A r t i n g w i t h a D e s i g n | Monarch 9850, 9825, 9403

S t a r t i n g w i t h a D e s i g n

Before you create a format packet, you must design your label. There are several steps to designing a custom label:

1.Decide which fields should appear on your label. See "Determining Format Contents" for more information.

2.Determine your label size. Labels are available from Monarch in a wide variety of sizes. Your application and the amount of data you need to print determines the supply size. Contact your Account Manager or Technical Support for more information.

3.Draw a rough sketch of your label. You may want to draw several variations to see what works best. See "Drawing Rough Sketches" for more information.

4.Identify the field types that appear on your label. See "Considering Field Types" for more information.

5.Decide which fonts you want to use. See "Considering Fonts" for more information.

6.Fill out your Format Worksheet. See "Using the Format Worksheet" for more information.

At this point, you are ready to send your design to the printer. To do this:

7.Create a format packet, based on how you filled out your worksheet. See Chapter 3, "Defining Fields," for more information.

8.Download your format packet to the printer. See Chapter 6, "Printing," for more information.

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Contents

9403 9825 9850 Monarch Printers Trademarks Canadian D.O.C. Warning Getting Started TA B L E O F C O N T E N T SPage Iii Printing Status Polling Page Vii Viii O u t T h i s M a n u a l T T I N G S TA R T E D F o r e Yo u B e g i n 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 t2Getting Started Type the following bar code data Type the following constant text fieldType 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 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 s 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 N s i d e r i n g F o n t s 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 I n g t h e F o r m a t Wo r k s h e e tL l i n g i n t h e F o r m a t Wo r k s h e e t N F I G U R I N G T H E P R I N T E R 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 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 ‘comment‘ I n g M P C L I I C o n v e n t i o n sC L I I P u n c t u a t i o n A n d a r d S y n t a x G u i d e l i n e sPage N f i g u r a t i o n P a c k e t H e a d e r I n g O n l i n e C o n f i g u r a t i o n Pa c k e t s 6Configuring the Printer Header,ID#,action,device pHeader Constant ID# ID. Use Units Optional parameter. Options English Metric Dots Action Add configurationA,N,E p 25,0,0,0 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 A1. a System Setup Packet 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 Pa c k e t Example I,A,0,0,1,1,0 p 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 Pa c k e tB3. ribbonon Speedadj,phwidth p 12Configuring 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 D1. D Monetary Formatting Packet 1,1,2 p ANSIcd,string1,string2 p ?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 Syntax I,F,baud,wordlength,stopbits,parity, flowcontrol p DTR default F i n i n g t h e B a c k f e e d C o n t r o l Pa c k e tF6. flowcontrol Flow Control. Options None 2 p Action,dispos,bkfddis pPage M1. M Memory Configuration Packet M2. buffer Buffer type Buffer,device,buffersize pTo reallocate in K Enter this amount 22Configuring the Printer M3. device Storage typeBuffer Type 9403 9825 9850 9403 9825 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 24Configuring 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 sMake copies of this page to use as a buffer worksheet Page 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 sN d i n g I m m e d i a t e C o m m a n d s FF1 Command ParameterDD or DCd E a r i n g P a c k e t s f r o m M e m o r y Font#,action,device p I n g t h e F o n t Pa c k e tClears Format #1 from volatile RAM C,R p W4. device W3. action Action. Options Cell Height Printer returns the following to the host Cell Width SpacingType Baseline I n g t h e F l a s h U p l o a d Pa c k e t H pAction Enter H to upload flash information A s h C o n s i d e r a t i o n s 36Configuring the Printer H,Z 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 nSelects all formats in memory and returns the following Header,format#,action,device p Selects format1 and returns the following to the host F I N I N G F I E L D S Width,name p 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 Format#,action,device,measure,length T1. T T2. field# T3. # of char T4. fix/var T5. row F i n i n g Te x t F i e l d s 4Defining Fields Line field Line field not Blocked out by T12. alignment 6Defining Fields Example T,2,10,V,250,50,0,1,1,1,B,C,0,0,0 p 8Defining Fields Internal symbol set is usedF i n i n g B a r code F i e l d s Each bar code field requires a separate definition Bar Code Number of Characters Fixed or Variable Left/Center/Right-Justified Fields Balanced Fields Printer Unit of Measure Row or Column or End Row End Column 10Defining Fields Postnet B7. font Bar code. Options Dots/mils Available 3 D P I B a r code D e n s i t i e s12Defining Fields Set Data Appearance Char Set Bar code Density Narrow Narrow to Data Appearance Char SetSelector Or cpi Element Wide Ratio Bar code Density Element Row Height Row x Col Selector Length Code 14Defining FieldsNum Alphanum Bar Code Size Density Max. Data App 0 D P I B a r code D e n s i t i e s Row Height Aspect Data Appearance Char Set 16Defining FieldsSelector Or cpi Element Wide Ratio Length Bar code Density Num Alphanum 18Defining 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 15 pt. CG Triumvirate C1. CC2. row 11 pt. CG Triumvirate C8. color 22Defining FieldsC6. hgt mag C7. wid mag Defining Fields Example C,30,10,0,1,1,1,B,L,0,0,MADE in USA,0 p End col,thickness,pattern p F i n i n g L i n e F i e l d sN e Ty p e s Type,row,column,angle/end row,length L5. angle/ If Using Segments end