Monarch 9400 Series

Send data to the printer just as you would send any print data

to a printer from your computer.

For example, if you have a file named FORMAT1.DAT on an

MS-DOS system, you could send the data to your printe r with

these commands:

MODE COM1:2400,N,8,1,P

MODE LPT1:=COM1

PRINT FORMAT1.DAT

This set of commands would send the file FORMAT1.DAT to a

printer connected to COM1 of an MS-DOS computer.

Format and graphic structures can be sent at any time.

Formats or graphics used by batch data must be sent before

the batch data referencing them. Any batch sent without a

previously defined format is igno red, generating an error.

NOTE: Formats designed on the 9425, 9445, or 9474

printers using the Dots numbering system will not

have the same horizontal field locations when used

on the 9465 printer. You will have to adjust the

format as needed.

9400 Series Programmer’s Manual

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Contents

Main Page Table of Contents Page Page Page 1. Introduction Users Manual Operators Handbook Equipment Manual Page 2. Overview Page 3. Communication Requirements Input Characteristics Data Flow Control Setting Communication Values Operators Handbook Page Cable Interface Equipment Manual Page 4. Message Structures Creating Online Data Streams Transmitting Online Data Streams Page Error Notification Messages Manual Monetary Symbols Commands Programming Conventions Format Data Merged fields Time or date fields Fixed characters Fixed or variable length Format Header Record Page Page Text Field Record Page Page Page Bar Code Field Record Page Page Page Page Page Line Field Page Page Page Page Batch Data Batch Header Record Syntax On printers with a knife: On non-knife printers: Page Entering Print Data for Fie lds Page Page Batch Separators Operators Handbook Page Page Page 5. Using Graphics Defining Graphic Image Data Page Page Page 5-6 Page Placing the Image in a Format Page Page Clear Image Buffer Compressing the Data Stream Long Version Compressed Version Using Graphics 5-13 Page 6. Quick References Text Font Sizes 9420/9440 Compatible Mode 9425/9445/9465/9474 Fonts Page 9420/9440 Fonts Character Width (in Dots) Parallel Character Width (in Dots) for the 9425, 9445, and 9474 Serial Character Width (in Dots) for 9465 Parallel Character Width (in Dots) for 9465 Parallel Character Width (in Dots) for 9420/9440 Fonts Serial Character Width (in Dots) for 9420/9440 Fonts Bar Codes 6-6 The table below lists bar code selections and values . Bar Code Densities Bar Code Densities (9425/9445/9474) 6-8 Bar Code Densities (9420/9440) 6-9 Bar Code Densities (9465, Parallel Print) 6-10 Bar Code Densities (9465, Serial Print) 6-11 Line Width Line Widths (9425/9445/9474 and 9420/9440) Horizontal Line Widths (9465) Vertical Line Widths (9465) Special Characters Code 128 Function Codes 9420/9440 Horizontal Print Location Page ASCII Characters 6-18 Page English/Metric Conversion 6-20 English/Metric Conversion (cont.) TOMM = Tenths of millimeters 6-21 Page Appendix A: Sample Data Streams Formats, Text and Bar Code Fields Line Fields Graphic Images This Graphic data stream precedes the format that uses it. A-3 Sample Data Streams Appendix A: Page Compressed Graphic Data A-5 Sample Data Streams Appendix A: Page Appendix B: Code 128 Information Bar Code Width Page Page Quiet Zone Function Codes Table A-1. 128 Bar Code Character Sets Operators Handboo B-8 B-9