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Devices
Installation and Configuration • CHAPTER 2
Up and Down Issues
Sysprint
Devices
If you print to a sysprint device in Windows, you can place a decimal in the
printer’s Top Margin field on the alias line to shift text up or down. For example,
if the top margin setting is .5, increasing the number (.54) moves text down while
decreasing the number (.46) moves text up. A 1/4 character shift is approximately
.04 added to or subtracted from the top margin value.
Direct
Printers
If you use a direct printer in Windows, Linux, or UNIX, you cannot move text
up. To move lines down, you must add the following configuration values to the
config.bbx file for the printer alias you are using. These values let you move text
down in 1/720 inch increments. Follow these steps:
1.
Select Devices from the Installation and Configuration menu.
2.
Edit the appropriate alias line and add 1B266C343555 at the end of the
Standard or Compressed Print field.
3435 is the hex code for 45, which moves text down 45/720 of an inch. To
move text down more, change the second and last numbers in 3435 because
the 3s are always constant. For example, try 56 to move text farther down,
which changes the hex code to 3536. In hex, each number is represented by 3
and then the number, so 5 = 35 and 6 = 36.
Left to Right and Up and Down Issues
If you use a direct printer in Windows, Linux, or UNIX and must add hex codes
to the config.bbx file to adjust text both left to right and up and down, you must
edit the file with a text editor because the command is too long to enter through
the Devices function. Open the config.bbx file with a text editor and add the
codes to the end of the SP= section of the alias line for standard forms or to the
end of the CP= section of the alias line for compressed forms.
Printing Laser Forms on Ink Jets, Bubble Jets, or Desk Jets
These printers cannot interpret laser definitions, meaning that there is no way to
control how the forms print. Either they print correctly or they do not. Models
labeled “for Windows” have better success, but there is no way to control how
the forms print. Test your situation before ordering laser forms.
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