Specifications

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GS L nL nH

[Name] Set left margin

[Format] ASCII GS L

nL nH

Hex 1D 4C nL nH

Decimal 29 76 nL nH

[Range] 0 ≤ nL ≤ 255

0 ≤

nH ≤ 255

GS W nL nH

[Name] Set printing area width

[Format] ASCII GS W

nL nH

Hex 1D 57 nL nH

Decimal 29 87 nL nH

[Range] 0 ≤ nL ≤ 255

0 ≤

nH ≤ 255

GS L

nL nH sets the left margin to [(nL + nH × 256) × (horizontal motion unit)] inches from the

beginning of a line. The default setting is

nL=0, nH=0. This command is enabled only at the beginning

of a line in standard mode. If this command is entered in page mode, an internal flag is activated and

the command is enabled when the printer returns to standard mode.

GS W

nL nH sets the printing area width to [(nL + nH × 256) × (horizontal motion unit)] inches. The

default setting is

nL=144, nH=1. This command is enabled only at the beginning of a line in standard

mode. If this command is entered in page mode, an internal flag is activated and the command is

enabled when the printer returns to standard mode.

If the above commands set the printing area width to less than the width of one character, the

printing area width is extended to accommodate one character for the line.

The horizontal motion units use the horizontal value set by the GS P command. The default setting is

1/160 inch.

Program Example Print Sample

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"P";CHR$(160);CHR$(144);

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);:c0:;CHR$(1);←Select paper rol l

PRINT #1, "01234567890123456789"; CHR$(&HA);

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"c1";CHR$(1);←Select paper rol l

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"L";CHR$(60);CHR$(0);

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"W";CHR$(120);CHR$(0);

PRINT #1, "01234567890123456789"; CHR$(&HA);

01234567890123456789

0123456789

Left Printing area

margin width