Datamax Prodigy, Operator'S Manual

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Using the Printer
8. The next four digits, bytes 8 through 11, are the vertical offset. This
offset determines the placement, from the home position, of the data
that is specified at the end of the string received. The home position
is the lower left hand corner of the next print media currently held
under the printhead. Field offset data is always expressed in
hundredths of an inch on the Printer's graphic interfaces unless the
toggle to metric measure has been made. This value can be thought
of as “how far up” from the bottom of the label the data is to be
printed.
9. The next four digits in the string, bytes 12 through 15, are used as
the horizontal offset, in inches, for the data string. This value can
be thought of as “how far over” to the right on the label the data is
to be printed.
10. The remaining data in the string up to the CR or LF is the data to be
printed. This data can be from 1 to 255 characters. Characters that
are placed in this field may or may not actually be able to print on
the label. The Printer will print all of the characters that fall within
the possible range of the printhead. For example: you direct the
Printer to print “HELLO WORLD” in rotation 1, font 6, and to
magnify 2X in the horizontal and the vertical direction. The
characters “HELLO W” and part of the “O” will appear at the very
bottom of the label. The “RLD” will not show up on the label since
it is outside the physical limits of the Printer.
11. The Printer can accept up to 3000 characters of field data per label,
in up to 99 fields. Each field follows the same format as described
in the preceding instructions. Fields and LABEL FORMATTING
commands are sent to the Printer until the desired label format is
formatted.
If any received string does not meet the requirements to become a
field, the Printer checks to see if the string is an internal command
of the LABEL FORMATTING interpreter. If the command does not
match, the field is discarded.