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This chapter provides information on how to

map out the graphic image using the hexadecimal (hex) or run length method.

create a graphic packet using a graphic header, bitmap, duplicate, next-bitmap, text, constant text, line, and box Fields.

place a graphic image into a format.

You can use graphic packets to create compliance labels or bitmapped images. To include a graphic packet within your format, your format must contain a graphic field. See "Placing the Graphic in a Format," for more information.

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9403 9825 9850 9855 9860 Paxar PrintersTrademarks Canadian D.O.C. WarningGetting Started B L E O F C O N T E N T SPage Page Printing Iv Table of ContentsStatus Polling Page Page Page O u t T h i s M a n u a l T T I N G S T a R T E D2Getting Started F o r e Yo u B e g i nE 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 bar code field Type the following constant text fieldType the following text field Type the following bar code dataSample Batch Packet I l y S t a r t u p P r o c e d u r e sA 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 sA 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 sT e r c h a n g i n g P a c k e t s 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 L l i n g i n t h e F o r m a t Wo r k s h e e tN 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 sC L I I P u n c t u a t i o n I n g M P C L I I C o n v e n t i o n sA n d a r d S y n t a x G u i d e l i n e s ‘comment‘Page 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 P a c k e t sHeader Constant ID# ID. Use 6Configuring the PrinterHeader,ID#,action,device p 25,0,0,0 p A,N,E pN 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 F i n i n g t h e S y s t e m S e t u p P a c k e t A1. a System Setup PacketK i n g P r i n t a d j u s t m e n t s Ansi 10Configuring the PrinterSupplyposn,cutposn,skipindex p F i n i n g t h e S u p p l y S e t u p P a c k e tSupplytype,ribbonon,feedmode Example I ,B,0,0,1,10,50,1 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 Printer1,1,2 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 sSyntax I ,F,baud,wordlength,stopbits,parity, flowcontrol p DTR defaultF i n i n g t h e B a c k f e e d C o n t r o l P a c k e t 2 p Action,dispos,bkfddis pPage M1. M Memory Configuration Packet M2. buffer Buffer type 22Configuring the PrinterBuffer,device,buffersize p To reallocate in K Enter this amountBuffer Type 9403 9825 9850 9855/9860 M3. device Storage type9403 9825 9850 9855/9860 E c k i n g C u r r e n t B u f f e r S i z e s1147.8 = O u t M e m o r y B u f f e r sLinecount 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 Page 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 30Configuring the Printer SCd SD orSFa SFbClears Format #1 from volatile RAM E a r i n g P a c k e t s f r o m M e m o r yI n g t h e F o n t P a c k e t Font#,action,device p M,R pPrinter returns the following to the host 34Configuring the PrinterType SpacingBaseline Cell WidthI n g t h e F l a s h U p l o a d P a c k e t F,E,200,200,FMT1 p 5,A,F,E,400,200,FMT5 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 38Configuring the PrinterA s h C o n s i d e r a t i o n s Header,format#,action,device pH,Z p Selects all formats in memory and returns the followingSelects format1 and returns the following to the host Verifier Configuration 40Configuring the PrinterFormat#,action,device,name p Vfrcomds pM p l e Ve r i f i e r C o n f i g u r a t i o n P a c k e t 42Configuring the Printer F I N I N G F I E L D S 2Defining Fields 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 Field#,# of char,fix/var,row,column F i n i n g Te x t F i e l d sGap,font,hgt mag,wid mag,color,alignment Char rot,field rot,sym set p4Defining Fields Line field Line field not Blocked out by T12. alignment 6Defining FieldsExample T,2,10,V,250,50,0,1,1,1,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 Bar Code Number of Characters Fixed or Variable Left/Center/Right-Justified Fields Balanced FieldsPrinter Unit of Measure Row or Column or End Row End Column 10Defining FieldsPostnet B7. font Bar code. Options12Defining Fields 3 D P I B a r code D e n s i t i e sSet Dots/mils AvailableSelector Or cpi Element Wide Ratio Bar code Density Narrow Narrow to Data Appearance Char SetBar code Density Element Row Height Data Appearance Char SetNum Alphanum 14Defining Fields0 D P I B a r code D e n s i t i e s Selector Width