I n t e r C o m p a r i s o n | Monarch 9830, 9835, 9805, 9820

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Here are the major features and differences between each printer and a 9446 printer. Specific 1464/1465 printer applicator information is listed. Earlier printer versions may not support all features.

P r i n t e r C o m p a r i s o n

Feature	9403 V1.0	9805 V1.0	9820 V2.0	9830 V5.2	9835 V5.2	9840 V6.1	9850 V1.0	9446 V5.2

Printhead Density	203 DPI	203 DPI	203 DPI	203 DPI	203 DPI	203 DPI	203 DPI	192 DPI
dots per inch (DPI)	This causes print to be	This causes print to be	This causes print to be	This causes print to be	This causes print to be	This causes print to be	This causes print to be
	approximately 5%	approximately 5%	approximately 5%	approximately 5%	approximately 5%	approximately 5%	approximately 5%
	smaller than 192 DPI.	smaller than 192 DPI.	smaller than 192 DPI.	smaller than 192 DPI.	smaller than 192 DPI.	smaller than 192 DPI.	smaller than 192 DPI.
	This is most noticeable	This is most noticeable	This is most noticeable	This is most noticeable	This is most noticeable	This is most noticeable	This is most noticeable
	on large graphics. It	on large graphics. It	on large graphics. It	on large graphics. It	on large graphics. It	on large graphics. It	on large graphics. It
	also changes the actual	also changes the actual	also changes the actual	also changes the actual	also changes the actual	also changes the actual	also changes the actual
	printed bar code bar	printed bar code bar	printed bar code bar	printed bar code bar	printed bar code bar	printed bar code bar	printed bar code bar
	dimensions and density.	dimensions and density.	dimensions and density.	dimensions and density.	dimensions and density.	dimensions and density.	dimensions and density.
	Density selectors relate	Density selectors relate	Density selectors relate	Density selectors relate	Density selectors relate	Density selectors relate	Density selectors relate
	to the closest, next	to the closest, next	to the closest, next	to the closest, next	to the closest, next	to the closest, next	to the closest, next
	smallest dimension	smallest dimension	smallest dimension	smallest dimension	smallest dimension	smallest dimension	smallest dimension
	available.	available. Existing 9446	available. Existing 9446	available. Existing 9446	available. Existing 9446	available. Existing 9446	available. Existing 9446
		formats print without	formats print without	formats print without	formats print without	formats print without	formats print without
		negatively effecting	negatively effecting	negatively effecting	negatively effecting	negatively effecting	negatively effecting
		non-print zones or label	non-print zones or label	non-print zones or label	non-print zones or label	non-print zones or label	non-print zones or label
		boundaries.	boundaries.	boundaries.	boundaries.	boundaries.	boundaries.
Maximum print speed	2.0 IPS	4.0 IPS	6.0 IPS	6.0 IPS	6.0 IPS	6.0 IPS	10.0 IPS	7.0 IPS (10.0 IPS
		6.0 IPS (V2.0 or greater)						with high speed model)
Maximum print area	2.0" x 6.0"	4.0" x 6.0"	4.0" x 12.0"	4.0" x 16.0"	4.0" x 16.0"	4.0" x 16.0"	4.0" x 16.0"	4.0" x 8.0"
Non-Print Zone	.035" at the beginning	Recommended: all	Recommended: all	Recommended: all	Recommended: all	Recommended: all	Recommended: all	Software imposed
	and .10" from the left	supplies - .05" on either	supplies - .05" on either	supplies - .05" on either	supplies - .05" on either	supplies - .05" on either	supplies - .05" on either	non-print zone on all
	edge	edge and .02" at the end	edge and .02" at the end	edge and .02" at the end	edge and .02" at the end	edge and .02" at the end	edge and .02" at the end	supplies - .06" on the
								left side of the supply.
								There is no non-print
								zone at the beginning or
								at the end of the supply.
Location of Print Area	Left	Center	Center	Center	Center	Center	Center	Left
Supply Width	.75" x 2.5"	1.2" x 4.25"	1.2" x 4.25"	1.2" x 4.25"	.75" x 4.25"	.75" x 4.25"	.75" x 4.25"	1.2" x 4.2"
Supply Length	.75" x 9.0"	1.0" x 6.5"	1.0" x 12.0"	.50" x 16.0"	.75" x 16.0"	.32" x 16.0	.32" x 17.5"	.75" x 8.0"
Power Up Mode	Online/	Online	Online	Online	Online	Online	Online	Online/Offline
	Offline				Offline	Offline	Offline
Feed Mode	Continuous	On demand/Peel	Continuous	On demand/Peel	On demand/Peel	On demand/Continuous	On demand/Peel	On demand/
		Mode/Continuous		Mode/Continuous	Mode/Continuous		Mode/Continuous	Continuous/ Internal
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Monarch manual I n t e r C o m p a r i s o n, Printer Differences E-1, Feature 9403 9805 9820 9830 9835 9840 9850 9446

