Select Printable Area; Select Printing Direction/Position; Print Direction - IBM 4610-TM6 - SureMark Printer TM6 Two-color Thermal Transfer User Manual

August 24, 2004

Select printable area

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Select printing direction/position

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RS-485 Syntax:
X'1B;58;x;y;dx;dy'
RS-232 Syntax:
ESC X or X'1B;58;x;y;dx;dy'
where:
v x, y
– Two-byte horizontal and vertical starting position (in dots)
v dx, dy
– Two-byte horizontal and vertical printing area (in dots)
Remarks:
v When sent in standard mode, this command sets the printable area for
page mode, but has no effect on standard mode printing.
v If the starting position (x, y) is outside the maximum range, the entire
command is ignored.
v If the printing area is defined outside the maximum page size, the
printing area is limited to the page size.
v Maximum page size is 576 dots in the horizontal direction, and 800 dots
in the vertical direction (except TI-8, which is 1250 dots in the vertical
direction).
RS-485 Syntax:
X'1B;54;n'
RS-232 Syntax:
ESC T n or X'1B;54;n'
where:
n
Table 20. Print direction
n =
X'00'
X'01'
X'02'
X'03'
Remarks:
When sent in standard mode, this command sets the print direction for
page mode, but has no effect on standard mode printing.
Starting position is within the printable area defined by the Select printable
area command (X'1B;58...)'.
Direction / position
Left to right / top left
Bottom to top / bottom left
Right to left / bottom right
Top to bottom / top right
Appendix C. RS-232 programming information
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