Pitch – CognitiveTPG DLXi User Manual

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S T A N D A R D P R I N T E R C O M M A N D S

PITCH

Function

Sets the print density in dots per inch.

Explicit Form

PITCH nnn

Implicit Form

P nnn

Parameters

nnn

is equal to print pitch in dots per inch (DPI).

Allowable values depend on the printhead density:

PH Density

Default Pitch

Alternate Pitch

300

150

203

200

100

150

NOTE: The default pitch changes to the lowest
available print pitch if Blazer emulation is enabled. See
the

VARIABLE MODE

command for more information.

Comments

Decreasing the print density (decreasing nnn
above) increases the size of each printed dot by a

corresponding amount. This increases the size of
the entire label. For example, a 100 dot-wide box

printed at 200 pitch is 0.5" wide, but the same box

printed at 100 pitch is 1" wide. Both boxes use the
same amount of memory, and occupy the same

number of dot rows.

Do not use PITCH more than once in any label

format. Multiple PITCH commands may produce
unusual effects.

NOTE: Place the PITCH command after the header
line but before any commands that locate label
components, such as

STRING

. Portable

printers will always default to their highest pitch with
each new label format unless explicitly set to a lower
pitch.