Microcom LDS2 Programming Manual page 27

Printer Specifications
1.5.7 DN (Direction)
This parameter used to select the direction of the text. The only valid parameter for direction is
rightwards text. A selection of rightwards text would cause the characters to be printed left to right.
1 Rightwards Direction
1.5.8 FO (Field Orientation)
Enter the values as degrees for this parameter. The normal orientation (0º) is right side up as
viewed from the front of the printer. The valid arguments are 0, 90, 180 and 270. The rotation is
measured counter-clockwise.
0 0 degree
90 90 degree
180 180 degree
270 270 degree
1.5.9 FJ (Field Justification)
The field justification or FJ controls the alignment, kerning, and the proportionality of text and/or bar
codes with respect to the type of composition used. Alignment is done side-to-side (left, right,
centered, or full justified to span the entire LSY distance) and vertically (on or below baseline, which
is an imaginary line extending from the starting coordinates along the direction of the text), relative to
the default (0 degree) orientation of text and/or bar codes and the insertion point of the field. This
means that whatever the direction and orientation may be; left will always be the left edge of the
characters when the media exits the printer.
Kerning is when one character in a proportional font can be slid under another character to achieve
a more appealing result. Kerning is enabled and used by default unless a value for the FJ
parameter is entered. If a value is entered then kerning would have to be selected by adding "100"
to the justification value.
Proportionality refers to whether the characters are all different widths or all the same. A
proportional font has characters that are mostly different widths. A mono-spaced font has
characters that are all the same width, except generally for punctuation.
When selecting the alignment value, text and/or bar codes will be aligned from the XB and YB
insertion point. The justified function, to be aligned, can be specified by using a combination of the
insertion point and the FW (Field Width) parameter so that the text is spaced to run this entire
distance.
The desired alignment value can be determined from the table below:
Vertical
Alignment
Add 100 for kerning and add 200 for mono-spacing to the FJ value to produce effects.
1-12
(default)
Composition
Horizontal Vertical
Above
Top
Baseline
Below
Bottom
Baseline
Table 4
XB, YB, CI, SW, SH, AI,
(default)
XB, YB, CI, SW, SH, AI, DN,
XB, YB, CI, SW, SH, AI, DN, FO,
Horizontal Alignment
Left Center
11 12
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Field Justifications
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DN
, FO, FJ, FW, CS, FC, CC
FO
, FJ, FW, CS, FC, CC
FJ
, FW, CS, FC, CC
Right Justified
13 14
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