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Or, to set the left margin to two inches at the default horizontal motion unit of 1/203 units per inch,
send the four-byte string:
GS L 150 1
Where 2 inches = 406/203, and 406 = (1 X 256) + 150.
Exceptions:
The command is effective only at the beginning of a line. This command is ignored if the line buffer
is not empty.
If this command is processed in page mode, left margin is not changed until the printer is returned
to standard mode.
Set printing area width
ASCII
GS W
nL nH
Hexadecimal
1D 57
nL nH
Decimal
29 87
nL nH
Value of
n
:
0–255
Range of
n
:
0–255
Default:
576 dots (the maximum printable area)
Sets the width of the printing area until the printer is initialized, reset, or powered off. If the
setting exceeds the printable area, the maximum value of the printable area is used. If the left
margin and printing area set the width to less than the width of a single character, the width is extended
to accommodate the character for the line. The width of the printing area is set to ((
nH
X 256) +
nL
)
times horizontal motion unit) inches. The horizontal motion units are set by the set horizontal and
vertical minimum motion units command (1D 50). If the horizontal motion unit is changed after
changing printing area width, the printing area width setting is not changed.
The width of the printing area follows the set left margin command (1D 4C). See the set left margin
command (10 4C …) earlier in this document for a description.
Formulas
To set the width of the printing area to one inch at the default horizontal motion unit of 1/203
inches, send the four-byte string:
GS W 203 0
Or, to set the width of the printing area to two inches at the default horizontal motion unit of
1/203 units per inch, send the four-byte string:
GS W 150 1
Where 2 inches = 406/203, and 406 = (1 X 256) + 150.
Exceptions
This command is effective only at the beginning of a line.
If the setting exceeds the printable area, the maximum value of the printable area is used. The
maximum printable area is 576 dots. See the illustration
.
If this command is processed in page mode, printing area width is not changed until the printer is
returned to standard mode.
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