Chapter 4
Designing Labels Using LDS
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GAP
GAP SIZE
The height, measured in dots, of the gap between tags. Autosizing (See section 5.3.3) will
define this value.
DPS
PRINT SPEED
The speed the printer actually prints a tag. The printer will slow down in a dense area of the
tag, if needed, to prevent the tag from being garbled. If the printer must slow down in an area,
reducing the print speed will produce a better quality tag.
The tags per minute a particular format will print can be calculated by the equation below:
IPS x 60 seconds
Tags per Minute = ----------------
Tag Gap
The printer's default print speed is 2.1 inches per second (DPS value =34). To speed it up or
slow it down, the following DPS parameters can be inserted into the tag header. Please note
that certain conditions such as narrow tag stock and tag/tear mode may require slower print
speeds (less than 2"/sec.) in order to achieve reliable feed.
See Table 3 for a list of print speeds, DPS values, and inches per second.higher value slows
the printer down and a smaller value speeds it up.
Print Speed
DPS
MM/SEC
INCHES PER
SECOND
INCHES PER
MINUTE
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
64.0
61.4
58.9
56.3
53.8
51.2
48.6
46.1
43.5
41.0
38.4
2.5
2.4
2.3
2.2
2.1
2.0
1.9
1.8
1.7
1.6
1.5
150
144
138
132
126
120
114
108
102
96
90
Table 4
