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Thermal Commands

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Thermal Commands

Table 33 lists PTX_SETUP commands which apply to thermal printers.

Table 33. Thermal PTX_SETUP Commands

Command

Sub-Command

Parameter

Description

ENGINE

ALM_WIDE

wide width

Set the Auto Label Mapping

wide

width

(in units of 1/1000”; e.g., a

wide width

value of 1000 = 1”),

which represents the width of the
image in the file sent from the host
which is to be auto label mapped
into several labels, each of which
will have a width of

narrow width

.

# of labels=

wide width/narrow width

(rounded down)

ALM_NARROW

narrow width

Set the Auto Label Mapping

narrow

width

, which represents the width of

one auto mapped label (in units of

1/1000”; e.g., a

narrow width

value

of 1000 = 1”). This width should be
set prior to the

wide width

. In

addition, it can never exceed the
physical width of the printer. If it
does, the

narrow width

will be

automatically reduced to the Page
Width value set in the configuration
menu.

ALM_ENABLE

N/W/*

Set Auto Label Mapping to Narrow,
Wide, or Off. Enter N for Narrow, W
for Wide, or any other letter to
disable ALM. By default, only the
Narrow option is implemented.

EJECT

Performs a page eject.

IMAGE_SHFT_H

Value

Shifts the image

Value

horizontally

in 1/1000” units. If

Value

is out of the

specified range (-1” to +1”), the
command will be ignored.

IMAGE_SHFT_V

Value

Shifts the image

Value

vertically in

1/1000” units. If

Value

is out of the

specified range (-1” to +6”), the
command will be ignored.

LENGTH

Value

Sets the page length in 1/1000”
units.