Ron, that seems backward. It seems natural that the "offset" from an axis
is perpendicular to that offset and a "location" on an axis is parallel to
that axis.
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Harry Lewis
IBM Printing Systems
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"Bergman, Ron" <Ron.Bergman at Hitachi-hkis.com>
11/08/2000 02:34 PM
To: Harry Lewis/Boulder/IBM at IBMUS, "Bergman, Ron"
<Ron.Bergman at Hitachi-hkis.com>, fin at pwg.org
cc:
Subject: RE: Fin MIB Head Location error?
Harry,
The "finAxisOffset" and "finHeadLocation" provide the two
coordinates to define the head location. The first is
parallel to the process axis and the second is perpendicular.
Your second question is very interesting. I did not see any
reference to this in the FIN MIB. So I guess the center is
to be assumed. Every process has a center, so it seems to
be reasonable. Too bad we didn't discuss this during the
MIB development:-(
Ron
-----Original Message-----
From: Harry Lewis/Boulder/IBM [mailto:harryl at us.ibm.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 1:12 PM
To: rbergma at hitachi-hkis.com; fin at pwg.org
Subject: Fin MIB Head Location error?
ON pg 16 of the FIN mib draft we define head location as follows. I think
we meant to say parallel to the Process Axis, not perpendicular.
finHeadLocation(13), Integer32 (-2..2147483647)
INTEGER: MULTI-ROW: Defines the position of the Head
Mechanism relative to the axis, 'X' or 'Y', that is
perpendicular to the Process Axis. The units of measure
are defined by the attribute finProcessOffsetUnits.
Also, I'm not sure we ever thought of this... but is head location
intended to represent the CENTER of the operation? Example, for hole
punch, center seems to be the natural conclusion. But, for staple, top of
bottom of staple might be as natural (or better) reference than center.
Anyone with any experience related to this?
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Harry Lewis
IBM Printing Systems
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