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R — Reference point

Moves the horizontal and vertical origin by the given dots; every later A/B/LO/LW/X position shifts by that much (EPL PG p. 143). A persistent printer setting: an R sent once affects later jobs and stored forms too. The preview applies the offset; the manual's 'overrides q, uses the full print-head width' side effect is not modelled.

Engine status: Rendered

This command produces visible output in the preview.

Syntax

Rx,y

Example

N
q812
Q1218,24
R16,0
P2

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Rendered example

Output of the example above in our renderer (203 dpi). Not verified on a physical printer.

Parameters

Parameter	Meaning
`x,y`	Origin offset in dots, added to every later A, B, LO, LW and X position

Common mistake

Forgetting that R persists: the offset stays on for the following labels in the stream (and, on the printer, for later jobs); send R0,0 when the next format expects the plain origin.

The same job in other languages

ZPL equivalent: ^LH · TSPL REFERENCE · Language comparison

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