Epic 3000
Programmer’s Guide
Programming Codes
100-14362
Rev A
Page 71
Function
Set Print Area in Page Mode
Legacy Support Command
ASCII
[ESC] u <O
L
><O
H
><W
L
><W
H
>< H
L
><H
H
>
Hexadecimal
1BH 75H <O
L
><O
H
><W
L
><W
H
>< H
L
><H
H
>
Decimal
<27><117><O
L
><O
H
><W
L
><W
H
>< H
L
><H
H
>
IPCL
&%PS<0000><WWWW><HHHH>
EPOS
[ESC] W
Description
This command Sets the position and size of the printing initial area in
page mode and sub pages.
Where:
<O
L
><O
H
> the y direction offset Default(0)
<W
L
><W
H
> the width in dots
Default(640)
< H
L
><H
H
> the height in dots
Default(6000)
This command should always be sent before or immediately after page mode is entered
to define the initial page size.
Once in page mode (after the [ESC]t command) the command can be sent multiple
times so that several different print areas, aligned in different print directions, can be
developed in the printer’s page buffer before being printed using the Print Page Mode
commands
(FF or ESC FF).
The starting position of the print area is the upper left of the area to be printed. The
offset is in the x direction and is O dots. The length of the area to be printed in the y
direction is set to H dots. The length of the area to be printed in the x direction is set to
W dots. (Note that the Y offset is always 0)
The set print area command may be invoked multiple times while in page mode. The
first invocation specifies the final page height. Following invocations will define smaller
windows within the initially defined page. If the Set page size command is not used, the
page size will default to the maximum size.
The orientation of the set print area command is always based on 0 degrees regardless
of the current orientation setting. This includes if the command is sent before the start
page mode command, after the start page mode command, or as a sub-page.
Note: The maximum printable area in the x direction is 576/203 or 3.15
inches.
Note: The maximum printable area in the y direction is 5999/203 or 29
inches.
Note: The printed page length will only include what actually has print
data.
