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 | Paxar 2

C r 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

A format defines which fields appear and where the fields are printed on the label. The printer requires this information in a special form. This section describes how to create a sample MPCLII format packet.

Make sure supplies are loaded, you have a fully charged battery, the printer is connected to a host and ready to receive data, and you have software in the printer. Refer your Operator’s Handbook for more information.

1.Type the following format header, in any text editor:

{F,25,A,R,E,200,200,"FMT-25" p

2.Type the following constant text field:

C,140,40,0,1,2,1,W,C,0,0,"SAMPLE FORMAT",1 p

3.Type the following bar code field:

B,1,12,F,85,40,1,2,40,5,L,0 p

4.Type the following text field:

T,2,18,V,50,50,1,3,1,1,B,L,0,0,1 p }

For detailed information about the format header, text, constant text, and bar code fields, see Chapter 3, "Defining Fields." For information about batch packets, see Chapter 6, "Printing."

1-2Getting Started

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Paxar 2 manual 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, Type the following constant text field

Contents

Programmer ’s Manual Canadian D.O.C. Warning TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S Getting StartedPage Table of Contents Iv Table of Contents Printing Modifying Formats -10 Optional Entry Method Vi Table of Contents Page Page O u t T h i s M a n u a l A n d a r d F e a t u r e s 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 Type the following constant text fieldType the following bar code field Type the following text field I n t e r M e m o r y I n g R a MType the following bar code data Type the following text field data A r t i n g w i t h a D e s i g n I n g F l a s h M e m o r y 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 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 i e l d Ty p e s Field Type Description Examples N s i d e r i n g F o n 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 10Getting Started N F I G U R I N G T H E P R I N T E R Mode COM19600,N,8,1 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 Here are some guidelines to follow when using Mpclii Use the following symbols when creating Mpclii packetsI n g M P C L I I C o n v e n t i o n s C 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 s 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 Syntax Syntax Example K i n g P r i n t a d j u s t m e n t s 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 Syntax I,A,powupmode,language,sepon,slashzero, symbolset p F i n i n g t h e S y s t e m S e t u p Pa c k e t 10Configuring the Printer 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 Example I,B,0,0,1,10 p Contrast,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 tSpeedadj,phwidth p Cursym,secondary,decimals p 14Configuring the Printer ANSIcd,string1,string2 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 ?E?~123~044~034~124~125~126~094 p 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 DD or Example I,F,3,1,0,0,1 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 Action,dispos,bkfddis p1,50,10 p Page Buffer,device,buffersize p 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 10K x Length 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 R,N,20 p M,T,N,60 p Clears Format #1 from volatile RAM Configuring the Printer E a r i n g P a c k e t s f r o m M e m o r yC,R p 28Configuring the Printer I n g t h e F o n t Pa c k e t 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 n Selects all formats in memory and returns the following Selects format1 and returns the following to the host 32Configuring 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 fileFormat#,action,device,measure,length Width,name p F i n i n g Te x t F i e l d s T5. row 4Defining Fields Varies with each letter Line field Line field not Blocked out by 6Defining Fields T12. alignment Options Example T,2,10,V,250,80,0,1,1,1,B,C,0,0,0 p F i n i n g B a r code F i e l d s Each bar code field requires a separate definition8Defining Fields B4. fix/var Left/Center/Right-Justified Fields Balanced Fields 10Defining Fields Upca 12Defining Fields Dots/mils Available Bar code Density Narrow Narrow to Data Appearance Char Set Example B,3,12,V,150,70,1,2,80,7,L,0 p F i n i n g C o n s t a n t Te x t F i e l d s 383 16Defining Fields Defining Fields 18Defining Fields F i n i n g L i n e F i e l d s N e Ty p e sType,row,column,angle/end row,length End col,thickness,pattern p L5. angle If Using Segments 20Defining Fields F i n i n g B o x F i e l d s 22Defining Fields Example Q,240,80,270,130,3, p 24Defining Fields F 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 M b i n 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 T i o n 1 F i x e d D a t a Fixed char 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 T i o n 4 C o p y D a t a Src fld,src start,# to copy,destStart,copy code p R g i n g F i e l d s B F i e l d sField Data Field Type 203 Non-printable 339 Text T i o n 3 0 P a d d i n g D a t a M p l e U s e f o r P a d d i n gPads 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 T i o n 4 2 P r i c e F i e l d 42,appearance code p42,1 p T i o n 5 0 B a r code D e n s i t y 50,narrow,wide,gap,narspaceWidespace p 50,4,8,4,4,8 p T i o n 5 1 P D F 4 1 7 S e c u r i t y / Tr u n c a t i o n 51,security,stand/def p 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 h12Defining Field Options 60,I/D,amount,l pos,r pos p 60,I,5,1,6 p T i o n 6 1 R e i m a g e F i e l d Fldlength,D/P,weights p I n g C h e c k D i g i t