Canon Mk1500 Cable and Wire Marker Printer - Manual (Page 76)

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Changing the length and the character alignment
After each tube or tape is printed, it is output in a “Half cut” condition*. The length between half cuts is
called the “segment length”. There are two modes for setting the segment length: “Automatic” and “Specify”.
Furthermore, the positioning of characters printed on a tube or tape is called the “Alignment”.
There are two settings: “Centered” and “Left”.
* Initial setting
The segment (cutting) length and character position can be set independently for each page.
Automatic
The optimal segment length is selected automatically, based on the number of characters input, the size of the
characters, and the character spacing. The character alignment is “centered”. “Automatic” is the initial setting.
Because the length of each tube is determined automatically on the basis of the number of
characters, the size of the characters, and the spacing between each character, tube segments will
be of different lengths if they have different numbers of characters.
Specify
The segment length is speci fi ed by the user. The segment length can be speci fi ed in steps of 1 mm within the
range of 8 mm to 150 mm. If “Automatic” is set and one tube is produced with four characters while another is
produced with two characters, the tube with two characters will be shorter. (Refer to the diagram above.) In this
situation, you can have the two-character tube and the four-character tube cut to the same length by selecting
“Specify” and then setting the four-character tube segment length. The character alignment can be selected as
either “Centered” or “Left”.
If the segment length is specified, the tube length is always the same, regardress of whether two or
four characters are printed.
• Character alignment: Centered • Character alignment: Left
Depending on print media characteristics and the environment in which the printer is being
used, the segment length and the margins may vary slightly from the set values. The settings
should only be considered as guidelines. The characteristics of tube in particular can cause
signi
fi cant variances. For details on how to make adjustments for these variances, refer to
“Adjusting the printing start position and vertical position” ( page 79).