Monarch Printers
Trademarks
Canadian D.O.C. Warning
Getting Started
B L E O F C O N T E N T S
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Creating Graphics
Printing
Diagnostics and Errors
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O u t T h i s M a n u a l
T T I N G S T a R T E D
E a t i n g a n M P C L I I F o r m a t P a c k e t
F o r e Yo u B e g i n
Type the following text field
Type the following format header, in any text editor
Type the following constant text field
Type the following bar code field
Sample Batch Packet
I l y S t a r t u p P r o c e d u r e s
A r t i n g w i t h a D e s i g n
6Getting Started
T e r m i n i n g F o r m a t C o n t e n t s
T e r m i n i n g t h e P r i n t a r e a
A w i n g R o u g h S k e t c h e s
I n g S u p p l y L a y o u t G r i d s
Field Type Description Examples
N s i d e r i n g F i e l d Ty p e s
I n g t h e F o r m a t Wo r k s h e e t
N s i d e r i n g F o n t s
T e r c h a n g i n g P a c k e t s
L l i n g i n t h e F o r m a t Wo r k s h e e t
12Getting Started
N F I G U R I N G T H E P R I N T E R
O u t D I P S w i t c h e s
T t i n g C o m m u n i c a t i o n P a r a m e t e r s
I n g a u t o b a u d
I n g P a r a l l e l C o m m u n i c a t i o n s
C L I I P u n c t u a t i o n
I n g M P C L I I C o n v e n t i o n s
‘comment‘
A n d a r d S y n t a x G u i d e l i n e s
I n g O n l i n e C o n f i g u r a t i o n P a c k e t s
Syntax
N f i g u r a t i o n P a c k e t H e a d e r
25,0,0,0 p
Header,ID#,action,device p
A,N,E p
U,N p
N f i g u r a t i o n S y n t a x G u i d e l i n e s
K i n g P r i n t a d j u s t m e n t s
F i n i n g t h e S y s t e m S e t u p P a c k e t
A1. a System Setup Packet
Syntax I,A,powupmode,language,sepon,slashzero, symbolset p
F i n i n g t h e S u p p l y S e t u p P a c k e t
12Configuring the Printer
B1. B Supply Setup Packet
Example I,B,0,0,1,10,50 p
Speedadj,phwidth p
14Configuring the Printer
Contrast,printadj,marginadjust
F i n i n g t h e P r i n t C o n t r o l P a c k e t
Cursym,secondary,decimals p
E1. E Control Characters Packet
16Configuring the Printer
Parameter Comma Separator
Immediate command character optional
E2. ANSIcd
Start of header Left bracket
?E?~123~044~034~124~125~126~094 p
S e t t i n g C o n t r o l C h a r a c t e r s
For all printers
DTR default
Baud,wordlength,stopbits,parity
Flowcontrol p
F i n i n g t h e B a c k f e e d C o n t r o l P a c k e t
20Configuring the Printer
2 p
Action,dispos,bkfddis p
Page
To reallocate in K Enter this amount
M1. M Memory Configuration Packet M2. buffer Buffer type
Buffer,device,buffersize p
Buffer Type 9403 9805 9820 9830/9835 9850 9840
24Configuring the Printer
M3. device Storage type
9403 9805 9830/9835/9840 9850
E c k i n g C u r r e n t B u f f e r S i z e s
O u t M e m o r y B u f f e r s
26Configuring the Printer
Linecount x 50/1024
Make copies of this page to use as a buffer worksheet
F f e r Wo r k s h e e t
F f e r a l l o c a t i o n C o n s i d e r a t i o n s
I n g I m m e d i a t e C o m m a n d s
N d i n g I m m e d i a t e C o m m a n d s
A b l i n g I m m e d i a t e C o m m a n d s
ID or ICd
Command Parameter
DD or
DCd
SD or
32Configuring the Printer
E a r i n g P a c k e t s f r o m M e m o r y