row L6. length/ If Using Segments end col26Defining Fields F i n i n g B o x F i e l d s 28Defining Fields Q1. QQ2. row Example Q,240,30,270,150,3, p 30Defining Fields 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 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 pR1. R Option Header Code,chars p T i o n 3 D a t a E n t r y Te m p l a t e s Start,copy code p T i o n 4 C o p y D a t a6Defining Field Options Src fld,src start,# to copy,dest R7. copy code Copy Method R g i n g F i e l d s203 Non-printable 339 Text 2033398BLUE Bar Code Defining Field Options 8Defining Field Options 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 sB F i e l d s Allows 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 sT i o n 3 0 P a d d i n g D a t a 20,prompt p 10Defining Field Options T i o n 3 1 C a l c u l a t e C h e c k D i g i tM 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 T i o n 4 2 P r i c e F i e l d 42,appearance code p42,1 p Widespace p T i o n 5 0 B a r code D e n s i t y12Defining Field Options 50,narrow,wide,gap,narspace 51,security,stand/default p 51,2,S pIndicates 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 h14Defining 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 M o f P r o d u c t s C a l c u l a t i o n 1,2,3,418Defining 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 20Defining Field Options + 0 + 2 + 6 + 6 + 1 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 3 + 6 = E AT 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 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 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 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 MI 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 Pa 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 eT 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 tG1. G Graphic Header 99,A,R,G,0,0,0,99Wire p G5. unitsG6. row B4. algorithm E a t i n g B i t m a p F i e l d sB2. row B3. column 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 M p l e H e x G r a p h i c P a c k e t 20Creating Graphics 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 Creating 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 22Creating Graphics G4. column G5. modeM p l e C o m p l i a n c e L a b e l G3. row 24Creating Graphics M p l e B i t m a p G r a p h i c I m a g e 26Creating Graphics 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 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 4PrintingE1. 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 N,1 p Decimal Character What Prints R g e d o r S u b F i e l d sC r e m e n t i n g F i e l d s Sample Batch Data with Special Characters Print Printhead Minimum Bar Code Narrow Print Printing Printhead Knife Peel Mode Speed DensityW 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 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 TAT 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 eIndicates 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 FMT-1/BCH-2 Error NumberField Number Parameter Following syntax is the response for a Job 4 request Printed,total,FMT-1,BCH-225,FMT-3,Bch-2 Number Meaning 14Status Polling Status Polling 16Status Polling A G N O S T I C S a N D Error S User Diag I n t i n g a Te s t L a b e l Yo u R e c e i v e a n Error M e s s a g e Installed Options DescriptionA d i n g a Te s t L a b e l 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 Page T a F o r m a t t i n g F a i l u r e s Page C h i n e Fault s ENTER/PAUSE Page Space Page Printer Description Display 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 Spec 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 You can group fields with similar parameters. For example T h B a r codesT 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 Samples A-7 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 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 Q u i c k R e s p o n s e P a c k e t s Errorcor mask# datainput, char T e r i n g B a t c h D a t a f o r Q R codeHM,N0123456789012345 p 10Samples Modeid code# #ofdiv parity, errorcorCode P a c k e t R u c t u r e d a p p e n d M o d e R u c t u r e d a p p e n d Q R code P a c k e t Samples A-11Example 1,D0205E9,Q0A, p B006qrcode, p 12Samples M p l e C o m p l i a n c e P a c k e t Samples A-13 14Samples Samples A-15 M p l e F o r m a t P a c k e t 16Samples 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 18Samples Fonts B-1 N T S 2Fonts These samples were printed using the Internal Symbol setStandard Font Bold 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 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 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 3 D P Tr i u m v i r a t e 7 p t 0 0 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 9 p t 0 0 D P Tr i u m v i r a t e 1 1 p t 0 3 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 48pt Sample W n l o a d i n g Tr u e Ty p e F o n t s 9 8 2 5 / 9 8 5 U b l e B y t e B i t m a p F o n t s I n g a s i a n D o u b l e B y t e Tr u e Ty p e F o n t s Character Mapping Code Batch Data U b l e B y t e Tr u e Ty p e F o n t sA r a c t e r M a p p i n g O v e r v i e w 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 Font Number Pages 437 or 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 sInternal DOS Code T e r i n g E x t e n d e d C h a r a c t e r s I n g code 1 2 8 F u n c t i o n codes 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 9403 printer does not support backfeed 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 Printer I n t e r C o m p a r i s o nPrinter Differences E-1 2Printer Differences Feature Printer 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 Yrillic characters Online configuration w orksheet D Data type restrictions Fixed data IM D On a grid List of options Sym bol selection 2 Restrictions w ith check digits Increm enting/decrem enting field option Description of 4 Odifying character w idth