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form. This is because the bottom of the form is known (against the right stop) and the top of the form is unknown to the printer.

vDifferent lengths of paper allow different print-line lengths. Therefore, the application must know the size of the print line.

vThe printer calculates the length of a document it is to print. To do that, it must feed the document up past the bottom sensor and back to the top sensor. (On a 5-inch document this takes 2 seconds.)

vWhen landscape mode is used, the document should be inserted so that the right edge is at the top of the printer, and the bottom edge is against the printer’s right wall.

vTo position the printing in landscape mode to the correct position, the system must send line feeds. The printer assumes that the top of form for a document in landscape mode is the far left edge of the document (to a maximum of 80 mm from the bottom of the form).

vLine feeding is 5 steps per mm or 21 steps per line, at 6 lpi.

vAll landscape printing must be done with one printing pass. Therefore:

–Double-high printing is not allowed.

–User-defined characters greater than 9 dots high are not allowed.

–DBCS characters are not allowed.

vThere is no error recovery for landscape printing.

Landscape Printing Commands

1.ESC f (x) (y): Set up document wait time Same as for portrait mode.

2.ESC c 0 X'08': Select document station - landscape print mode:

AIf the document was not previously loaded:

vThe document present indicator blinks until a document is detected.

vOnce detected, the document will be grabbed by the printer and fed to the right margin on the document. Because the document is inserted on its side, this is at the top of the printer.

vIf a document is not detected within the wait time (specified in the ESC f command), the printer sends error status to the system, and continues to wait.

The system can either cancel the print buffer, deleting all data in the print buffer, or wait for a document to be inserted.

The printer appears to be hung until an action is taken.

BIf the document was previously loaded, the printer feeds the paper to the right margin on the document.

3.Send print lines to be printed in this station.

The number of characters that can be printed on a line depends on the width of the document. The print area is:

v63 mm high, starting 17 mm from the bottom of the document

vThe entire width of the document less 34 mm from the right edge and 10 mm from the left edge

4.Final handling.

You have an option on final handling, finish printing and either eject the document or open the document throat to allow manual removal of the document:

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TI5, TG5, TM7, TF7 specifications

IBM has long been a pioneer in the field of technology and enterprise solutions, consistently delivering innovations that redefine industry standards. In line with this tradition, IBM has unveiled its latest offerings: TF7, TM7, TG5, and TI5. Each of these models is designed to cater to specific needs within the growing arena of data processing and management.

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