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Rotating Fields, IPL Command Reference Manual - printhead 203 dpi

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Chapter 2 - Designing Bar Code Labels The actual measurements for x and y depend on the size of the printhead in your printer. The next table lists printhead sizes and the corresponding number of dots per mm. Dots/mm by Printhead Size Printhead Size 203 dpi 300 dpi 406 dpi Dots/mm 8 11.8 16 Note: On the 4400, 7421, and PC41 printers, be sure to use the "Label Width, Set" command to set the printer for the correct label width, or the y setting will be incorrect. For example, to position a field to print approximately 0.25 inch from the left side and 0.5 inch from the top of your label, the "Field Origin, Define" command value is o51,102. D A Human-readable field Human-readable field B *BCFIELD* *Bar code interpretive field* C A = o51, 102 B = o51, 203 C = o51, 305 D = o355, 102 Field Positioning: This illustration shows the relative positions of four fields with different origin points. Note: If you are operating your printer in Emulation mode, the dot sizes are doubled (101 dots per inch or 4 dots per mm), so the origin for 1 inch from the top of the label and 0.5 inch from the left side is o25,51. Rotating Fields You can rotate any type of printable field in increments of 90 degrees counterclockwise around the field origin. To position a rotated field, remember that the field origin remains on the corner where it was before you rotated the field. If you rotate a field 90 degrees counterclockwise, the origin that was at the upper left corner is now at the lower left corner. Use the "Field Direction" command (syntax fn) to define the field rotation. See the IPL Command Reference Manual for more information. 16 Intermec Printer Language (IPL) Developer's Guide

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Chapter 2 — Designing Bar Code Labels
16
Intermec Printer Language (IPL) Developer’s Guide
The actual measurements for
x
and
y
depend on the size of the printhead in your
printer. The next table lists printhead sizes and the corresponding number of dots
per mm.
For example, to position a field to print approximately 0.25 inch from the left side
and 0.5 inch from the top of your label, the “Field Origin, Define” command value is
o51,102.
Field Positioning:
This illustration shows the relative positions of four fields with different
origin points.
Rotating Fields
You can rotate any type of printable field in increments of 90 degrees
counterclockwise around the field origin. To position a rotated field, remember that
the field origin remains on the corner where it was before you rotated the field. If
you rotate a field 90 degrees counterclockwise, the origin that was at the upper left
corner is now at the lower left corner. Use the “Field Direction” command (syntax
f
n)
to define the field rotation. See the
IPL Command Reference Manual
for more
information.
Dots/mm by Printhead Size
Printhead Size
Dots/mm
203 dpi
8
300 dpi
11.8
406 dpi
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Note:
On the 4400, 7421, and PC41 printers, be sure to use the “Label Width, Set”
command to set the printer for the correct label width, or the
y
setting will be
incorrect.
Human-readable field
*BCFIELD*
*Bar code interpretive field*
D
A
B
C
A = o51, 102
B = o51, 203
C = o51, 305
D = o355, 102
Human-readable field
Note:
If you are operating your printer in Emulation mode, the dot sizes are
doubled (101 dots per inch or 4 dots per mm), so the origin for 1 inch from the top
of the label and 0.5 inch from the left side is o25,51.