C e n s i n g Yo u r F o n t s | Paxar 2 specification

L i c e n s i n g Yo u r F o n t s

Monarch provides the Soft Font Utility to help you create and download international code pages/characters. However, it is your responsibility to license the fonts you purchase and download to your Monarch® printer. Contact your font supplier for licensing information.

U s i n g F o n t N u m b e r s i n F o r m a t s

Use the following font numbers in your format when designating new fonts.

1 - 49	Resident fonts (bitmapped only)
50 - 99	Resident fonts (scalable only)
100 - 499	Customer-generated RAM fonts (bitmapped)
500 - 999	Monarch’s optional ROM fonts (bitmapped
	and scalable)
1000 - 8999	Monarch’s optional RAM fonts (bitmapped)
9000 - 9999	Monarch’s optional RAM fonts (scalable only)

If you use a font number that is not a

standard font for your printer, make sure the

font has been installed in the printer.

Fonts B-13

Image 187

Paxar 2 manual 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

Contents

Programmer ’s Manual Canadian D.O.C. Warning Getting Started TA B L E O F C O N T E N T SPage Table of Contents Printing Iv Table of Contents Modifying Formats -10 Optional Entry Method Vi Table of Contents Page Page A n d a r d F e a t u r e s O u t T h i s M a n u a l Type the following text field 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 tType the following constant text field Type the following bar code field Type the following text field data I n t e r M e m o r yI n g R a M Type the following bar code data I n g F l a s h M e m o r y 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 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 sL 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 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 Mode COM19600,N,8,1 C L I I P u n c t u a t i o n Here are some guidelines to follow when using MpcliiUse the following symbols when creating Mpclii packets I n g M P C L I I C o n v e n t i o n s 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 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 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 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 Pa c k e t 10Configuring the Printer Example I,B,0,0,1,10 p 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 Contrast,printadj,marginadjustSpeedadj,phwidth p Cursym,secondary,decimals p ANSIcd,string1,string2 p 14Configuring the Printer ?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 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 DD or Example I,F,3,1,0,0,1 p Action,dispos,bkfddis 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 t1,50,10 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 10K x Length O u t M e m o r y B u f f e r s Linecount x 50/1024 24Configuring the Printer 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 R,N,20 p M,T,N,60 p E a r i n g P a c k e t s f r o m M e m o r y Clears Format #1 from volatile RAM Configuring the PrinterC,R p I n g t h e F o n t Pa c k e t 28Configuring 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 n Selects format1 and returns the following to the host Selects all formats in memory and returns the following 32Configuring the Printer 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 T5. row F i n i n g Te x t F i e l d s Varies with each letter 4Defining Fields Line field Line field not Blocked out by T12. alignment Options 6Defining Fields Example T,2,10,V,250,80,0,1,1,1,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 s8Defining Fields B4. fix/var 10Defining Fields Left/Center/Right-Justified Fields Balanced Fields Upca Dots/mils Available 12Defining Fields Bar code Density Narrow Narrow to Data Appearance Char Set Example B,3,12,V,150,70,1,2,80,7,L,0 p 383 F i n i n g C o n s t a n t Te x t F i e l d s 16Defining Fields Defining Fields 18Defining Fields 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 20Defining Fields L5. angle If Using Segments 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 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 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 s Src fld,src start,# to copy,dest T i o n 4 C o p y D a t aStart,copy code p 203 Non-printable 339 Text R g i n g F i e l d sB F i e l d s Field Data Field Type 30,L/R,character p T i o n 3 0 P a d d i n g D a t aM 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 31,gen/ver,check digit # 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 42,appearance code p T i o n 4 2 P r i c e F i e l d42,1 p 50,4,8,4,4,8 p T i o n 5 0 B a r code D e n s i t y50,narrow,wide,gap,narspace Widespace p 51,security,stand/def 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 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 p12Defining 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 I n g C h e c k D i g i t s Fldlength,D/P,weights pSelector,action,device,modulus 16Defining Field Options M o f P r o d u c t s C a l c u l a t i o n 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 18Defining Field Options Field Weight string Products E AT I N G G R a P H I C 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 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 B i t m a p p e d I m a g e s 4Creating Graphics I n g t h e H e x M e t h o dPage 6Creating Graphics 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 On Z On K, 26 off z, 9 on I n g Te m p o r a r y S t o r a g e 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 Temporary Storage Flash 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 r GraphID,action,device,units,row,col 12Creating GraphicsMode,name p Row,column,algorithm,data p E a t i n g B i t m a p F i e l d s39,56,H,3FFFFFF0 p 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 s 16Creating 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 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 18Creating Graphics 57,0,0,0,0 p 20Creating 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 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 Syntax E,feedmode,batchsep,printmult, multipart p 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 F i n i n g B a t c h D a t a F i e l d s C r e m e n t i n g F i e l d s R g e d o r S u b F i e l d s 6Printing Errorcor mask# datainput, char pT e r i n g B a t c h D a t a f o r Q R code M p l e Q R code R u c t u r e d a p p e n d M o d e Modeid code# #ofdiv parity, errorcorMask# datainput char p 8Printing Example T c h Q u a n t i t y Z e r o M e t h o d 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 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 # 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 Syntax J,# 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 Troubleshooting I n t i n g D i a g n o s t i c s L a b e l s See the System Administrator’s Guide to A d 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 eS 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 Error Description Code R m a t Error sPage 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 A p h i c Error s E c k D i g i t 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 Dark J u s t i n g t h e P r i n t Q u a l i t yLight 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 F i e l d s T h B a r codes M P L E SA Sample Batch Packet M p l e U P C a F o r m a t P a c k e t2Samples 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 Ta g E x a m p l e N g Ta g E x a m p l eSamples A-7 C e i p t F o r m a t E x a m p l e B e l E x a m p l e8Samples Samples A-9 B e l S a m p l e 10Samples T m a p F o n t I n f o r m a t i o n N T S Bold Font OCRA-like Font Standard Font2Fonts Fonts B-3 CG Triumviratetm Typeface Bold CG Triumviratetm Typeface 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 n 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 I g h 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 tFonts B-7 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  Ty p e f a c e 6 p t8Fonts 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 Fonts W n l o a d i n g F o n t s 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 I n g F o n t N u m b e r s i n F o r m a t s C e n s i n g Yo u r F o n t s 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 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 6Symbol Sets/Code Pages 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 Char Hex Decimal Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-13 14Symbol Sets/Code Pages Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-15 N a r y t o H e x C o n v e r s i o n C h a r t 16Symbol Sets/Code Pages Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-17 18Symbol Sets/Code Pages Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-19 F W h i t e D o t s 20Symbol Sets/Code PagesT 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 R M AT D E S I G N T O O L S 2Format Design Tools 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 Format Design Tools D-3 T c h Wo r k s h e e t 4Format Design Tools E c k D i g i t Wo r k s h e e t A g Id t h Format Design Tools D-5 A g Id t h 6Format Design Tools 396 Supply Layout Dots 8Format Design Tools R M R K S R M Batch Packet Monarch p1,1,1 p Batch Header N,1 Packet Monospaced FontsNon-volatile RAM Option Index D E 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