D P I B a r code D e n s i t i e s, Set | Monarch 9805, 9835, 9820

2 0 3 D P I B a r c o d e D e n s i t i e s

Bar code	Density	Density	Narrow	Narrow to	Data	Appearance	Char
Type	Selector	(% or cpi)	Element	Wide Ratio	Length	Codes	Set
			(dots/mils)			Available

UPCA +2/+5	2	76%	2/9.9	1.0:1	11 or 12	1, 5, 6, 7 or 8	0 to 9
Price CD	4	114%	3/14.8		14/17
UPCE	2	76%	2/9.9	1.0:1	6 or 7	1, 5, 6, 7 or 8	0 to 9
+2/+5	4	114%	3/14.8		9/12
EAN8	2	76%	2/9.9	1.0:1	7 or 8	1, 5, 6,7 or 8	0 to 9
+2/+5	4	114%	3/14.8		10/13
EAN13+2/+5	2	76%	2/9.9	1.0:1	12 or 13	1, 5, 6,7 or 8	0 to 9
Price CD	4	114%	3/14.8		15/18
Interleaved	1	1.1	21/103.4	1:3.0	0 to 2710	8	0 to 9
2 of 5	2	2.1	12/59.1	1:2.5
or I2of5	3	3.2	7/34.5	1:3.0
with Barrier
Bar	4	4.2	6/29.6	1:2.5
	5	5.6	4/19.7	1:3.0
	6	6.3	4/19.7	1:2.5
	7	7.5	3/14.8	1:3.0
	8	8.8	3/14.8	1:2.3
	9	9.6	3/14.8	1:2.0
	10	11.2	2/9.9	1:3.0
	11	11.0	2/9.9	1:3.0
	12	12.7	2/9.9	1:2.5
	13	14.5	2/9.9	1:2.0

(Code 39 or	1	1.4	10/49.3	1:2.5	0 to 2710	8	SPACE
MOD43	2	1.7	8/39.4	1:2.5			$%*+-./
(Extended	3	3.5	4/19.7	1:2.5			0 to 9
Code 39)	4	4.2	3/14.8	1:3.0			A to Z
	6	6.3	2/9.9	1:3.0
	7	7.0	2/9.9	1:2.5
	11	3.9	4/19.7	1:2.0
	12	12.7	1/4.9	1:3.0
	20	3.0	5/24.6	1:2.2
Codabar	2	2.1	8/39.4	1:3.0	0 to 26	8	$+-./
(NW7)	3	3.0	6/29.6	1:2.5			0 to 9
	4	4.6	4/19.7	1:2.5			a to d
	5	5.1	4/19.7	1:2.0
	7	8.4	2/9.9	1:3.0
	8	9.2	2/9.9	1:2.5
	9	10.1	2/9.9	1:2.0
Code 128 or	20	3.5/7.0	5/24.6	N/A	0 to 2710	8	00H to 7FH
Code 16 K	4	4.4/8.7	4/19.7
	6	5.8/11.7	3/14.8
	8	8.7/17.5	2/9.9

NOTE: The start (*) and stop (+) characters are automatically added for Code 39. Code 39, density 12, produces a one-dot narrow bar. This density is intended for special U.S.P.S. ACT-tag applications only. Synthetic supplies are recommended to produce scannable bar codes.

Defining Fields 3-13

Image 77

Monarch 9805, 9835, 9820, 9830 manual D P I B a r code D e n s i t i e s, Set, Dots/mils Available

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 constant text field Type the following format header, in any text editorType 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 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 Contrast,printadj,marginadjust 14Configuring the PrinterF 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 optionalStart 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 defaultFlowcontrol 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 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 DD or Command ParameterDCd 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 PrinterAction 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 tFont#,action,device p Device Storage device. Options Inter-Character Gap 34Configuring the PrinterCell Height Monospaced 0 or proportional SpacingType 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 PrinterA s h C o n s i d e r a t i o n s Header,format#,action,device p 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 Field#,# of char,fix/var,row,column F i n i n g Te x t F i e l d sGap,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 ReducedOCRA-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 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 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 sField#,# of char p 20 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 N e Ty p e s F i n i n g L i n e F i e l d s26Defining Fields Type,row,column,angle/end row,length 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 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 sS t r i c t i o n s 2Defining Field Options %$ 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 Src fld,src start,# to copy,dest R g i n g F i e l d sStart,copy code p Field Option Header 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 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 aPads data with an X on the left side of the field 30,L/R,character p 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,narrow,wide,gap,narspace T i o n 5 0 B a r code D e n s i t yWidespace p 50,4,8,4,4,8 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 I n g C h e c k D i g i t s Fldlength,D/P,weights pSelector,action,device,modulus Check Digit Header 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 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 sHex Method Run Length 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 Exceeds I n g t h e H e x M e t h o dInches 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 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 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 pRow,column,algorithm,data p B1. B Bitmap Field B3. column B2. rowB4. 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 s117,24,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 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 G3. row G5. modeG4. 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 rBatch control Batch data 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 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 sC r e m e n t i n g F i e l d s Sample Batch Data with Special Characters 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 Field Number Error NumberParameter FMT-1/BCH-2 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 Sum Failure 24Diagnostics and Errors RAM check failed on power up. ResetPrinter Description Display ROM checksum test failed Timer Failure Timer test failedNot 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 sT h F o r m a t s T h P a c k e 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 CG Triumvirate Bold Font These samples were printed using CodeCG 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 nI 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 nI g h t M a g n i f i c a t i o n 2 0 3 D P Fonts 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 100 I n g F o n t N u m b e r s i n F o r m a t s500 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 fontsT 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-21B 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 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 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 areA 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 pN,1 Batch Packet Non-volatile RAM Monospaced FontsOption 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