Media - Intermec EasyCoder PM4i User Manual

Media

EasyCoder PM4i Printer User's Guide (Fingerprint Version)
The media parameters tell the firmware 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 defined by three parameters;
X-Start,Width, and Length.
X-Start
Specifies the position of the origin along the dots on the
printhead.
The default X-start value prevents printing outside labels when
the liner is slightly wider than the labels. If you want to maximize
the print width, reset the X-start value to 0.
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
Specifies 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
Specifies 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: The temporary memory has other functions that also
require some memory space. To obtain a longer print area, the
memory can be increased by fitting a larger SDRAM SIMM on
the printer's CPU board as described in the Service Manual.
• The length setup also decides the amount of media feed when
using "fix length strip."
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