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 | Paxar 2

D e 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

Use the system setup packet (A) to select the power up mode, display language, print separators between batches, print a "slashed zero," and select the symbol set.

Syntax {I,A,powup_mode,language,sep_on,slash_zero, symbol_set p}

A1. A

System Setup Packet

A2. powup_mode Online Mode. Enter 0.

A3. language Display Language. Enter 0 (for English).

A4. sep_on Batch Separators. The printer does not print batch separators. Enter 0.

A5. slash_zero Slash Zero. Options:

0Print a standard zero (default)

1Print a zero with a slash through it

A6. symbol_set Symbol Set. Use 0 for the Internal Symbol Set. For font 50 or TrueType® fonts, use:

1ANSI

2Code Page 437 (Latin U.S.)

3 Code Page 850 (Latin 1)

4 Code Page 1250 (Latin 2)

5 Code Page 1251 (Cyrillic)

6 Code Page 1252 (Latin 1)

7 Code Page 1253 (Greek)

8 Code Page 1254 (Turkish)

9 Code Page 1255 (Hebrew)

10 Code Page 1256 (Arabic)

11 Code Page 1257 (Baltic)

12 Code Page 1258 (Vietnamese)

13 DOS Code Page 852 (Latin 2)

14 DOS Code Page 855 (Russian)

15 DOS Code Page 857 (IBM Turkish)

16 DOS Code Page 860 (MS-DOS Portuguese)

19 UNICODE

Note: The CG Triumvirate typefaces support only ANSI and DOS Code Page 437 and 850 Symbol Sets. The scalable font does not support Code Page 1256 (Arabic). The UNICODE code page is for downloaded UNICODE (double-byte) fonts. See Appendix C, "Symbol Sets/Code Pages," for more information.

Configuring the Printer 2-9

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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 constant 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 bar code field Type the following text field I n g R a M I n t e r M e m o r yType the following bar code data Type the following text field 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 L l i n g i n 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 sI n g 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 Use the following symbols when creating Mpclii packets Here are some guidelines to follow when using MpcliiI 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 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 Speedadj,phwidth p Contrast,printadj,marginadjustF 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 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 N d 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 sA b l 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 1,50,10 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 tAction,dispos,bkfddis 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 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 R,N,20 p M,T,N,60 p C,R p Clears Format #1 from volatile RAM Configuring the PrinterE a r i n g P a c k e t s f r o m M e m o r y 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 Format Header begins a format file F i n i n g t h e F o r m a t H e a d e rFormat#,action,device,measure,length Width,name p 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 8Defining Fields F i n i n g B a r code F i e l d sEach bar code field requires a separate definition 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 N e Ty p e s F i n i n g L i n e F i e l d sType,row,column,angle/end row,length End col,thickness,pattern p 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 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 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 Start,copy code p T i o n 4 C o p y D a t aSrc fld,src start,# to copy,dest B F i e l d s R g i n g F i e l d sField Data Field Type 203 Non-printable 339 Text 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 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 42,1 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 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 12Defining 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 Selector,action,device,modulus Fldlength,D/P,weights pI n g C h e c k D i g i t s 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 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 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 Temporary Storage Flash 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 eI n g Te m p o r a r y S t o r a g e 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 Pa 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 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 Mode,name p 12Creating GraphicsGraphID,action,device,units,row,col 39,56,H,3FFFFFF0 p E a t i n g B i t m a p F i e l d sRow,column,algorithm,data 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 F i n i n g t h e G r a p h i c F i e l d A c i n g t h e G r a p h i c i n a F o r m a t18Creating Graphics GraphID,row,col,mode,rotation p 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 header F i n i n g t h e B a t c h H e a d e rBatch control Batch data 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 T e r i n g B a t c h D a t a f o r Q R code Errorcor mask# datainput, char pM p l e Q R code 6Printing Mask# datainput char p Modeid code# #ofdiv parity, errorcorR u c t u r e d a p p e n d M o d e 8Printing Example Q u e n t i a l M e t h o d W n l o a d i n g M e t h o d sT 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 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 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 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 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 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 S e t t i n g P r i n t e r s Yo u R e c e i v e a n Error M e s s a g eA d i n g D i a g n o s t i c s L a b e l 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 Light J u s t i n g t h e P r i n t Q u a l i t yDark 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 T 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 tSample Batch Packet 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 N g Ta g E x a m p l eTa g E x a m p l e 8Samples B e l E x a m p l eC e i p t F o r m a t E x a m p l e 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 2Fonts Standard FontBold Font OCRA-like Font 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 Fonts B-7 Tr i u m v i r a t e  Ty p e f a c e B o l d 9 p tI g h t M a g n i f i c a t i o n 8Fonts Tr i u m v i r a t e  Ty p e f a c e 6 p tI g h t M a g i n f i c a t i o n 2 0 3 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 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 Internal 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 sDOS Code Pages 437 or 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 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 20Symbol Sets/Code PagesB 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 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 1,1,1 p Batch Header Monarch pN,1 Batch Packet Non-volatile RAM Monospaced FontsOption Packet 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