Programmer's Reference Manual Intermec Fingerprint® v8.70.0 ...

Chapter —Program Instructions
FORMFEED (FF)
Purpose Statement for feeding out or pulling back a certain length of media.
Syntax FORMFEED|FF[]
is, optionally, the 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 continuous stock
according to the printer’s setup. See start- and stopadjustments and media
type in the User’s Guide for the printer model in question.
If a value is entered after the FORMFEED statement, the media 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 media.
- A negative number of dots makes the printer pull back the specified
length of media. Be careful not to enter a value larger than the length
of the label to avoid causing a media jam.
It is important whether a FORMFEED statement is issued before or after
a PRINTFEED statement:
- FORMFEED statement issued before PRINTFEED affects the position
of the origin 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 FORMFEED as a replacement for start- and stopadjustments
in the Setup Mode or in connection with batch printing.
Examples Printing a line of text and feeding out an extra 60 dots of media after
printing:
10 FONT "Swiss 721 BT"
20 PRPOS 30,200
30 PRTXT "HELLO"
40 PRINTFEED
50 FORMFEED 60
RUN
Pulling back the media 20 dots before printing:
10 FORMFEED -20
20 FONT "Swiss 721 BT"
30 PRPOS 30,200
40 PRTXT "HELLO"
50 PRINTFEED
RUN
In this case, the positioning of the text line will be performed after the
media has been pulled back.
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