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FORMFEED (FF)
Chapter 2 Program Instructions
Field of Application Statement for activating the paper feed mechanism in order to feed out
or pull back a certain length of the paper web.
Syntax FORMFEED|FF[]
is, optionally, the paper feed length expressed as a positive
or negative number of dots.
Remarks If no value is entered after the FORMFEED statement, the printer will feed
out one single label, ticket, tag or a portion of strip according to the printer's
setup. See start- and stop-adjustments and media type (i.e. label w gap, ticket
w mark, ticket w gap, fix length strip or var length strip) in the Installation &
Operation manual of the printer model in question.
If a value (positive or negative) is entered after the FORMFEED statement
the paper will be fed out or pulled back the corresponding number of dots:
- A positive number of dots makes the printer feed out the specified length
of the web.
- A negative number of dots makes the printer pull back the specified
length of the web. In this case, be careful not to enter a value larger than
the length of the label to avoid the risk of causing a paper jam.
It is of importance whether a FORMFEED statement is issued before or after
a PRINTFEED statement:
- FORMFEED statement issued before PRINTFEED affects the position
of the origin in relation to the paper web on the first copy to be printed.
- FORMFEED statement issued after PRINTFEED does not affect the
position of the origin on the first copy, but next copy will be affected.
Do not use FORMEED as a replacement for start and stop adjustments in the
Setup Mode. Do not use FORMFEEDs in connection with batch printing.
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Examples Printing a line of text and feeding out an extra length (60 dots) of the web after
printing:
10 FONT "Swiss 721 BT"
20 PRPOS 30,200
30 PRTXT "HELLO"
40 PRINTFEED
50
RUN
FORMFEED 60
Pulling back the paper 20 dots of the web before printing:
10 FORMFEED -20
20 FONT "Swiss 721 BT"
30 PRPOS 30,200
40 PRTXT "HELLO"
50 PRINTFEED
RUN
Note that in this case, the positioning of the text line will be performed after
the paper has been pulled back.
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