User`s guide

STANDARD PRINTER COMMANDS

PITCH

Function Sets the print density in dots per inch.

Explicit Form

PITCH nnn

Implicit Form

P nnn

Parameters nnn is equal to print pitch in dots per inch (DPI).

Allowable values depend on the printhead density:

PH Density Default Pitch Alternate Pitch

300 300 150

203 200 100

150 150 75

NOTE: The default pitch changes to the lowest

available print pitch if Blazer emulation is enabled. See

the

VARIABLE MODE command for more information.

Comments Decreasing the print density (decreasing nnn

above) increases the size of each printed dot by a

corresponding amount. This increases the size of

the entire label. For example, a 100 dot-wide box

printed at 200 pitch is 0.5" wide, but the same box

printed at 100 pitch is 1" wide. Both boxes use the

same amount of memory, and occupy the same

number of dot rows.

Do not use PITCH more than once in any label

format. Multiple PITCH commands may produce

unusual effects.

NOTE: Place the PITCH command after the header

line but before any commands that locate label

components, such as

STRING or BARCODE.

Portable printers will always default to their highest

pitch with each new label format unless explicitly set to

a lower pitch.