4400 Bar Code Label Printer User's Manual
Box or Line Field, Define Length
Defines the length of a line or box. The length of a line or box field is given in
Purpose:
number of dot increments.
Default:
n = 100 dots
Syntax:
l n
n values can range between 1 and 9999 dots.
Character Origin Offset, Define
Purpose:
Defines the offset, to the right, of all characters in a font. If each character's
width is defined in columns, with the first column numbered 0, then the origin
of each character is at the column with the same number as n.
n = 0
Default:
Syntax:
X n
n values can range between 0 and 599.
Example: n = 2 shifts the character origins over two columns to the right.
Notes:
For bitmap fonts only.
Character Rotation or Bar Code Ratio, Define
Defines the character rotation for human-readable fields, or the bar code ratio
Purpose:
for a bar code field.
Default:
n = 0
n = 1
Syntax:
r n
For human-readable fields, n determines the rotation.
n = 0
n = 1
For bar code fields, the ratio of the wide element to narrow element depends on
the value of n as follows:
n = 0
n = 1
n = 2
Notes:
If the bar code width is odd and r0 is selected, r1 will be substituted.
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Character rotation
Bar code ratio
Horizontal
90 degrees counterclockwise.
2.5 to 1
3.0 to 1
2.0 to 1