sSelector,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 16Defining Field Options M o f D i g i t s C a l c u l a t i o n 20 + 2 + 6 + 6 + 16 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 36 = Field Weight string Products 18Defining Field Options E AT I N G G R a P H I C S E r v i e w o f B i t m a p p e d I m a g e s T e r m i n i n g a M e t h o dHex Method Run Length 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 I n g t h e H e x M e t h o d 4Creating GraphicsPage 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 6Creating Graphics On Z On K, 26 off z, 9 on 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 Temporary Storage Flash 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 t 12Creating Graphics GraphID,action,device,units,row,colMode,name p E a t i n g B i t m a p F i e l d s Row,column,algorithm,data p39,56,H,3FFFFFF0 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,algorithm,data p E a t i n g D u p l i c a t e F i e l d s Adjdir,adjamt,count p M p l e H e x G r a p h i c P a c k e t 16Creating 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 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 d18Creating Graphics GraphID,row,col,mode,rotation p 57,0,0,0,0 p M p l e B i t m a p G r a p h i c I m a g e 20Creating Graphics I N T I N G F i n i n g t h e B a t c h H e a d e r Batch headerBatch 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 Syntax E,feedmode,batchsep,printmult, multipart 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 C r e m e n t i n g F i e l d s Errorcor mask# datainput, char p T e r i n g B a t c h D a t a f o r Q R codeM p l e Q R code 6Printing Modeid code# #ofdiv parity, errorcor R u c t u r e d a p p e n d M o d eMask# datainput char p Example 8Printing 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 dT c h 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 D i f y i n g F o r m a t s T i o n a l E n t r y M e t h o d 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 Q 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 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 B R e q u e s t Syntax J,# B R e s p o n s e Status1,Status2,FMT-1,BCH-2 Status2 Packet Type Error Number Field NumberParameter FMT-1/BCH-2 Following syntax is the response for a Job 4 request Printed,total,FMT-1,BCH-225,FMT-3,Bch-2 Number Meaning 14Status Polling Troubleshooting See the System Administrator’s Guide to I n t i n g D i a g n o s t i c s L a b e l s Yo u R e c e i v e a n Error M e s s a g e A d i n g D i a g n o s t i c s L a b e l sS 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 T a Error s 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 R m a t Error s Error Description CodePage T c h Error s T i o n Error s L i n e C o n f i g u r a t i o n Error s Page Page E c k D i g i t Error s A p h i c Error s M m u n i c a t i o n Error s T a F o r m a t t i n g F a i l u r e s C h i n e Fault s Page A s h M e m o r y Error s R d P r i n t e r F a i l u r e Error s 20Troubleshooting I N T E R O P T I M I Z AT I O N J u s t i n g t h e P r i n t Q u a l i t y DarkLight D u c i n g I m a g i n g T i m e 4Printer Optimization N e r a l F o r m a t T i p s a n d H i n t s C r e a s i n g T h r o u g h p u tT h F o r m a t s T h P a c k e t s T h B a r codes T h F i e l d s M P L E SA M p l e U P C a F o r m a t P a c k e t Sample Batch Packet2Samples Mode Description M p l e M a x i code P a c k e t s D e 0 O b s o l e t e S a m p l e 4Samples D e 2 S a m p l e Samples A-5 D e 3 S a m p l e 6Samples N g Ta g E x a m p l e Ta g E x a m p l eSamples A-7 B e l E x a m p l e C e i p t F o r m a t E x a m p l e8Samples B e l S a m p l e Samples A-9 10Samples N T S T m a p F o n t I n f o r m a t i o n Standard Font Bold Font OCRA-like Font2Fonts CG Triumviratetm Typeface Bold CG Triumviratetm Typeface Fonts B-3 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 Width Mag Standard Reduced Bold Fonts B-5 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 Tr i u m v i r a t e  Ty p e f a c e B o l d 9 p t I g h t M a g n i f i c a t i o nFonts B-7 Tr i u m v i r a t e  Ty p e f a c e 6 p t I g h t M a g i n f i c a t i o n 2 0 3 D P8Fonts 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 R m a t C o n s i d e r a t i o n s W n l o a d i n g F o n t s Fonts I n g U N I code D o u b l e B y t e Tr u e Ty p e F o n t s A r a c t e r M a p p i n g O v e r v i e w C e n s i n g Yo u r F o n t s I n g F o n t N u m b e r s i n F o r m a t s Font Number 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 InternalDOS Code Pages 437 or I n g code 1 2 8 F u n c t i o n codes T e r i n g E x t e n d e d C h a r a c t e r s Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-3 T e r n a l S y m b o l S e t 4Symbol Sets/Code Pages 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 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 tB l a c k D o t s F W h i t e D o t s R M AT D E S I G N T O O L S 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 2Format Design Tools T c h Wo r k s h e e t Format Design Tools D-3 E c k D i g i t Wo r k s h e e t 4Format Design Tools A g Id t h Format Design Tools D-5 396 A g Id t h 6Format Design Tools Supply Layout Dots 8Format Design Tools R M R K S R M Monarch p 1,1,1 p Batch HeaderN,1 Batch Packet Monospaced Fonts Non-volatile RAMOption Packet D E Index Check digit schem es Configuration packets Backfeed control packet G List of hard printer failure errors Fields Bar code rotation Using zero batch headers 9 Layout Im aging tim e Axicode Data stream Check digit schem e Printing Im ages Im ages in R a M Sum of digits calculation Supply type/position selection Ord length selection