SATO GL4XXE manual Menu, Description, Pgl Emulation Mode Table, Form Adjust

	Unit 4: Printer Configuration
	PGL EMULATION MODE (TABLE 4-10)
MENU	DESCRIPTION
	Determines how the physical label length is affected upon receiving an EXECUTE command.

•Enable - factory default. The physical label length will change to match the form length specified in CREATE command. The physical label size remains at the new setting until another EXECUTE command is received or the printer setup menu settings are changed.

	•	Var. Length - the physical label length is the longest print element plus the setting of Var
Host Form Length
		Form Adjust.
Enable*
	•	Var Dynamic Len - the physical label length will change to the longest print element defined
		in CREATE command plus the Var Form Adjust menu.
	•	Disable - forms printed with EXECUTE command do not change the physical label size.
		Therefore, the size of the form must fit within the current label dimensions or errors may
		occur.
	This menu specifies an amount in tenth of inches, to add to the length of variable-length forms.
	Variable length forms use a semi-colon at the end of the Create command: ~CREATE;
Var Form Adjust
	<FORMNAME>:0.
00.0 inches*
	Determines the manner that form length is set. The physical form length can be set by command
	or by selecting the final print position on a form.
	•	Add Nothing - factory default. No action is taken.
Var Form Type
	•	Add; 0 - the form length ends at the longest printed element. The same as:
Add Nothing*
		~CREATE;filename;0.

•Add; X - the form length is the same as the physical page length (the Label Length menu under MEDIA SETUP). The same as: ~CREATE;filename;X.

	This option selects bar code ratios for certain bar codes including Code 39 and Interleaved 2 of 5.
	It is included for compatibility with the IGP-X00 printers.
Optimized Ratio
	•	Disable - factory default. Use standard barcode ratios.
Disable*
	•	Enable - select the alternative barcode ratios.
	Allows for specification of the quantity of lines the backing paper will feed.
	•	16 - factory default. A paper slew of 0 to 15 will move 1 to 16 lines.
PI Slew Range
16*	•	15 - a paper slew of 1 to 15 will move 1 to 15 lines. A paper slew of 0 wil move 1 line.
	This parameter determines if a carriage return will be followed by a line feed.
	•	Disable - factory default. Carriage returns not followed by line feeds are ignored.
CR Edit
Disable*	•	Enable - processs all carriage returns including those not followed by line feeds.
	Skip Command Prefix. This parameter determines if the printer will print any data before a PGL
	command is received.
Skip Cmd Prefix
	•	Enable - factory default. Will print.
Enable*
	•	Disable - will not print.
	Allows selection of whether the printer will ignore unformatted text. Example: With a simple text
	field using a recognizable printer, the printer can either print this unformatted text or ignore it.
Ignore Text	• Disable - factory default. Text in normal mode will be printed. Attributes to be printed depend
Disable*
		on the PGL Normal menu setting.
	•	Enable - any line of text (non-PGL commands) in normal mode will be ignored.

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