Character, Pitch - SATO GL408e Programming Reference Manual

Unit 4: Standard Command Codes

CHARACTER, PITCH

FUNCTION To designate the amount of spacing (in dots) between characters. This command
provides a means of altering character spacing for label constraints or to enhance
readability.
FORMAT <ESC>Paa
Place preceding the text to be printed.
EXAMPLE
<ESC>A
<ESC>H0025<ESC>V0025<ESC>L0202<ESC>XB1SATO
<ESC>H0025<ESC>V0125<ESC>L0202<ESC>P20<ESC>XB1SATO
<ESC>H0025<ESC>V0225<ESC>L0202<ESC>P40<ESC>XB1SATO
<ESC>Q1
<ESC>Z
OUTPUT
(4-2)
NOTES This command is affected by the <ESC>L Character Expansion command. The
character pitch is actually the product of the current horizontal expansion multiple and
the designated pitch value.
Example:
To avoid confusion, you may want to include the <ESC>L Character Expansion
command and this command together in your program.
This command affects fonts U, S, M, XU, XS, XM, OA & OB, WB, WL, XB and XL,
and the vector font.
Character Pitch will always revert to the default value unless it is specified before
each new font command in the data stream.
This command also affects Codabar, Code 39 and Industrial 2 of 5 bar codes.
Refer to Appendix: Reference Table 2 for additional information.
SATO GL4xxe SBPL Programming Reference
aa = Number of dots between characters (00 to 99)
<ESC>L0304
<ESC>P03
Pitch = (03) x (03) = 9 dots
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