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Portrait Mode

On power-up, the LabelWriter is set for portrait printing. In

portrait mode, text characters travel out of the printer from the top

of the character to the bottom. It is also possible to switch to this

mode using the set print orientation command (GS V).

Portrait mode is also referred to as immediate mode printing,

because each object that is sent to the printer while the printer is

in portrait mode is printed as soon as the object is completed. No

two objects may be printed on the same line in this mode because

the paper is advanced as each object is completed and printed.

Certain commands are disabled or work differently while the

LabelWriter is in portrait mode. Exact details can be found under

each command’s description.

Landscape Mode

By using the set print orientation command (GS V), you can

configure the LabelWriter for landscape printing. In landscape

printing, text characters travel out of the printer from the left side

of the character to the right. Before the LabelWriter can be

switched to landscape printing, though, you must send the set

characters per line command (GS t). The set characters per line

command defines the width of the landscape page.

A landscape page is defined as the area allocated by the

LabelWriter in which landscape text, graphic, bar code, and line

objects may be printed. The height of this landscape page always

equals the width of the Label Writer’s print head. The width of

the landscape page is calculated when the set characters per line

command (GS t) is sent. The width of the page is equal to the

number of characters per line multiplied by the width of the

current font. The default font is 16 dots wide (2mm) and the

default number of characters per line is 80.

In landscape mode, completed objects are placed within a

memory buffer in the LabelWriter and are only printed when the

landscape page is terminated. A form feed (FF) character is

usually used to terminate a landscape page. This causes the

LabelWriter to print the objects that have been placed on the

landscape page and advance to the next label.

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