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APOS Premium Printer Series User Manual Page 104 /136 Reference: FDE 3107312 Issue A
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ET PRINT AREA IN PAGE MODE
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 using the Print Page Mode
commands (FF or ESC FF).
ASCII
ESC W n1, n2 ...n8
Hexadecimal 1B 57 n1, n2 ...n8
Decimal
27 87 n1,n2 ...n8
Range of n
0-255
Default
n1-4 = 0
n5 = 64
n6 = 2
n7 = 64
n8 = 2
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 Horizontal and Vertical Motion Units command (1D 50).
x0 = [(n1 + n2 x 256) x (horizontal direction of the fundamental calculation pitch)]
y0 = [(n3 + n4 x 256) x (vertical direction of the fundamental calculation pitch)]
dx = [(n5 + n6 x 256) x (horizontal direction of the fundamental calculation pitch)]
dy = [(n7 + n8 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 for 80-mm paper.
- The maximum printable area in the y direction is 576/203 inches for 80-mm paper.