Instruction manual

A758 Owner’s Guide Chapter 7: Programming Guide
September 1999 183
Set Printing Area in Page Mode
ASCII:
ESC W
n1, n2 ...n8
.]
Hexadecimal:
1B 57
n1, n2 ...n8]
Decimal:
27 87
n1,n2 ...n8]
Range:
0 - 255
Default:
n1
-
4 =
0
n5 =
64
n6 =
2
n7 =
64
n8 =
2
Sets the position and size of the printing area in Page Mode.
The command can be sent multiple times so that several different print areas,
aligned in different print directions, can be developed in the printer’s page buffer
before being printed by the Eject Slip command (0C).
Defaults equal an origin of 0,0 and a size of 576x576. This command is allowed in
any mode.
Formulas:
The starting position of the print area is the upper left of the area to be printed
(x0, y0). The length of the area to be printed in the y direction is set to dy inches.
The length of the area to be printed in the x direction is set to dx inches. Use the
equations to determine the Value of x0, y0, dx, and dy.
See the illustration for a graphic representation of the printing area. For more
information about the fundamental calculation pitch, see the Set Fundamental
Calculation Pitch command (1D 50).
♦
x0 = [(
n
1 +
n
2 x 256) x (horizontal direction of the fundamental calculation
pitch)]
♦
y0 = [(
n
3 +
n
4 x 256) x (vertical direction of the fundamental calculation
pitch)]
♦
dx = [(
n
5 +
n
6 x 256) x (horizontal direction of the fundamental calculation
pitch)]
♦
dy = [(
n
7 +
n
8 x 256) x (vertical direction of the fundamental calculation
pitch)]
Keep the following notes in mind for this command.
♦
The fundamental calculation pitch depends on the vertical or horizontal
direction.
♦
The maximum printable area in the x direction is 576/203 inches.
♦
The maximum printable area in the y direction is 2000/203 inches.
Exception:
This command is effective only in Page Mode.