Contents

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 T e r m i n i n g t h e P r i n t a r e a T e r m i n i n g F o r m a t C o n t e n t s6Getting Started 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 T e r c h a n g i n g P a c k e t s N s i d e r i n g F o n t sI n g t h e F o r m a t Wo r k s h e e t 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 A,N,E p Header,ID#,action,device p25,0,0,0 p U,N p 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 K i n g P r i n t a d j u s t m e n t sN 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 A1. a System Setup Packet Syntax I,A,powupmode,language,sepon,slashzero, symbolset p B1. B Supply Setup Packet 12Configuring the PrinterF 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 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 Buffer,device,buffersize p M1. M Memory Configuration Packet M2. buffer Buffer typeTo reallocate in K Enter this amount M3. device Storage type 24Configuring the PrinterBuffer Type 9403 9805 9820 9830/9835 9850 9840 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 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 F f e r Wo r k s h e e tMake copies of this page to use as a buffer worksheet 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 Cell Height 34Configuring the PrinterInter-Character Gap 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 Selects format1 and returns the following to the host Selects all formats in memory and returns the followingH,Z p 40Configuring the Printer F I N I N G F I E L D S Format Header begins a format file F i n i n g t h e F o r m a t H e a d e r2Defining Fields 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 10Defining Fields Left/Center/Right-Justified Fields Balanced FieldsBar Code Number of Characters Fixed or Printer Unit of Measure Row or Column or End Row End Column B7. font Bar code. Options 12Defining Fields Set 3 D P I B a r code D e n s i t i e sDots/mils Available 14Defining Fields Alphanum 16Defining Fields 0 D P I B a r code D e n s i t i e s Row Height Aspect Data Appearance Char Set Bar code DensitySelector Width 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 C1. C 22Defining FieldsC2. row C7. wid mag C6. hgt magC8. color 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 Q1. Q F i n i n g B o x F i e l d sQ2. row 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 Fixed char p T i o n 1 F i x e d D a t a%$ p Charcode p T i o n 2 D a t a Ty p e R e s t r i c t i o n sR1. R Option Header Restricts the field data to letters only A-Z or a-z T i o n 3 D a t a E n t r y Te m p l a t e sCode,chars p 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 Allows data to be entered from the keypad 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 sCode p 20,prompt 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,Order Number 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 31,gen/ver,check digit # p T i o n 3 1 C a l c u l a t e C h e c k D i g i tR3. gen/ver Enter G to generate a check digit 42,appearance code p T i o n 4 2 P r i c e F i e l d42,1 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 51,2,S p 51,security,stand/default pIndicates Option T i o n 5 2 P D F 4 1 7 W i d t h / L e n g t h 52,row/column,dimension p16Defining Field Options 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 1,2,3,4 M o f P r o d u c t s C a l c u l a t i o n20Defining Field Options 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 S i g n i n g B i t m a p p e d I m a g e s S i g n i n g C o m p l i a n c e L a b e l sE c i a l C o n s i d e r a t i o n 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 Vo l a t i l e R a M I n g N o n v o l a t i l e R a MI n g Te m p o r a r y S t o r a g e S i t i o n i n g t h e G r a p h i c I m a g e E a t i n g a G r a p h i c P a c k e tT 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 T h i n t h e F i e l d T h 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 H e a d e rG1. G Graphic Header G5. units 14Creating GraphicsG6. row 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 F i n i n g t h e G r a p h i c F i e l d A c i n g t h e G r a p h i c i n a F o r m a tGraphID,row,col,mode,rotation p 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 4Printing 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 dE1. E Batch Control Field 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 Q u e n t i a l M e t h o d W n l o a d i n g M e t h o d s8Printing 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 Q u i r y R e s p o n s e Q u i r y R e q u e s t E N QIndicates the printer is offline 2Status Polling Page Q R e f e r e n c e Ta b l e B y t e # Failure Error DataChar Const Comp Corr Online Busy Active 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 Printed,total,FMT-1,BCH-2 Following syntax is the response for a Job 4 request25,FMT-3,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 B a r codes You can group fields with similar parameters. For exampleT h F i e l d s 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 U a r e 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 sC t a n g u l a r 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 Bold Font Standard Font2Fonts 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 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 B o l d 9 p t 0 0 D PFonts B-11 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 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 7 p t 0 3 D PFonts B-13 Tr i u m v i r a t e 9 p t 0 3 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 9 p t 0 0 D PFonts B-15 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 I n t e r C o m p a r i s o n Feature 9403 9805 9820 9830 9835 9840 9850 9446Printer Differences E-1 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