Linecount x 50/1024, 24Configuring the Printer | Paxar guide

Format Buffer	Used to store formats, batch data, and
	graphics. Use the following formula to
	calculate the required format buffer size:
	Linecount x 50/1024
	Linecount is the number of lines in your
	format packet including the format header
	and all the options.
	The result of the above calculation is in
	kilobytes.
Downloadable	Used to store downloaded soft TrueType
Fonts Buffer	fonts. To determine the size of your
	downloadable fonts, send a font packet. The
	file size, in bytes, is the minimum amount
	needed in this buffer. See "Using the Font
	Packet" for more information.
Scalable (Vector)	Used to image the scalable or downloaded
Fonts Buffer	TrueType font characters. Increasing this
	buffer size allows more characters to be
	saved in cache memory, so the characters do
	not have to be re-built the next time they are
	printed. Use 0 if you are not using
	scalable/TrueType fonts. This buffer must be
	allocated as volatile (R) RAM.
	The printer does not print the fonts if there is
	not enough memory in this buffer to image
	them.

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Paxar manual Linecount x 50/1024, 24Configuring the Printer

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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Start,copy code p T i o n 4 C o p y D a t aSrc fld,src start,# to copy,dest 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 42,1 p T i o n 4 2 P r i c e F i e l d42,appearance code 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 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/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 Selector,action,device,modulus Fldlength,D/P,weights pI n g C h e c k D i g i t s 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 2Samples M p l e U P C a F o r m a t P a c k e tSample Batch Packet 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 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 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 2Fonts Standard FontBold Font OCRA-like Font 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 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 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