Positioning Fields In A Label Format - Intermec EasyCoder 3240 Developer's Manual

Positioning Fields in a Label Format

Intermec Printer Language (IPL) Developer's Guide
Each field in a label format is positioned relative to the label origin, which is
the top left corner of the label. To set the origin of a field on a label, you
assign x and y coordinates to the upper left corner of the field, where x is
the distance (in dots) from the left edge of the label, and y is the distance (in
dots) from the top edge of the label.
Label origin
y
x
Positioning Fields: This illustration shows the relationship of fields on a label to the
label origin.
To determine the field origin
1 Measure the distance (in mm) from the upper left corner of the human-
readable field to the left edge of the label.
2 To determine the value for x, multiply the distance times the number of
dots per mm for your printhead. See the next table for more
information.
Dots/mm by Printhead Size
Printhead Size Dots/mm
203 dpi 8
300 dpi 11.8
406 dpi 16
For example, if you are designing the label for a printer with a 203 dpi
printhead and the distance is 25 mm:
25 mm x 8 dots/mm = 200. The value for x is 200.
3 Measure the distance (in mm) from the top left corner of the human-
readable field to the top edge of the label.
4 To determine the value for y, multiply the distance times the number of
dots for your printhead.
Chapter 2 — Designing Bar Code Labels
Human-readable field
Bar code field
Label moves this direction through printer
Line field
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