Citizen Systems iDP3240 - Manual (Page 27)

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2.3.2 Print Position and Barcode Printing
Roll paper width 112 mm provided:
Paper width 112 mm applies to printing area 103.5 mm (832 dots), and both left
and right margins each ca. 4.25 mm.
Figure 1 Printing Area 1
Figure 2 misaligned printing
Note: Between the left and right margins, four dot fields of the heating element are
available: Dot field 1 is comprised of dots 1 - 192, dot field 2 of dots 193 -
448, dot field 3 of 449 - 704, and dot field 4 of 705 - 832. The printing position
of each dot field is slightly shifted relative to its adjacent dot fields, as shown
in Figure 2. This means that if a ladder bar code is printed over two adjacent
dot fields, it would appear “stepped” up or down in the middle, possibly
affecting the reading of the bar code adversely. So, be sure to avoid printing
bar codes over two adjacent dot fields.
Paper width 112 mm
0.125 mm
Print area 103.5 (90) mm
4.25 (11) mm 4.25 (11) mm
field 1
1 192
449 704
705 832
field 3
Slight shift
possible.
field 4
193 448
field 2
The values in ( )
are for when the
60 column format
is used.