Dots/mils Ratio 16Defining FieldsNum 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 Field Data Field Type F i n i n g C o n s t a n t Te x t F i e l d sField#,# of char p 20 p18 15 pt. CG Triumvirate Field width. Default spacing StandardC6. hgt mag 22Defining FieldsC7. wid mag C8. colorDefining Fields 24Defining 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 p26Defining Fields L5. angle/ If Using Segments end rowL6. length/ If Using Segments end col F i n i n g B o x F i e l d s Q1. Q 28Defining FieldsQ2. row Printer Unit of Measure Row orExample 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 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%$ p T i o n 1 F i x e d D a t aFixed char p R1. R Option Header T i o n 2 D a t a Ty p e R e s t r i c t i o n sCharcode p Code,chars p T i o n 3 D a t a E n t r y Te m p l a t e s6Defining Field Options T i o n 4 C o p y D a t aSrc fld,src start,# to copy,dest Start,copy code p203 Non-printable 339 Text R g i n g F i e l d s2033398BLUE Bar Code Defining Field Options R7. copy code Copy MethodB F i e l d s 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 sAllows data to be entered from the keypad 8Defining Field OptionsT i o n 3 0 P a d d i n g D a t a 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 s20,prompt p 20,Order Number pM p l e U s e f o r P a d d i n g T i o n 3 1 C a l c u l a t e C h e c k D i g i tPads data with an X on the left side of the field 10Defining Field Options42,1 p T i o n 4 2 P r i c e F i e l d42,appearance code p 12Defining Field Options T i o n 5 0 B a r code D e n s i t y50,narrow,wide,gap,narspace Widespace pIndicates Option 51,security,stand/default p51,2,S p 14Defining 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 pT 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 18Defining Field Options M o f P r o d u c t s C a l c u l a t i o n1,2,3,4 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 n20Defining 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 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 LengthE 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 C o m p l i a n c e L a b e l sS i g n i n g B i t m a p p e d I m a g e s Exceeds I n g t h e H e x M e t h o dInches Limit6Creating Graphics Assign 1 to every black square and 0 to every white squareI 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 eI n g Te m p o r a r y S t o r a g e I n g N o n v o l a t i l e R a MI n g Vo l a t i l e R a M 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 G1. G Graphic Header F i n i n g t h e G r a p h i c H e a d e rT h i n a F o r m a t G5. units G8. modeG6. row G7. columnB2. row E a t i n g B i t m a p F i e l d sB3. column B4. algorithmAdjdir,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 sAdjdir,adjamt,count p E a t i n g D u p l i c a t e F i e l d s117,24,H,03FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFC p 1,2 pSample 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 tM 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 tCreating Graphics 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 t22Creating Graphics GraphID,row,col,mode,rotation pG3. row G5. modeG4. column G6. rotation24Creating Graphics M p l e C o m p l i a n c e L a b e lM 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 R m a t t i n g F l a s h W n l o a d i n g F i l e s Batch header F i n i n g t h e B a t c h H e a d e rBatch control Batch dataE1. E Batch Control Field 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 d1,4,2,1,4 p F i n i n g B a t c h D a t a F i e l d s R g e d o r S u b F i e l d s E c i a l P r i n t i n g C o n s i d e r a t i o n sC r e m e n t i n g F i e l d s Sample Batch Data with Special CharactersR i a l B a r code P r i n t i n g I n f o r m a t i o n 5 x P r i n t e r s6 0 P r i n t e r 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 dT 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 sMode COM1 9600,N,8,1,P A T 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 Char Const Comp Corr Online Busy Active Failure Error DataQ 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 Battery Error Fault Dispense LabelQ 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 tStatus1,Status2,FMT-1,BCH-2 B R e s p o n s ePacket Type Status2Field Number Error NumberParameter FMT-1/BCH-225,FMT-3,Bch-2 Following syntax is the response for a Job 4 requestPrinted,total,FMT-1,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 lA d i n g a Te s t L a b e l