SATO WS408DT Technical Manual page 60

4 SATO WS4 Printer Utility
mm/inch/dot conversion process in Position Adjustment is as follows;
1.
Input to the form in Setting Tool
Unit
The value is adjustable in increments of ± 0.1 mm and rounded to the
mm
1st decimal place.
The value is adjustable in increments of ± 0.01 inch and rounded to the
inch
2nd decimal place.
The value is adjustable in increments of ± 1 dot and rounded to an
dot
integer place.
2.
Units Conversion process
1) When sending the value to the printer
The setting value is transmitted as dot information to the printer.
Case
Case 1
Case 2
2) When getting the value from the printer
The setting value is transmitted as dot information from the printer.
Case
Case 3
Case 4
"mm/inch ⇔ dot" conversion always has a calculation difference in converting units.
These are cases where the setting value entered in the Setting Tool may change
slightly due to requirements of the conversion process.
e.g. In case of 3.2 mm setting:
3.2 / 25.4 × 203 = 25.5 ⇒25 dot (Sending value to the printer)
25 × 25.4 / 203 = 3.12 ⇒3.1 mm (Getting value from the printer)
Conversion process Calculation (Setting value = A)
mm
⇒ dot
inch
⇒ dot
Conversion process Calculation (Getting value = B)
dot ⇒ mm
dot ⇒ inch
Work with SATO WS4 Printer Utility
Value Setting condition
203dpi A / 25.4 × 203
300dpi A / 25.4 × 300
203dpi A × 203
300dpi A × 300
203dpi B × 25.4 / 203 Rounded down to
300dpi B × 25.4 / 300
203dpi B / 203
300dpi B / 300
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Rounding method
Rounded down to
an integer place
Rounding method
the 1st decimal
place. e.g. 2.183 ->
2.1
Rounded down to
the 2nd decimal
place. e.g. 2.117 ->
2.11