7-Programming-General Information Epic Edge™ OEM Integration Manual
Page 62 August 2018 100-14444 Rev B
Landscape Printing Mode
By using the set print orientation command (GS V), the Epic Edge™ Printer can be
configured for landscape printing. In landscape printing, text characters exit the printer
from the left side of the ticket to the right. Before the Epic Edge™ Printer can be
switched to landscape printing mode, the set characters per line command (GS t) must
be sent. This command defines the width of the landscape page. A landscape page is
defined as the area allocated by the Epic Edge™ in which landscape text, graphics, bar
codes, and line objects may be printed. The height of this landscape page always equals
the width of the Epic Edge™’ print head. The width of the landscape page is calculated
when the set characters per line command (GS t) is sent. The width of the page is equal
to the number of characters per line multiplied by the width of the current font. The
default font is 2mm wide and the default number of characters per line is 80.
In landscape printing mode, completed objects are placed within a memory buffer in the
Epic Edge™ and are only printed when the landscape page is terminated. A form feed
(FF) character is usually used to terminate a landscape page. This causes the Epic
Edge™ to print the objects that have been placed on the landscape page and advance
to the next ticket. Note: After a landscape page is printed, the Epic Edge™ will remain in
landscape printing mode. If more objects are sent to the printer, 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 Epic Edge™ does not print
objects immediately in landscape mode, 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 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 ticket 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.
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