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 constant text field
Type the following format header, in any text editor
Type the following bar code field
Type the following text 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 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
6Getting 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
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
I 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
Header,ID#,action,device p
A,N,E p
25,0,0,0 p
U,N p
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
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
A1. a System Setup Packet
Syntax I,A,powupmode,language,sepon,slashzero, symbolset p
12Configuring the Printer
B1. B Supply Setup Packet
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
Example I,B,0,0,1,10,50 p
Contrast,printadj,marginadjust
14Configuring the Printer
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
Speedadj,phwidth p
Cursym,secondary,decimals p
E1. E Control Characters Packet
16Configuring the Printer
E2. ANSIcd
Immediate command character optional
Start of header Left bracket
Parameter Comma Separator
?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
Baud,wordlength,stopbits,parity
DTR default
Flowcontrol p
For all printers
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
M1. M Memory Configuration Packet M2. buffer Buffer type
Buffer,device,buffersize p
To reallocate in K Enter this amount
24Configuring the Printer
M3. device Storage type
Buffer 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 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
Make 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
DD or
Command Parameter
DCd
ID or ICd
E a r i n g P a c k e t s f r o m M e m o r y
32Configuring the Printer
Action Enter C to clear the packet
SD or
Clears Format #1 from volatile RAM
I n g t h e F o n t P a c k e t
Font#,action,device p
Device Storage device. Options
34Configuring the Printer
Cell Height
Inter-Character Gap
Monospaced 0 or proportional
Spacing
Type
Bitmapped 0 or scalable
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
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
38Configuring the Printer
A s h C o n s i d e r a t i o n s
Header,format#,action,device p
Selects all formats in memory and returns the following
Selects format1 and returns the following to the host
H,Z p
40Configuring the Printer
F I N I N G F I E L D S
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
2Defining Fields
Field#,# of char,fix/var,row,column
F i n i n g Te x t F i e l d s
Gap,font,hgt mag,wid mag,color,alignment
Char rot,field rot,sym set p
Printer Unit of Measure Row or Column or End Row End Column
4Defining Fields
Bold
Reduced
OCRA-like
CG Triumvirate
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
Left/Center/Right-Justified Fields Balanced Fields
10Defining Fields
Bar 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
3 D P I B a r code D e n s i t i e s
Set
Dots/mils Available
14Defining Fields
Alphanum
16Defining Fields
0 D P I B a r code D e n s i t i e s
Bar code Density
Row Height Aspect Data Appearance Char Set
Selector 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
Field Data Field Type
F i n i n g C o n s t a n t Te x t F i e l d s
Field#,# of char p
20 p
22Defining Fields
C1. C
C2. row
C6. hgt mag
C7. wid mag
C8. color
24Defining Fields
Example C,30,10,0,1,1,1,B,L,0,0,MADE in USA,0 p
N e Ty p e s
F i n i n g L i n e F i e l d s
26Defining Fields
Type,row,column,angle/end row,length
L5. angle/ If Using Segments end row
L6. length/ If Using Segments end col
F i n i n g B o x F i e l d s
Q1. Q
Q2. 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
M b i n i n g F i e l d O p t i o n s
P l y 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
2Defining Field Options
T i o n 1 F i x e d D a t a
Fixed char p
%$ p
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
R1. R Option Header
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
Code,chars p
T i o n 4 C o p y D a t a
Src fld,src start,# to copy,dest
R g i n g F i e l d s
Start,copy code p
Field Option Header
203 Non-printable 339 Text
B F i e l d s
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
Code 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
20,Order Number p
M p l e U s e f o r P a d d i n g
T i o n 3 0 P a d d i n g D a t a
Pads data with an X on the left side of the field
30,L/R,character 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 t
31,gen/ver,check digit # p
R3. gen/ver Enter G to generate a check digit
T i o n 4 2 P r i c e F i e l d
42,appearance code p
42,1 p
50,narrow,wide,gap,narspace
T i o n 5 0 B a r code D e n s i t y
Widespace p
50,4,8,4,4,8 p
51,security,stand/default p
51,2,S p
Indicates Option
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
16Defining 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
I n g C h e c k D i g i t s
Fldlength,D/P,weights p
Selector,action,device,modulus
