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After a landscape page is printed, the LabelWriter will remain in
landscape mode. If more objects are sent to the LabelWriter, a
new landscape page will be allocated, with a width equal to the
previous page. To change the width of a landscape page, you
must send the set characters per line command (GS t) followed by
the set print orientation command (GS V).
Because the LabelWriter does not print objects immediately,
multiple objects can be placed on the same line. The set
horizontal starting position (ESC X) and set vertical starting
position (ESC Y) commands allow objects to be placed at any
location within a landscape page. In the case of objects that are
positioned to overlap each other, the first object that is sent to the
printer will be printed in the overlapping area.
Objects that would normally print below the bottom of the
landscape page can be either wrapped to the next label or
truncated by using the select line wrap/truncate modes command
(GS T).
Unless the set vertical starting position command (ESC Y) is
used, the first object sent will be printed at the top of the
landscape page. When using labels that are narrower than the
LabelWriter’s print head, the top of the landscape page will be
above the top of the label stock. In these cases, you should use the
set vertical starting position command (ESC Y) to position the
object on an area of the landscape page that corresponds to the
label.
General Notes on Print Modes
The LabelWriter may be in only one print mode at a time.
Multiple areas may be printed in different print modes on a single
label, but these areas may only be adjacent to one another, they
may not overlap.
In any mode, the set feed length command (GS L) is used to
determine how far the LabelWriter will feed in search of a top-of-
form hole. If the LabelWriter finds a top-of-form hole before this
maximum feed distance is reached, it will stop at that point, rather
than continuing. This command is only needed when dealing with
continuous-feed paper.
