Important notes on document processing Additional commands (Printer)
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Character box
The printable areas on documents refer on the one hand to the outer edges of
the documents and passbooks as well as to staggered edges and folds, on the
other hand tothe char acterbox of the print character (also see appendix “Paper
specification”).
’Character box’ definition
The character box represents a rectangle, the width of which is specified by me-
ans of the selected character spacing:
10 characters/inch : width = 1/10 inch = 2.54 mm
12 characters/inch : width = 1/12 inch = 2.12 mm
15 characters/inch : width = 1/15 inch = 1.69 mm
Width of the character box for proportional spacing from 1. 27 mm to 2.96 mm.
The height of the character box is defined by means of the vertical distance bet-
ween the highest and lowest needles (forthe document printer 3.5 mm). Within
this character box each dot can be printed (blacked) via a needle.