Option

Parameter

Comments

 

 

 

Prop Line Length

ENABLE *

When enabled, the position of the next graphic element

 

DISABLE

will be determined by the physical length of a text string

 

(when using a proportional-spaced font).

 

 

 

 

When disabled, the position will be determined as if the

 

 

font was monospaced (as if all characters had the exact

 

 

width specified).

 

 

 

Rot. Char

Adjusted*

The Rotated Character Size option determines if rotated

Size

Not Adjusted

(clockwise/counter-clockwise), expanded characters

 

 

have a different size than an unrotated character with the

 

 

same size parameters (Adjusted) or the same size (Not

 

 

Adjusted).

 

 

 

SFCC

17±255 dec

Select any decimal character above 16 decimal from

 

94 (^) *

Appendix D (0 ± 127) to set the binary pattern for the

 

 

selected Special Function Control Character. Default is

 

 

the hat ^ (dec 94). Throughout this manual, the tilde ~

 

 

(dec 126) is used as the SFCC. Always use the SFCC

 

 

required for your configuration wherever the tilde, or (cc)

 

 

is shown. Obtain a configuration printout to determine the

 

 

currently selected SFCC.

 

 

 

Slash 0 (zero)

DISABLE *

Enable selects zeros printed with a slash to distinguish

 

ENABLE

zeros from the alphabetical capital ªO.º

 

 

 

 

 

Text Length

66 *

The Text Length option is the printable length on the page

 

1 ± 255

below the top margin. It is in character lines at the lpi in

 

 

effect when the new value is entered. This option can

 

 

also be set by using the ^IPAGE,MARGIN.

 

 

 

Truncate Alpha

DISABLE

ENABLE *

When enabled, Truncate Alpha prevents the printing of Error 48 (Element Off Page Error) if alphanumeric data, including spaces, extends beyond the right side of the form.

True

DISABLE *

Default is disabled. Vert 1/10 equals 7/72nd inches. En-

Vert 1/10

ENABLE

able actual inch equals 72/72.

 

 

 

 

 

UPC

DISABLE

When disabled, the IGP/VGL will not leave gaps for the

Descenders

ENABLE *

human-readable data in the UPC/EAN bar codes when

 

there is no human-readable data.

 

 

 

 

 

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Configuring the Printer

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T3308, T3306 specifications

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