Action Enter C to clear the packet
Device Storage device. Options
I n g t h e F o n t P a c k e t
Clears Format #1 from volatile RAM
Font#,action,device p
Inter-Character Gap
34Configuring the Printer
Cell Height
Bitmapped 0 or scalable
Spacing
Monospaced 0 or proportional
Type
I n g t h e F l a s h U p l o a d P a c k e t
F,E,200,200,FMT1 p 5,A,F,E,400,200,FMT5 p
Header,format#,action,device p
38Configuring the Printer
L o a d i n g F o r m a t H e a d e r I n f o r m a t i o n
A s h C o n s i d e r a t i o n s
H,Z p
Selects all formats in memory and returns the following
Selects format1 and returns the following to the host
40Configuring the Printer
F I N I N G F I E L D S
2Defining Fields
F i n i n g t h e F o r m a t H e a d e r
Format Header begins a format file
Char rot,field rot,sym set p
F i n i n g Te x t F i e l d s
Field#,# of char,fix/var,row,column
Gap,font,hgt mag,wid mag,color,alignment
Printer Unit of Measure Row or Column or End Row End Column
4Defining Fields
CG Triumvirate
Reduced
Bold
OCRA-like
6Defining Fields
T12. alignment
Example T,2,10,V,250,50,0,1,1,1,B,C,0,0,0 p
Each bar code field requires a separate definition
F i n i n g B a r code F i e l d s
Bar Code Number of Characters Fixed or
Left/Center/Right-Justified Fields Balanced Fields
10Defining Fields
Printer Unit of Measure Row or Column or End Row End Column
B7. font Bar code. Options
12Defining Fields
Dots/mils Available
3 D P I B a r code D e n s i t i e s
Set
14Defining Fields
Alphanum
16Defining Fields
0 D P I B a r code D e n s i t i e s
Selector Width
Bar code Density
Row Height Aspect Data Appearance Char Set
18Defining Fields
Defining Fields
F i n i n g N o n P r i n t a b l e Te x t F i e l d s
20 p
F i n i n g C o n s t a n t Te x t F i e l d s
Field Data Field Type
Field#,# of char p
C2. row
22Defining Fields
C1. C
C8. color
C6. hgt mag
C7. wid mag
24Defining Fields
Example C,30,10,0,1,1,1,B,L,0,0,MADE in USA,0 p
Type,row,column,angle/end row,length
F i n i n g L i n e F i e l d s
N e Ty p e s
26Defining Fields
L5. angle/ If Using Segments end row
L6. length/ If Using Segments end col
Q2. row
F i n i n g B o x F i e l d s
Q1. Q
Example Q,240,30,270,150,3, p
F I N I N G F I E L D O P T I O N S
2Defining Field Options
P l y i n g F i e l d O p t i o n s
M b i n i n g F i e l d O p t i o n s
S t r i c t i o n s
%$ p
T i o n 1 F i x e d D a t a
Fixed char p
R1. R Option Header
T i o n 2 D a t a Ty p e R e s t r i c t i o n s
Charcode p
Code,chars p
T i o n 3 D a t a E n t r y Te m p l a t e s
Restricts the field data to letters only A-Z or a-z
T i o n 4 C o p y D a t a
Field Option Header
R g i n g F i e l d s
Src fld,src start,# to copy,dest
Start,copy code p
203 Non-printable 339 Text
B F i e l d s
Code p
T i o n 5 D e f i n e D a t a E n t r y S o u r c e s
Allows data to be entered from the keypad
20,Order Number p
T i o n 2 0 D e f i n e D a t a E n t r y P r o m p t s
20,prompt p
30,L/R,character p
T i o n 3 0 P a d d i n g D a t a
M p l e U s e f o r P a d d i n g
Pads data with an X on the left side of the field
R3. gen/ver Enter G to generate a check digit
T i o n 3 1 C a l c u l a t e C h e c k D i g i t
31,gen/ver,check digit # p
42,1 p
T i o n 4 2 P r i c e F i e l d