Check Digit Header
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
20Defining 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
T e r m i n i n g a M e t h o d
E r v i e w o f B i t m a p p e d I m a g e s
Hex Method
Run Length
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
E c i a l C o n s i d e r a t i o n s
Exceeds
I n g t h e H e x M e t h o d
Inches
Limit
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 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
I n g Te m p o r a r y S t o r a g e
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 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
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
G1. G Graphic Header
14Creating Graphics
G5. units
G6. row
E a t i n g B i t m a p F i e l d s
99,A,R,G,0,0,0,99Wire p
Row,column,algorithm,data p
B1. B Bitmap Field
B3. column
B2. row
B4. algorithm
B5. data
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
Adjdir,adjamt,count p
E a t i n g D u p l i c a t e F i e l d s
117,24,H,03FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFC p
1,2 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
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
GraphID,row,col,mode,rotation p
G3. row
G5. mode
G4. column
G6. rotation
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 header
F i n i n g t h e B a t c h H e a d e r
Batch control
Batch data
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
E1. 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
R g e d o r S u b F i e l d s
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
C r e m e n t i n g F i e l d s
Sample Batch Data with Special Characters
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
8Printing
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 q u e s t E N Q
Q u i r y R e s p o n s e
Indicates the printer is offline 2Status Polling
Page
Failure Error Data
Q R e f e r e n c e Ta b l e B y t e #
Char 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
Field Number
Error Number
Parameter
FMT-1/BCH-2
Following syntax is the response for a Job 4 request
Printed,total,FMT-1,BCH-2
25,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
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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
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C h i n e Fault s
Page
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ROM Sum Failure 24Diagnostics and Errors
RAM check failed on power up. Reset
Printer Description Display
ROM checksum test failed
Timer Failure
Timer test failed
Not enough RAM for system. Reset your
Low System RAM Setup options. Transmit your packets Again
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
C r e a s i n g T h r o u g h p u t
N e r a l F o r m a t T i p s a n d H i n t s
T h F o r m a t s
T h P a c k e t s
You can group fields with similar parameters. For example
T h B a r codes
T 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
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
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
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
Standard Font
Bold Font
2Fonts
CG Triumvirate Bold Font
These samples were printed using Code
CG Triumvirate Font 9pt
Fonts B-3
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
I n g 2 0 3 D P
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 3 0 0 D P
Width Mag Standard Reduced Bold
Fonts B-7
8Fonts
Fonts B-9
Tr i u m v i r a t e B o l d 9 p t 0 3 D P
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
I g h t M a g n i f i c a t i o n 2 0 3 D P
Fonts
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
Fonts 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 3 D P
Tr i u m v i r a t e 7 p t 0 0 D P
Fonts 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 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
Fonts 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
100
I n g F o n t N u m b e r s i n F o r m a t s
500
1000
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
I n g code 1 2 8 F u n c t i o n codes
Use Ansi when you want to use proportionally spaced fonts
T e r i n g E x t e n d e d C h a r a c t e r s
L e c t i n g t h e a N S I S y m b o l S e t
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
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
Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-21
B l a c k D o t s
F W h i t e 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
Feature 9403 9805 9820 9830 9835 9840 9850 9446
I n t e r C o m p a r i s o n
Printer Differences E-1
2Printer Differences
Feature 9403 9805 9820 9830 9835 9840 9850 9446
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
Default configuration packet settings are
A t u s P o l l i n g I n f o r m a t i o n
4Printer Differences
1,4,2 p Batch Header
Monarch p
N,1
Batch Packet
Non-volatile RAM
Monospaced Fonts
Option
6,1,3,1 p
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
