N s i d e r i n g F o n t s | Paxar 9403, 9402 manual

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.

1-10Getting Started

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Contents

Paxar Printers 9403 9825 9850 9855 9860 Canadian D.O.C. Warning Trademarks B L E O F C O N T E N T S Getting StartedPage Page Iv Table of Contents Printing Status Polling Page Page Page T T I N G S T a R T E D O u t T h i s M a n u a l 2Getting 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 constant text field Type the following bar code fieldType the following text field Type the following bar code data I l y S t a r t u p P r o c e d u r e s Sample Batch Packet 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 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 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 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 t 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 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 I 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 nA n d a r d S y n t a x G u i d e l i n e s ‘comment‘Page 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 s N f i g u r a t i o n P a c k e t H e a d e r Header Constant ID# ID. Use 6Configuring the PrinterHeader,ID#,action,device p A,N,E p 25,0,0,0 p 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 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 10Configuring the Printer Ansi Supplyposn,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 14Configuring the Printer Cursym,secondary,decimals p 1,1,2 p 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 DTR default Syntax I ,F,baud,wordlength,stopbits,parity, flowcontrol 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 P a c k e t Action,dispos,bkfddis p 2 pPage 22Configuring the Printer M1. M Memory Configuration Packet M2. buffer Buffer typeBuffer,device,buffersize p To reallocate in K Enter this amount M3. device Storage type Buffer Type 9403 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 s 9403 9825 9850 9855/9860 O u t M e m o r y B u f f e r s 1147.8 = 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 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 SD or SCdSFa SFb Clears 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 M,R p Font#,action,device p 34Configuring the Printer Printer returns the following to the host Spacing TypeBaseline Cell Width I 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 38Configuring the Printer 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 nA s h C o n s i d e r a t i o n s Header,format#,action,device p H,Z p Selects all formats in memory and returns the followingSelects format1 and returns the following to the host 40Configuring the Printer Verifier ConfigurationFormat#,action,device,name p Vfrcomds p M 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 F i n i n g Te x t F i e l d s Field#,# of char,fix/var,row,columnGap,font,hgt mag,wid mag,color,alignment Char rot,field rot,sym set p 4Defining Fields Line field Line field not Blocked out by 6Defining Fields T12. alignment Example 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 Left/Center/Right-Justified Fields Balanced Fields Bar Code Number of Characters Fixed or Variable 10Defining Fields Printer Unit of Measure Row or Column or End Row End Column B7. font Bar code. Options Postnet 3 D P I B a r code D e n s i t i e s 12Defining FieldsSet Dots/mils Available Bar code Density Narrow Narrow to Data Appearance Char Set Selector Or cpi Element Wide RatioBar code Density Element Row Height Data Appearance Char Set 14Defining Fields Num Alphanum 0 D P I B a r code D e n s i t i e s 16Defining Fields Selector Width Dots/mils Ratio Num 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 F i n i n g C o n s t a n t Te x t F i e l d s Field Data Field TypeField#,# of char p 20 p Field width. Default spacing Standard 18 15 pt. CG Triumvirate 22Defining Fields C6. hgt magC7. wid mag C8. color Defining Fields 24Defining 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 26Defining 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 28Defining Fields Q1. QQ2. row Printer Unit of Measure Row or Example 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 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 %$ 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 T i o n 3 D a t a E n t r y Te m p l a t e s Code,chars p T i o n 4 C o p y D a t a 6Defining Field OptionsSrc fld,src start,# to copy,dest Start,copy code p R g i n g F i e l d s 203 Non-printable 339 Text2033398BLUE Bar Code Defining Field Options R7. copy code Copy Method 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 s B F i e l d sAllows data to be entered from the keypad 8Defining Field Options 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 s T i o n 3 0 P a d d i n g D a t a20,prompt p 20,Order Number 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 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 10Defining Field Options 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 12Defining Field Options50,narrow,wide,gap,narspace Widespace p Indicates 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/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 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 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 = + 0 + 2 + 6 + 6 + 1 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 3 + 6 = 20Defining Field Options 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 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 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 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 