42,appearance code p
50,4,8,4,4,8 p
T i o n 5 0 B a r code D e n s i t y
50,narrow,wide,gap,narspace
Widespace p
Indicates Option
51,security,stand/default p
51,2,S p
16Defining Field Options
52,row/column,dimension p
T i o n 5 2 P D F 4 1 7 W i d t h / L e n g t h
60,I,5,1,6 p
60,I/D,amount,l pos,r pos p
T i o n 6 1 R e i m a g e F i e l d
Check Digit Header
Fldlength,D/P,weights p
I n g C h e c k D i g i t s
Selector,action,device,modulus
20Defining Field Options
M o f P r o d u c t s C a l c u l a t i o n
1,2,3,4
20 + 2 + 6 + 6 + 16 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 36 =
M o f D i g i t s C a l c u l a t i o n
22Defining Field Options
+ 0 + 2 + 6 + 6 + 1 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 3 + 6 =
E a T I N G G R a P H I C S
E r v i e w o f C o m p l i a n c e L a b e l s
Run Length
E r v i e w o f B i t m a p p e d I m a g e s
T e r m i n i n g a M e t h o d
Hex Method
E c i a l C o n s i d e r a t i o n s
S i g n i n g C o m p l i a n c e L a b e l s
S i g n i n g B i t m a p p e d I m a g e s
Limit
I n g t h e H e x M e t h o d
Exceeds
Inches
6Creating Graphics
Assign 1 to every black square and 0 to every white square
I n g t h e R u n L e n g t h E n c o d i n g M e t h o d
Row 1, position 50 26 on
I n g F l a s h
T e r m i n i n g H o w t o S t o r e t h e I m a g e
I n g Te m p o r a r y S t o r a g e
I n g N o n v o l a t i l e R a M
I n g Vo l a t i l e R a M
T h i n t h e G r a p h i c P a c k e t H e a d e r
E a t i n g a G r a p h i c P a c k e t
S i t i o n i n g t h e G r a p h i c I m a g e
T h i n t h e F i e l d
G1. G Graphic Header
F i n i n g t h e G r a p h i c H e a d e r
T h i n a F o r m a t
G6. row
14Creating Graphics
G5. units
B1. B Bitmap Field
99,A,R,G,0,0,0,99Wire p
E a t i n g B i t m a p F i e l d s
Row,column,algorithm,data p
B5. data
B2. row
B3. column
B4. algorithm
Adjdir,adjamt,algorithm,data p
E a t i n g N e x t B i t m a p F i e l d s
1,2 p
E a t i n g D u p l i c a t e F i e l d s
Adjdir,adjamt,count p
117,24,H,03FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFC p
Sample compliance graphic packet is shown below
M p l e C o m p l i a n c e G r a p h i c P a c k e t
20Creating Graphics
M p l e H e x G r a p h i c P a c k e t
M p l e R u n L e n g t h G r a p h i c P a c k e t
22Creating Graphics
GraphID,row,col,mode,rotation p
A c i n g t h e G r a p h i c i n a F o r m a t
F i n i n g t h e G r a p h i c F i e l d
G6. rotation
G5. mode
G3. row
G4. column
M p l e C o m p l i a n c e L a b e l
26Creating Graphics
M p l e B i t m a p G r a p h i c I m a g e
I N T I N G
Page
Batch data
F i n i n g t h e B a t c h H e a d e r
Batch header
Batch control
E1. E Batch Control Field
F i n i n g t h e B a t c h C o n t r o l F i e l d
4Printing
1,4,2,1,4 p
F i n i n g B a t c h D a t a F i e l d s
Sample Batch Data with Special Characters
E c i a l P r i n t i n g C o n s i d e r a t i o n s
R g e d o r S u b F i e l d s
C r e m e n t i n g F i e l d s
8Printing
W n l o a d i n g M e t h o d s
Q u e n t i a l M e t h o d
T c h Q u a n t i t y Z e r o M e t h o d
T c h M e t h o d
T i o n a l E n t r y M e t h o d
D i f y i n g F o r m a t s
A T U S P O L L I N G
Indicates the printer is offline 2Status Polling
