‘comment‘ Grave accents enclose comments. Any data
enclosed in grave accents is ignored. Do not
embed comments within a quoted string.
ENQ and immediate commands are always
processed, even if they are included within
grave accents Grave accents are also used
to reject mainframe data.
These MPCL characters are the default. See "Defining the
Control Characters Packet" to change these characters.
Standard Syntax Guidelines
When creating MPCLII packets:
NBegin each packet with a start of header ({).
NEnd each packet with an end of header (}).
NDefine no more than 1000 fields (100 fields for 9403/9805) in
a format. Each p indicates one field. However, options are
not counted as fields. The actual number of fields a format
can have may be less, because the number of fields is limited
by the available memory.
NThe field number 0 to 999 (99 for the 9403/9805) must be
unique. Monarch recommends starting at 1, instead of 0.
NDo not use a field number more than once per format.
NDefine all fields in the order you want to image/print them.
The printer does not print in field number order.
NSeparate all parameters with a Parameter Separator (,).
NEnd each field with a Field Separator ( p ).
NEnter all information in CAPITAL letters, except words or
phrases within quotation marks.
NInclude all parameters for a field unless documented as
optional.
NDefine non-printable text fields before the field to which they
apply.
Configuring the Printer 2-5