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UBI EasyCoder 401 Linerless – Technical Manual
SETUP PARAMETERS, cont'd.
X-start, Width and Length:
To protect the printhead from the potentially harmful condition of
printing outside the paper web, a printable area must be specified by
the use of the setup parameters X-start, Width and Length.
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X-start specifies the position of the origo along the dots on the
printhead. By default, X-start is set as 0, i.e. at dot No. 0 which
is the dot closest to the printer's centre-line wall.
Number of dots:
832
Outermost dot number:
831
Max. print width:
104 mm (
≈
4.1")
By setting a value larger than 0 for the X-start parameter, you will
move the origo outwards, away from the inner edge of the web.
In other words, the larger X-start value – the wider inner margin
and the less printable area.
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Width specifies the width of the printable area and is defined as
a number of dots from the origo. The sum of the X-start value and
the width value gives the outer margin of the printable area, as
illustrated on next page. The width must not be so large as to
allow printing outside the paper web.
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Length serves three purposes:
• To decide the length of the printable area from origo and along
the Y-coordinate as a number of dots.
• To decide the amount of paper feed when using “fix length
strip”.
• To set an “emergency stop”, which works when the printer is
set up for “Ticket (w mark)”. If the LSS has not detected a mark
within 150% of the set length, the paper feed is automatically
stopped to avoid feeding out a whole roll of paper, e.g. because
of a blocked or faulty LSS.
This implies that you can use labels or tickets longer than the
printable area:
Max. printable area (9999 dots):
1,250 mm (49.2")
Max. label or ticket length:
1,875 mm (73.8")
By setting up the X-start, the Width and the Length, you will
create a “print window” in which the printing can be performed.
Any object or field protruding outside the print window in any
direction will cause an error condition (Error 1003 “Field out of
label”) and the printing will be inhibited.
Continued!
Media Size
• X-start
• Width
• Length
Note!
It is important to change the width
setup whenever a narrow paper
is used. Never print outside the
paper web! That may cause dam-
age to the printhead by overheat-
ing, since the paper serves as a
cooling media for the printhead
dots.
TPH density 8 dots/mm (203.2 dpi):
1 dot = 0.125 mm = 4.92 mils
