SATO CX208/212 manual The Print Area, CX212

		CX208/212 Programming Guide
40 PRINT #1,E$;"A";		Sends an “<ESC>A” command code to
		Print Port #1 opened by statement 20
		above.
50	PRINT #1, E$;"H400";E$;"V100";E$;"WL0SATO";	Sends the data “SATO” to be to be
		placed 400 dots horizontally and 100
		dots vertically on the label and printed in
		the “WL” font.
60	PRINT #1, E$;"Q1";	Instructs the printer to print a quantity of
		one label.
70	PRINT #1, E$; “Z”;	Tells the printer that the last command
		has been sent. The printer can now
		create and print the job.
80	PRINT #1,CHR$ (3);	Sends an <ETX> (ASCII Code decimal
		“3”) to the printer telling it that this is the
		end of the message.

THE PRINT AREA

<ESC>A

<ESC>H0050<ESC>V0100<ESC>L0303<ESC>MSATO

<ESC>H0050<ESC>V0200<ESC>B103100*SATO*

<ESC>H0070<ESC>V0310<ESC>L0101<ESC>USATO

<ESC>Q1<ESC>Z

The maximum print area for the various CX208/212 printers is listed in Table 1, Print Area. Most of your label applications will not require labels that fill the entire print area. To make label design simplier, the media on the CX208/212 printers is center justified, i.e. the label is always centered on the print head. An <ESC>A1 Media Size command is then used to specify the length and width of the label. The CT printer uses this information to automatically calculate an “offset” that will move the Horizontal Reference point to coincide with the first printable dot position on the specified label. It is extremely important to use the Media Size command. If you do not, you will have to manually calculate the offset and send it to the printer using the <ESC>A3 Base Reference Point command.

Table 1, Print Area

	CX208	CX212
Resolution	203 dpi	305 dpi
	8 dpmm	12 dpmm
Max Print Width	832 dots	1248 dots
	4.1 in.	4.1 in.
	104 mm	104 mm
Max Label Width	4.25 in.	4.25 in.
	108 mm	108 mm
Print Length	4064 dots	3780 dots
	20 in.	12.6 in.
	508 mm	320 mm

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