Q u i r y R e q u e s t E N Q
Q u i r y R e s p o n s e
Page
Char Const Comp Corr Online Busy Active
Failure Error Data
Q R e f e r e n c e Ta b l e B y t e #
Q R e f e r e n c e Ta b l e B y t e # 2 c o n t i n u e d
Char Const Low Format Waiting Ribbon Stock Online
Battery Error Fault Dispense Label
Q R e f e r e n c e Ta b l e B y t e # 3 c o n t i n u e d
Field Type Valid Options Description Identifier
B R e q u e s t
Status1,Status2,FMT-1,BCH-2
B R e s p o n s e
Packet Type
Status2
FMT-1/BCH-2
Error Number
Field Number
Parameter
25,FMT-3,Bch-2
Following syntax is the response for a Job 4 request
Printed,total,FMT-1,BCH-2
Number Meaning
14Status Polling
A G N O S T I C S a N D Error S
I n g t h e 9 4 0 3 o r 9 8 5 0 P r i n t e r
I n t i n g a Te s t L a b e l
I n g t h e 9 8 0 5 P r i n t e r
Installed Options Description
Yo u R e c e i v e a n Error M e s s a g e
S e t t i n g P r i n t e r s
L l i n g Te c h n i c a l S u p p o r t
D i t i o n a l D i a g n o s t i c s I n f o r m a t i o n
T a Error s
A d i n g a n Error L a b e l
Error Description Code
Page
Page
Page
Page
Page
Page
Page
M m u n i c a t i o n F a i l u r e s
Page
T a F o r m a t t i n g F a i l u r e s
Page
Page
C h i n e Fault s
Page
Page
ROM checksum test failed
RAM check failed on power up. Reset
ROM Sum Failure 24Diagnostics and Errors
Printer Description Display
Low System RAM Setup options. Transmit your packets Again
Timer test failed
Timer Failure
Not enough RAM for system. Reset your
26Diagnostics and Errors
J u s t i n g t h e P r i n t Q u a l i t y
I N T E R O P T I M I Z AT I O N
Light
Dark
D u c i n g I m a g i n g T i m e
4Printer Optimization
T h P a c k e t s
N e r a l F o r m a t T i p s a n d H i n t s
C r e a s i n g T h r o u g h p u t
T h F o r m a t s
T h F i e l d s
You can group fields with similar parameters. For example
T h B a r codes
M P L E SA
2Samples
M p l e U P C a F o r m a t P a c k e t
M p l e M a x i code P a c k e t s
Mode Description
4Samples
D e 0 O b s o l e t e S a m p l e
Samples A-5
D e 2 S a m p l e
6Samples
D e 3 S a m p l e
C t a n g u l a r D a t a M a t r i x P a c k e t
M p l e D a t a M a t r i x P a c k e t s
U a r e D a t a M a t r i x P a c k e t
8Samples
M p l e C o m p l i a n c e P a c k e t
Samples A-9
10Samples
Samples A-11
M p l e F o r m a t P a c k e t
12Samples
Sample Zero Batch Packet
M p l e D a t a E n t r y F o r m a t P a c k e t
14Samples
N T S
2Fonts
Standard Font
Bold Font
Fonts B-3
These samples were printed using Code
CG Triumvirate Bold Font
CG Triumvirate Font 9pt
4Fonts
F TA F o n t 7 2 a n d F o n t 7 3 C h a r a c t e r s
T m a p F o n t I n f o r m a t i o n
Width Mag Standard Reduced Bold
N o s p a c e d F o n t M a g n i f i c a t i o n
I n g 2 0 3 D P
I n g 3 0 0 D P
Fonts B-7
8Fonts
Fonts B-9
Fonts
O p o r t i o n a l F o n t M a g n i f i c a t i o n
Tr i u m v i r a t e B o l d 9 p t 0 3 D P
I g h t M a g n i f i c a t i o n 2 0 3 D P
Fonts B-11
Tr i u m v i r a t e B o l d 9 p t 0 0 D P
I g h t M a g n i f i c a t i o n 3 0 0 D P
Tr i u m v i r a t e 6 p t 0 0 D P
I g h t M a g i n f i c a t i o n 2 0 3 D P
Fonts B-13
Tr i u m v i r a t e 7 p t 0 3 D P
Tr i u m v i r a t e 7 p t 0 0 D P
Tr i u m v i r a t e 9 p t 0 3 D P