Yo u R e c e i v e a n Error M e s s a g eInstalled Options Description 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 nT a Error s A d i n g a n Error L a b e lError Description Code Page 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 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 Item storage RAM failed. Reset your RAM checksum test failed. Reset yourNvram Sum Fail Setup options. Transmit your packets Again 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 NSpec DarkD 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 sT h F i e l d s You can group fields with similar parameters. For exampleT 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 tM p l e M a x i code P a c k e t s Mode Description4Samples D e 0 O b s o l e t e S a m p l eSamples A-5 D e 2 S a m p l e6Samples D e 3 S a m p l eU a r e D a t a M a t r i x P a c k e t M p l e D a t a M a t r i x P a c k e t sC t a n g u l a r D a t a M a t r i x P a c k e t Samples A-7M p l e Q u i c k R e s p o n s e P a c k e t s HM,N0123456789012345 p Errorcor mask# datainput, charT e r i n g B a t c h D a t a f o r Q R code Code P a c k e t Modeid code# #ofdiv parity, errorcorR u c t u r e d a p p e n d M o d e 10SamplesExample 1,D0205E9,Q0A, p B006qrcode, p R u c t u r e d a p p e n d Q R code P a c k e tSamples A-11 12Samples M p l e C o m p l i a n c e P a c k e tSamples A-13 14Samples Samples A-15 M p l e F o r m a t P a c k e t16Samples Sample Zero Batch PacketM 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 SBStandard Font These samples were printed using the Internal Symbol setBold Font 2FontsCG Triumvirate Bold Font These samples were printed using CodeCG Triumvirate Font 9pt Fonts B-34Fonts 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 nI n g 2 0 3 D P 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 3 0 0 D P Width Mag Standard Reduced BoldFonts B-7 8Fonts Fonts B-9 Tr i u m v i r a t e B o l d 9 p t 0 3 D P 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 nI g h t M a g n i f i c a t i o n 2 0 3 D P FontsFonts B-11 Tr i u m v i r a t e B o l d 9 p t 0 0 D PI 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 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 PFonts B-13 Tr i u m v i r a t e 7 p t 0 3 D PTr 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 9 p t 0 3 D P Fonts B-15 Tr i u m v i r a t e 9 p t 0 0 D PTr 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 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 PTr 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 n48pt Sample W n l o a d i n g Tr u e Ty p e F o n t s 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 sA r a c t e r M a p p i n g O v e r v i e w U b l e B y t e Tr u e Ty p e F o n t sFonts B-23 Character Mapping Code Batch DataC e n s i n g Yo u r F o n t s 100 I n g F o n t N u m b e r s i n F o r m a t s500 1000Example 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 orT 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 codesT e r n a l S y m b o l S e t Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-3S 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 PagesSymbol 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-78Symbol 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 PagesSymbol 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-1718Symbol 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 t Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-21B l a c k D o t s F W h i t e D o t s22Symbol 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 tBatch Control Continuation T c h Wo r k s h e e tE 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 203102 203 305 406 508 609 711 812 853 192 288 384 480 576 672 768 806102 203 305 406 508 609 711 812 Supply Layout dpi 300Format Sample Printer Differences E-1 Feature Printer 985x/9860 PrinterI n t e r C o m p a r i s o n RAM 2Printer DifferencesFeature Printer 985x/9860 Printer I 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 Default configuration packet settings areA t u s P o l l i n g I n f o r m a t i o n 4Printer Differences1,4,2 p Batch Header Monarch pN,1 Batch PacketNon-volatile RAM Monospaced FontsOption 6,1,3,1 pIndex D EPacket control characters Security level of P D F417 Com pliance label overlay Sam ple Next-bitm ap fields Ordering Overview Padding data Price field Reim aging IM D On a grid Using price form atting 4 Parity selection List of data errors 001 Print control packet C 2 Form at header 3 Transm it buffer