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Home›All CPCL commands›CONTRAST

CONTRAST — Contrast

Sets print contrast. A device setting; it does not change preview output.

Engine status: Parsed, not rendered

The engine recognises the command and skips it: it is a DEVICE setting and does not change the image on the media. Your label still parses cleanly.

Syntax

CONTRAST n

Example

! 0 200 200 210 1
PAGE-WIDTH 576
CONTRAST 0
PRINT

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Parameters

ParameterMeaning
nContrast level for the printer; a device setting the preview ignores

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