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Font Statistics

The table below lists the statistics for the 5 internal fonts the

LabelWriter supports. Height and Width are expressed in terms of

dots.

Font Height Width Horizontal cpi Vertical cpi

ESC S 16 10 20.3 12.7

ESC P 24 12 16.9 8.4

ESC M 32 16 12.7 6.4

ESC U 32 20 10.2 6.4

ESC T 56 28 7.3 3.6

Objects

Objects are the basic units that the LabelWriter prints. An object

can be either a line of text characters, a bar code, a landscape

graphic, a landscape line, or an EL dot line. Each of these objects

has different rules relating to them, as discussed below.

Objects can also be either active or completed. An active object is

one that is still receiving the data that composes it. A completed

object is one that has been terminated. A line of text that has not

yet received a line feed or carriage return is a good example of an

active object. Until a terminator character, like a line feed, is sent,

more text characters can be added to the text object. Bar code

and graphic objects do not require special terminator characters

(such as line feeds). Instead they are considered complete as soon

as they receive the correct amount of data.

Print Modes

Before we move on to discuss the specific objects that the

LabelWriter supports, it is important to cover the different print

modes in which the LabelWriter may print the objects.

The LabelWriter possesses three modes of printing: EL (bitmap

graphics) mode, portrait printing mode, and landscape printing

mode. Each mode operates under very different rules. These rules

are detailed below.

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