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Table 2-30: Page Control (Continued)

Command / Parameters

Function / Result

ESC&f#O

 

Set Universal Feed Direction

0

Short-edge

Sets the feed direction of Universal size. Feed direction means which

1

Long-edge

side of the print media, either the short edge or the long edge, feeds

 

 

first through the printer first.

 

 

ESC&f#W [custom name]

Set Universal Custom Name

# = number of bytes in the custom name

Sets the user-specified custom name for the Universal paper size

 

 

being used.

 

 

ESC&l#O

Select Orientation

0

Portrait (Default)

Specifies the position of the logical page with respect to the physical

1

Landscape

page.

2

Reverse Portrait

Note: Resets margins, number of printable lines per page, and cursor

3

Reverse Landscape

position.

 

 

 

 

 

ESC&a#P

 

Print Direction

# = Degrees (0, 90, 180, 270)

Rotates coordinate system counter-clockwise in 90° increments with

Default = 0

respect to current orientation.

 

 

 

Note: Margins are not rotated or cleared.

 

 

 

ESC&c#T

 

Character Text Path Direction

0

Horizontal Printing

Vertically rotates text for use in vertical writing, such as printing

-1

Vertical Rotated Printing

Japanese text.

 

 

 

ESC&a#L

 

Set Left Margin

# = Column

Sets left margin to left edge of the designated column.

Default = 0

Note: The column width is defined by the space character of the active

 

 

font and the Horizontal Motion Index (HMI).

 

 

ESC&a#M

Set Right Margin

# = Column

Sets right margin to right edge of the designated column.

Default = Logical Page Width

Note: The column width is defined by the space character of the active

 

 

font and the HMI.

 

 

 

ESC9

 

Clear Horizontal Margins

 

 

Clears left and right margins.

 

 

ESC&l#E

Set Top Margin

# = number of Lines

Sets the number of lines between the top of the physical page and first

Default = 3 (1/2 inch)

line of print. Line height is determined by the current Vertical Motion

Index (VMI) and/or line spacing value.

 

 

 

 

Note: Setting a top margin of 0 results in the first line of text falling

 

 

outside of the printable area.

 

 

ESC&l1T

Job Separation

 

 

This command is parsed and ignored.

 

 

 

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Lexmark Printer manual Set Universal Feed Direction, Set Universal Custom Name, Select Orientation, Print Direction