I N T I N G | Monarch 9830, 9835, 9805, 9820 specs

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This chapter describes how to

download files to the printer

define the batch header, batch control, and batch data files

modify formats

create DOS batch files.

This chapter also lists some special printing considerations.

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Monarch Printers Trademarks Canadian D.O.C. Warning Getting Started B L E O F C O N T E N T SPage Iii Creating Graphics Printing Diagnostics and Errors Vii Viii Page Page 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 editorType 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 sT 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 sT 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 pA,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 sF 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 PrinterB1. B Supply Setup Packet Example I,B,0,0,1,10,50 p Speedadj,phwidth p 14Configuring the PrinterContrast,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 optionalE2. 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 defaultBaud,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 pPage To reallocate in K Enter this amount M1. M Memory Configuration Packet M2. buffer Buffer typeBuffer,device,buffersize p Buffer Type 9403 9805 9820 9830/9835 9850 9840 24Configuring the PrinterM3. 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 tF 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 ParameterDD or DCd SD or 32Configuring the PrinterE 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 tClears Format #1 from volatile RAM Font#,action,device p Inter-Character Gap 34Configuring the PrinterCell Height Bitmapped 0 or scalable SpacingMonospaced 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 PrinterL 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 followingSelects 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 rFormat 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 sField#,# 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 ReducedBold 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 Fields10Defining 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 sSet 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 DensityRow 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 sField Data Field Type Field#,# of char p C2. row 22Defining FieldsC1. C C8. color C6. hgt magC7. 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 sN 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 sQ1. 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 sM 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 aFixed 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 sCharcode 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 sRestricts 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 sSrc 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 sAllows 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 s20,prompt p 30,L/R,character p T i o n 3 0 P a d d i n g D a t aM 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 t31,gen/ver,check digit # p 42,1 p T i o n 4 2 P r i c e F i e l d42,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 y50,narrow,wide,gap,narspace Widespace p Indicates Option 51,security,stand/default p51,2,S p 16Defining Field Options 52,row/column,dimension pT 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 pI 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 n1,2,3,4 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 sT 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 sS 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 dExceeds 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 MI 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 tS 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 rT h i n a F o r m a t G6. row 14Creating GraphicsG5. units B1. B Bitmap Field 99,A,R,G,0,0,0,99Wire pE 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. rowB3. 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 sAdjdir,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 tF i n i n g t h e G r a p h i c F i e l d G6. rotation G5. modeG3. 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 rBatch 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 d4Printing 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 sR 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 sQ 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 QQ u i r y R e s p o n s e Page Char Const Comp Corr Online Busy Active Failure Error DataQ 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 NumberField Number Parameter 25,FMT-3,Bch-2 Following syntax is the response for a Job 4 requestPrinted,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. ResetROM Sum Failure 24Diagnostics and Errors Printer Description Display Low System RAM Setup options. Transmit your packets Again Timer test failedTimer 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 sC 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 exampleT 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 sU 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 FontBold Font Fonts B-3 These samples were printed using CodeCG 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 nI 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 nTr 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 PI 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 PTr 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 PTr 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 s100 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 fontsI 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-21T 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 9446I 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 areI 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 p1,4,2 p Batch Header N,1 6,1,3,1 p Monospaced FontsNon-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