6.27Paper Size Specification

The region on the paper is separated for 2 regions, the printable region and the non- printable region.

These regions are defined as following;

The printable region is the region that can be set for the printing position, and the region surrounded by the left margin position setting, the right margin position setting, the top margin position setting, and the bottom margin position setting.

The non-printable region is the region that cannot be set for the printing position except for the right margin position, and the region out of the printable region on the paper.

Each margins for the printable region is defined as following;

The left margin is the non-printable region width added on the left side of the printable region.

The left margin position indicating the border of the margin is set on the X- axis. The left margin position is included in the printable region.

The right margin is the non-printable region width added on the right side of the printable region.

The right margin position indicating the border of the margin is set on the X-axis. The right margin position is included in the non-printable region.

However, the printing position on the right margin position can be set.

The top margin is the non-printable region height added on the top of the printable region.

The top margin position indicating the border of the margin is set on the Y-axis. The top margin position is included in the printable region.

The bottom margin is the non- printable region height added under the bottom of the printable region.

The bottom margin position indicating the border of the margin is set on the Y-axis. The bottom margin position is included in the non-printable region.

The page management coordinate system is the standard to set each margin positions is same as the position management coordinate system except definition of the origin.

The coordinate system to manage printable region set in the page management coordinate system is the position management coordinate system. The page management coordinate system is set per page.

The origin of the page management coordinate system is defined as following;

The origin on the X-axis is set on the smallest printing position. The smallest printing position is the printing position at the left end that can be set on the paper physically. The smallest printing position depends on the horizontal position of paper at the time of input.

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