

 

n8 =

2

Formulas

The starting position of the print area is the upper left of the area to be printed (x0, y0). The length of the area to be printed in the y direction is set to dy inches. The length of the area to be printed in the x direction is set to dx inches. Use the equations to determine the Value of x0, y0, dx, and dy.

See the illustration for a graphic representation of the printing area. For more information about the fundamental calculation pitch, see the Set Horizontal and Vertical Motion Units command (1D 50).

x0 = [(n1 + n2 x 256) x (horizontal direction of the fundamental calculation pitch)]

y0 = [(n3 + n4 x 256) x (vertical direction of the fundamental calculation pitch)]

dx = [(n5 + n6 x 256) x (horizontal direction of the fundamental calculation pitch)]

dy = [(n7 + n8 x 256) x (vertical direction of the fundamental calculation pitch)]

Keep the following notes in mind for this command.

The fundamental calculation pitch depends on the vertical or horizontal direction.

The maximum printable area in the x direction is 576/203 inches.

The maximum printable area in the y direction is 576/203 inches.

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Epson A794-D100 manual Set Print Area in Page Mode, Range of n