C1. C, C2. row, 11 pt. CG Triumvirate | Monarch 9825, 9850, 9403

Syntax	C,row,column,gap,font,hgt mag,
	wid mag,color,alignment,char rot,
	field rot,"fixed char",sym set p
C1. C	Constant Text Field.
C2. row	For monospaced fonts, distance from bottom of print area to
	the pivot point. For proportionally spaced fonts, distance from
	bottom of print area to baseline of characters in the field.
	(Bottom exits the printer first.)

	Printer	Unit of Measure	Row or		Column or
			End Row		End Column
		English (1/100 inch)	0-599		0-199
	9403	Metric (1/10 mm)	0-1523		0-507
		203 dpi Dots	0-1217		0-405
	9825/	English (1/100 inch)	0-1599		0-399
	9825/	Metric (1/10 mm)	0-4063		0-1015
	9850	Metric (1/10 mm)	0-4063		0-1015
	9850	203 dpi Dots	0-3247		0-811
		203 dpi Dots	0-3247		0-811
		English (1/100 inch)	0-1199		0-399
	9850	Metric (1/10 mm)	0-3047		0-1015
		300 dpi Dots	0-3599		0-1199

C3. column	Distance from the lower left edge of the print area to the pivot
	point. Use the previous table for values.
C4. gap	Number of dots between characters. Range: 0-99dots.
	Any number other than 0 or the default number affects your
	field width. Default spacing:
	Standard		3 dots
	Reduced		1 dot
	Bold		3 dots
	OCRA-like		3 dots
	CG Triumvirate Bold varies with each letter
	CG Triumvirate		varies with each letter
C5. font	Style of font. Options:
	1	Standard	10	CG Triumvirate Bold
	2	Reduced	11	CG Triumvirate
	3	Bold	15	7 pt. CG Triumvirate
	4	OCRA-like	16	9 pt. CG Triumvirate
	5	HR1	17	11 pt. CG Triumvirate
	6	HR2	18	15 pt. CG Triumvirate
			50	EFF Swiss Bold (TrueType Scalable)

Defining Fields 3-21

Image 79

Monarch 9825, 9850, 9403 manual C1. C, C2. row, 11 pt. CG Triumvirate, 15 pt. CG Triumvirate

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 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 n2Getting 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 I n g t h e F o r m a t Wo r k s h e e t T e r c h a n g i n g P a c k e t sL 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 Header,ID#,action,device p 6Configuring the PrinterHeader 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 K i n g P r i n t a d j u s t m e n t s A1. a System Setup PacketF 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 F i n i n g t h e S u p p l y S e t u p Pa c k e t B1. B Supply Setup PacketB3. 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 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 t DTR defaultF6. flowcontrol Flow Control. Options None 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 22Configuring the PrinterBuffer 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 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 Page A b l i n g I m m e d i a t e C o m m a n d s 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 H p I n g t h e F l a s h U p l o a d Pa c k e tAction 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 L6. length/ If Using Segments end col L5. angle/ If Using Segments end row26Defining Fields F i n i n g B o x F i e l d s Q1. Q 28Defining FieldsQ2. 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 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 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 42,appearance code p T i o n 4 2 P r i c e F i e l d42,1 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 51,2,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 p14Defining 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 n18Defining 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 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 Pa 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 99,A,R,G,0,0,0,99Wire pG6. 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 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 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 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 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 Installed Options Description Yo u R e c e i v e a n Error M e s s a g eA 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 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 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 T e r i n g B a t c h D a t a f o r Q R code Errorcor mask# datainput, charHM,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 Samples A-11 R u c t u r e d a p p e n d Q R code P a c k e tExample 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 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 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 I n t e r C o m p a r i s o n Feature PrinterPrinter 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