Zebra Technologies EPL2 - Manual (Page 98)

Q Command - Set Form Length
Description Use this command to set the form and gap length
or black line thickness when using the transmissive
(gap) sensor, black line sensor, or for setting the
printer into the continuous media print mode.
The
Q command will cause the printer to recal-
culate and reformat image buffer.
Syntax Qp
1
, p
2
[±p
3
]
Parameters p
1
= Label length measured in dots
Default: Set by the AutoSense of media.
Maximum Value: 65535 (dots)
· Distance between edges of the label or black
line marks.
· For continuous mode, the p
1
parameter sets
the feed distance between the end of one
form and beginning of the next.
p
2
= Gap length or thickness of black line
Range: 16-240 (dots) for 203 dpi printers
[18-240 (dots) for 300dpi printers]
Gap Mode - By default, the printer is in
Gap mode and parameters are set with
the media AutoSense.
Black Line Mode - Set p
2
to B plus
black line thickness in dots. See the
Gap mode range.
Continuous Media Mode
Set p
2
to 0 (zero)
The transmissive (gap) sensor will be
used to detect the end of media.
±p
3
=Offset length measured in dots
· Required for black line mode operation.
· Optional for Gap detect or continuous media
modes. Use only positive offset values.
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