Paxar 9403, 9402 manual N s i d e r i n g F o n t s, T e r c h a n g i n g P a c k e t s

C o n s i d e r i n g F o n t s

When working with fonts, you have three considerations: font appearance, font size (scalable or bitmapped), and font spacing (monospaced or proportional).

The TrueType® scalable font, EFF Swiss Bold (font 50) is standard on the 9825, 985x, and 9860 printers. It is not available for the 9403 printer. See Appendix B, "Fonts," for samples of each font.

I n t e r c h a n g i n g P a c k e t s

You can use an MPCLII format that was designed for another MPCLII printer on a 9800 series printer. However, the format may appear smaller (fields will be shorter), because most of the 9800 series printers use a 203 dpi printhead. The 985x and 9860 printers have an optional 300 dpi printhead.

U s i n g t h e F o r m a t Wo r k s h e e t

The Format Worksheet is divided into sections that list the field types. Each section has boxes to fill in with parameters that define your format. A format worksheet is included in Appendix D, "Format Design Tools."

F i l l i n g i n t h e F o r m a t Wo r k s h e e t

Decide what type of field to use on your label.

1.Make a copy of the Format Worksheet.

2.Define the Format Header.

3.Define all non-printable text fields before you define the ones you want to print. See "Defining Non-Printable Text Fields" in Chapter 3 for more information.

4.Define options as you require them. See Chapter 4, "Defining Field Options" for more information.

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