Margins Menu Options - Lexmark 6500e User Manual

3.8 MARGINS Menu Options

Use margin settings to adjust the position of the page image. Margin settings, which could be compared to
movements of the tractor feeder and paper knob of a matrix printer, affect all IPDS jobs and are not
affected by IPDS commands in the job.
The input tray and input feeder Left Margin and Top Margin option settings should not be confused
with the IPDS left and top margin settings sent from the host. Input tray Left Margin settings adjust the
page image left or right in relation to the media leading reference edge as it is fed through the printer.
Input tray Top Margin settings adjust the page image up or down in relation to the media leading
reference edge as it is fed through the printer. The illustrations below apply to paper and envelopes when
a finisher is not installed.
Short Edge Fed Media
Leading Reference Edge
Text Rotation = 0
(0,0)
Input Tray Top Margin
First Line
Second Line
Long Edge
Fed Media
Leading
Reference
Edge
Margins may be adjusted for all input trays and feeders using the ALL INPUT TRAYS menu. Additional
adjustments may be made to the ALL INPUT TRAYS margin settings for an individual tray or feeder
using the tray or feeder specific margin menu. Most often, the ALL INPUT TRAYS margin settings will
remain at the default setting of zero and adjustments will be made using the specific tray or feeder margin
menu. The ALL INPUT TRAYS margin adjustment PLUS the specific tray or feeder margin adjustment
determines the total margin adjustment for a specific tray or feeder.
Margin Adjustment = ALL INPUT TRAYS setting + Specific Tray / Feeder Setting
The IPDS emulation is limited by the printer's printable area. The MARGINS menu may be used to
adjust page images outside the valid printable area. The page image will be clipped. Valid Printable Area
(VPA) exception conditions will not be reported to the host.
Margin adjustments are in 1/300ths of an inch.
See the Examples below.
The selected value for each of these options can be printed; see Printing the Menu Settings Page on page
10.
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Short Edge Fed Media
Leading Reference Edge
Text Rotation = 90
(0,0)
Input Tray Top Margin
Long Edge
Fed Media
Leading
Reference
Edge