Orientation
Some documents use the following conventions to identify printer orientation.
This document also uses the term “X-axis” to describe motion of mechanical parts from
left-to-right, or service-end to user-end; in other words, the axis in which the carriage
moves. The term “Y-axis” is used to describe motion of mechanical parts that feed the
media through the printing area; in other words, from front-to-back or top-to-bottom with
regard to a finished print. There is generally no discussion of Z-axis motion, but if there
were it would encompass the up and down motion of the service station and/or the up
and down motion of the rail and carriage for the accommodation of various thicknesses
of media.
Input Side
Output Side
User End
Service End
X axis
Y-axis
Z-axis
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