A794 Owner’s Guide

Chapter 6: Programming Information

Set Left Margin

Sets the left margin of the printing area. The left margin is set to (((nH X 256) + nL) times horizontal motion unit) inches. The horizontal motion units are set by the Set Horizontal and Vertical Minimum Motion Units command (1D 50). This command is described below.

The width of the printing area is set by the Set Printing Area Width command (1D 57), which follows this command. See the Set Printing Area Width command (1D 57) in this document for a description of that command.

If the setting exceeds the printable area, the maximum value of the printable area is used. The maximum printable area is 576 dots. See the illustration.

ASCII

GS L nL nH

Hexadecimal

1D 4C nL nH

Decimal

29 76 nL nH

Range of nL

0-255

Range of nH

0-255

Default

576 dots (the maximum printable area)

Formulas

To set the left margin to one inch at the default horizontal motion unit of 1/203 inches, send the four-byte string:

GS L 203 0

Or, to set the left margin to two inches at the default horizontal motion unit of 1/203 units per inch, send the four-byte string:

GS L 150 1

Where 2 inches = 406/203, and 406 = (1 X 256) + 150.

←⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ Printable area 576 dots⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯→

←⎯Left margin⎯⎯⎯→

←⎯⎯⎯Printing area width⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯→

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Epson A794-D100 manual Set Left Margin, Range of nL, Range of nH