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Adjusts the horizontal print position offset. This shifts the entire printable area left or right — useful for fine-tuning alignment when the print head doesn't perfectly line up with the label stock.

When to use

When labels are consistently printing slightly off-centre. This is a printer calibration setting rather than a design command.

Syntax

ESC+POnnn

Parameters

ParameterDescription
nnnOffset in dots (can be positive or negative)

Example

ESC+A
ESC+PO010
ESC+H0100
ESC+V0050
ESC+X22Shifted 10 dots
ESC+Q1
ESC+Z

Shift print position 10 dots for alignment correction

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