Fonts B-15
Tr i u m v i r a t e 9 p t 0 0 D P
Tr i u m v i r a t e 1 1 p t 0 3 D P
Tr i u m v i r a t e 1 1 p t 0 0 D P
Fonts B-17
Tr i u m v i r a t e 1 5 p t 0 3 D P
Tr i u m v i r a t e 1 5 p t 0 0 D P
R m a t C o n s i d e r a t i o n s
A l a b l e / Tr u e Ty p e F o n t I n f o r m a t i o n
Font Supported Code Pages
O u t t h e S c a l a b l e F o n t 5
W n l o a d i n g Tr u e Ty p e F o n t s 9 8 4 0 / 9 8 5
I n g a s i a n 2 B y t e Tr u e Ty p e F o n t s 9 8 5
Fonts B-23
C e n s i n g Yo u r F o n t s
1000
I n g F o n t N u m b e r s i n F o r m a t s
100
500
Example
Fonts
L e c t i n g t h e I n t e r n a l S y m b o l S e t
P p o r t e d S y m b o l S e t s a n d code P a g e s
L e c t i n g t h e a N S I S y m b o l S e t
Use Ansi when you want to use proportionally spaced fonts
I n g code 1 2 8 F u n c t i o n codes
T e r i n g E x t e n d e d C h a r a c t e r s
T e r n a l S y m b o l S e t
Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-3
S I S y m b o l S e t L d C h a r a c t e r S e t
4Symbol Sets/Code Pages
Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-5
6Symbol Sets/Code Pages
Code P a g e 8 5 0 L a t i n Code P a g e 8 5 2 L a t i n
Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-7
8Symbol Sets/Code Pages
Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-9
10Symbol Sets/Code Pages
Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-11
12Symbol Sets/Code Pages
Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-13
Char Hex Decimal
14Symbol Sets/Code Pages
Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-15
16Symbol Sets/Code Pages
N a r y t o H e x C o n v e r s i o n C h a r t
Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-17
18Symbol Sets/Code Pages
Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-19
20Symbol Sets/Code Pages
F W h i t e D o t s
Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-21
T t o R u n L e n g t h E n c o d i n g C h a r t
B l a c k D o t s
22Symbol Sets/Code Pages
R M AT D E S I G N T O O L S
Control Characters
L i n e C o n f i g u r a t i o n Wo r k s h e e t
Batch Control Continuation
T c h Wo r k s h e e t
E c k D i g i t Wo r k s h e e t
Supply Layout Inches
200 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100
203
102 203 305 406 508 609 711 812 853
192 288 384 480 576 672 768 806
102 203 305 406 508 609 711 812
Supply Layout dpi 300
Format
Sample
Printer Differences E-1
Feature 9403 9805 9820 9830 9835 9840 9850 9446
I n t e r C o m p a r i s o n
2Printer Differences
Feature 9403 9805 9820 9830 9835 9840 9850 9446
4Printer Differences
Default configuration packet settings are
I n t e r C o n f i g u r a t i o n I n f o r m a t i o n
A t u s P o l l i n g I n f o r m a t i o n
Batch Packet
Monarch p
1,4,2 p Batch Header
N,1
6,1,3,1 p
Monospaced Fonts
Non-volatile RAM
Option
Index
D E
Packet control characters Security level of P D F417
Guidelines Header
Online configuration w orksheet Orksheet overview
Feed m ode selection Field
IM D
Argin adjustm ent selection 2
Data entry prom pts Data entry sources
Parity selection
Batch packet Calculate check digit option
Text field Zero batch packet Scalable font
Run length conversion Technical support Test label