Media; Mediasize - Intermec EasyCoder PF4i User Manual

Chapter 6—Setting Up the Printer

Media

Themediaparameterstellthefirmwarethecharacteristicsofthemedia
thatwillbeused,sotheprintoutwillbepositionedcorrectlyandgetthe
bestqualitypossible.
Media Size
Thesizeoftheprintableareaisdefinedbythreeparameters;X-Start,
Width,andLength.
X-Start
Specifiesthepositionoftheoriginalongthedotsontheprinthead.
ThedefaultX-startvaluepreventsprintingoutsidelabelswhentheliner
isslightlywiderthanthelabels.Ifyouwanttomaximizetheprintwidth,
resettheX-startvalueto0.
ByincreasingthevaluefortheX-startparameter,theoriginwillbe
movedoutwards,awayfromtheinneredgeofthemediapath.Inother
words,thelargerX-startvalue,thewiderinnermarginandthelessavail-
ableprintwidth.
Width
Specifiesthewidthoftheprintableareainnumberofdotsfromthe
origin.Thus,thesumoftheX-startandwidthvaluesgivestheouter
marginoftheprintablearea.Thewidthshouldbesettopreventprinting
outsidethemedia,whichmayharmtheprinthead.
Length
Specifiesthelengthoftheprintableareainnumberofdotsfromthe
originalongtheY-coordinateandallocatesmemoryspacefortwoidenti-
calimagebuffersintheprinter'stemporarymemory.
Thesizeofeachbuffercanbecalculatedusingthisformula:
Buffer size (bits) = [Print length in dots] x [Printhead width in dots]
Note:Thetemporarymemoryhasotherfunctionsthatalso
requiresomememoryspace.Toobtainalongerprintarea,the
memorycanbeincreasedbyfittingalargerSDRAMSIMMon
theprinter'sCPUboardasdescribedintheServiceManual.
·Thelengthsetupalsodecidestheamountofmediafeedwhenusing
"fixlengthstrip."
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