Media; Media Size - Intermec EasyCoder F2 User Manual

Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer
Setup Parameters, cont.

Media

• Media Size

• Media Type
• Paper Type
• Testfeed
• Contrast
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The media parameters tell the fi rmware the characteristics of
the media that will be used, so the printout will be positioned
correctly and get the best quality possible.
Media Size
The size of the printable area is defi ned by three parameters;
X-Start, Width, and Length.
X-Start
Specifi es the position of the origin along the dots on the print-
head.
By default, X-start is 24 dots, which places the inner margin of the
print area 3 mm (0.118 inches) from the inner edge of the media
and gives a maximum print width of 424 dots (53 mm/2.087
inches). This prevents printing outside labels when the liner is
slightly wider than the labels.
If you want to use the entire media width, reset the X-start
value to 0 which gives a maximum print width of 448 dots
(56 mm/2.205 inches).
By increasing the value for the X-start parameter, the origin will
be moved outwards, away from the inner edge of the media path.
In other words, the larger X-start value, the wider inner margin
and the less available print width.
Width
Specifi es the width of the printable area in number of dots from
the origin. Thus, the sum of the X-start and width values gives
the outer margin of the printable area. The width should be
set to prevent printing outside the media, which may harm the
printhead.
Length
Specifi es the length of the printable area in number of dots from
the origin along the Y-coordinate and allocates memory space for
two identical image buffers in the printer's temporary memory.
The size of each buffer can be calculated using this formula:
Buffer size (bits) = [Print length in dots] x [Printhead width in dots]
Note that the temporary memory has other functions that also require
some memory space. To obtain a longer print area, the memory can
be increased by fi tting a larger DRAM SIMM on the printer's CPU
board as described in the Service Manual.
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