Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User Manual page 87

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rmwarethecharac
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themediathatwil
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Media Size
Thesizeofthepri
ntableareaisde fi
nedbythreeparam
eters;
X-Start,Width,a
ndLength.
X-Start
Speci
fi
esthepositionof
theoriginalongt
hedotsontheprin
t-
head.
Bydefault,X-sta
rtis36dots,whic
hplacestheinner
marginofthe
printarea3mm(0.
118inches)fromt
heinneredgeofth
emedia
andgivesamaximu
mprintwidthof12
44dots(103.7mm/
4.1
inches).Thispre
ventsprintingou
tsidelabelswhen
thelineris
slightlywiderth
anthelabels.
Ifyouwanttouset
heentiremediawi
dth,resettheX-s
tart
valueto0whichgi
vesamaximumprintwidthof1280dots
(106.6mm/4.2inches).
ByincreasingthevaluefortheX-startparameter,theoriginwill
bemovedoutwards,awayfromtheinneredgeofthemediapath.
Inotherwords,thelargerX-startvalue,thewiderinnermargin
andthelessavailableprintwidth.
Width
Specifiesthewidthoftheprintableareainnumberofdotsfrom
theorigin.Thus,thesumoftheX-startandwidthvaluesgives
theoutermarginoftheprintablearea.Thewidthshouldbe
settopreventprintingoutsidethemedia,whichmayharmthe
printhead.
Length
Specifiesthelengthoftheprintableareainnumberofdotsfrom
theoriginalongtheY-coordinateandallocatesmemoryspacefor
twoidenticalimagebuffersintheprinter'stemporarymemory.
Thesizeofeachbuffercanbecalculatedusingthisformula:
Buffer size (bits) = [Print length in dots] x [Printhead width in dots]
Notethatthetemporarymemoryhasotherfunctionsthatalsorequire
somememoryspace.Toobtainalongerprintarea,thememorycan
beincreasedby fi ttingalargerDRAMSIMMontheprinter'sCPU
boardasdescribedintheServiceManual.
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