I n g t h e H e x M e t h o d ExceedsInches Limit Assign 1 to every black square and 0 to every white square 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 Row 1, position 50 26 on 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 I n g F l a s h I 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 G8. mode G5. unitsG6. row G7. column E a t i n g B i t m a p F i e l d s B2. rowB3. column B4. algorithm 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 p117,24,H,03FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFC p 1,2 p 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 t Sample compliance graphic packet is shown below 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 20Creating Graphics Creating Graphics 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 d22Creating Graphics GraphID,row,col,mode,rotation p G5. mode G3. rowG4. column G6. rotation M p l e C o m p l i a n c e L a b e l 24Creating Graphics M 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 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 E1. E Batch Control Field 1,4,2,1,4 p F i n i n g B a t c h D a t a F i e l d s 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 s R g e d o r S u b F i e l d sC r e m e n t i n g F i e l d s Sample Batch Data with Special Characters R 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 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 Mode 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 Battery Error Fault Dispense Label 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 Field Type Valid Options Description Identifier 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 Status Polling 16Status Polling A G N O S T I C S a N D Error S I n t i n g a Te s t L a b e l User Diag A 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 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 L l i n g Te c h n i c a l S u p p o r t A d i n g a n Error L a b e l T a Error s Error 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 I N T E R O P T I M I Z AT I O N J u s t i n g t h e P r i n t Q u a l i t y Dark Spec 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 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 M p l e U P C a F o r m a t P a c k e t 2Samples 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 M p l e D a t a M a t r i x P a c k e t s U a r e D a t a M a t r i x P a c k e tC 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-7 M 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 Modeid code# #ofdiv parity, errorcor Code P a c k e tR u c t u r e d a p p e n d M o d e 10Samples Example 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 M p l e C o m p l i a n c e P a c k e t 12Samples Samples A-13 14Samples M p l e F o r m a t P a c k e t Samples A-15 Sample Zero Batch Packet 16Samples M 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 N T SB Fonts B-1 These samples were printed using the Internal Symbol set Standard FontBold Font 2Fonts These samples were printed using Code CG Triumvirate Bold FontCG Triumvirate Font 9pt Fonts B-3 4Fonts T m a p F o n t I n f o r m a t i o n 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 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 I n g 2 0 3 D PI n g 3 0 0 D P Width Mag Standard Reduced Bold Fonts B-7 8Fonts Fonts B-9 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 Tr i u m v i r a t e B o l d 9 p t 0 3 D PI g h t M a g n i f i c a t i o n 2 0 3 D P Fonts Fonts 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 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 6 p t 0 0 D P Fonts 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 Tr i u m v i r a t e 1 5 p t 0 3 D P Fonts B-17 Tr i u m v i r a t e 1 5 p t 0 0 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 48pt Sample W n l o a d i n g Tr u e Ty p e 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 s U b l e B y t e B i t m a p F o n t s 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 wFonts B-23 Character Mapping Code Batch Data 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 100500 1000 Example 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 Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-7 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 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 14Symbol Sets/Code Pages Char Hex Decimal Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-15 16Symbol Sets/Code Pages Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-17 N a r y t o H e x C o n v e r s i o n C h a r t 18Symbol Sets/Code Pages Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-19 20Symbol Sets/Code Pages Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-21 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 22Symbol Sets/Code Pages 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 9403 printer does not support backfeed T c h Wo r k s h e e t Batch Control Continuation E c k D i g i t Wo r k s h e e t Supply Layout Inches 203 200 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 192 288 384 480 576 672 768 806 102 203 305 406 508 609 711 812 853 Supply Layout dpi 300 102 203 305 406 508 609 711 812 Format Sample Printer Differences E-1 Feature Printer 985x/9860 PrinterI n t e r C o m p a r i s o n 2Printer Differences RAM Feature Printer 985x/9860 Printer Default configuration packet settings are 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 nA t u s P o l l i n g I n f o r m a t i o n 4Printer Differences Monarch p 1,4,2 p Batch HeaderN,1 Batch Packet Monospaced Fonts Non-volatile RAMOption 6,1,3,1 p D E Index Packet 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