Printronix SL5000r RFID Smart Label and Thermal Printers - Manual (Page 121)

MEDIA CONTROL Submenus
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Paper Feed Shift
This option represents the distance to advance (+ shift) or pull back (– shift)
the stop position of a label when Tear-Off Strip, Tear-Off, Peel-Off, or Cut
media handling option is enabled. The allowable range is -1.00 inches to the
current Label Length value setting, up to a maximum of 12.80 inches, in .01
inch increments.
The factory default is 0.00 inches.
Label Length
This option specifies the user-selected Label Length in inches or millimeters.
In most applications, the user-selected Label Length will match the
physical
label length. Physical label length is the actual label length of the media
installed.
When setting label length, consider the following:
Label Length can be manually entered via the control panel MEDIA
CONTROL menu or sent via host computer using the appropriate software
command.
A Host Forms Length (Label Length) value sent from the host computer will
override and change the manually entered Label Length value in the MEDIA
CONTROL menu.
• Physical Label Length is the actual measurable length of the label. The
following list of different media types explains how the physical label
lengths are determined:
• Die-cut labels – measurable length of the removable label (leading
edge to trailing edge). This does not include the liner material or gap.
• Tag Stock with notches or holes – measurable length from the trailing
edge of one notch or hole to the leading edge of the next notch or
hole.
• Tag Stock with black marks on underside – measurable length from
the leading edge of one black mark to the leading edge of the next
black mark.
• Continuous media (no label length indicators) – measurable length
should be within + 1-2% the Label Length value entered in the MEDIA
CONTROL menu or the value sent via host software command.
• Logical Label Length (Host Forms Length) is the length that a user or
programmer bases his printable image on. In most cases this length
should be slightly less than the Physical Label Length. This allows the
entire image to be printed within the boundaries of the label length
indicators (gaps, notches, holes, or black marks).
When the Logical Label Length is greater than the Physical Label Length
and Clip Page = Enable (in the MEDIA CONTROL menu), the printer will
clip the bottom portion of the image that exceeds the Physical Label
length. In this case, the printable data that was not printed will be lost.