SATO CL608VA Printer User Manual


 
against the inside left edge of the printer as viewed from the front of the printer. The
normal reference point is located at the H1, V1 position of the print area in the
normal print orientation (no rotation).
There are two methods available to make sure your printed output will appear
correctly on your label. They are as follows:
1. Send the Base Reference Point command as part of your data to the printer to set a new
base reference point for your label.
Calculate the distance (in dots) from the normal base reference point to the closest edge
of the label. For a 12 dpmm printer (a CL412 or CL612), this would be:
Label Width = 2" x 25.4 mm/in x 12 dpmm = 610 dots
CL408 CL412 CL608 CL612
Resolution 203 dpi
8 dpmm
305 dpi
12 dpmm
203 dpi
8 dpmm
305 dpi
12 dpmm
Max Print Width 832 dots
4.1 in.
104 mm
1248 dots
4.1 in.
104 mm
1216 dots
6.0 in.
152 mm
1984 dots
6.5 in.
165 mm
Max Label Width 5.0 in.
128 mm
5.0 in.
128 mm
7.0 in.
178 mm
7.0 in.
178 mm
Std Print Length 1424 dots
7.0 in.
178 mm
2136 dots
7.0 in.
178 mm
1424 dots
7.0 in.
178 mm
2136 dots
7.0 in.
178 mm
Expanded Print Length
using <ESC>AX
command
2848 dots
14.0 in.
356 mm
4272 dots
14.0 in.
356 mm
2848 dots
14.0 in.
356 mm
4272 dots
14.0 in.
356 mm
Expanded Print Length Using Memory Card
(2)
128 Kbyte 1257 dots
6.2 in.
157 mm
838 dots
2.7 in.
69 mm
860 dots
4.2 in.
107 mm
528 dots
1.7 in.
44 mm
512 Kbyte 5038 dots
24.8 in.
629 mm
3359 dots
10.9 in.
278 mm
3447 dots
16.9 in.
430 mm
2113 dots
6.9 in.
176 mm
1 Mbyte 9999 dots
(1)
49.2 in.
1249 mm
6720 dots
22.0 in.
560 mm
6896 dots
33.9 in.
862 mm
4227 dots
13.6 in.
352 mm
2 Mbyte 9999 dots
(1)
49.2 in.
1249 mm
9999 dots
(1)
32.8 in.
833 mm
9999 dots
(1)
49.2 in.
1249 mm
8455 dots
27.7 in.
704 mm
(1). Limited by number of digits in command field.
(2). When a Memory Card is used to expand the print length, the card capacity is used
instead of the internal memory, not in addition to the internal memory.
Table 4.1, Print Area
Section 4. Programming Reference
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