2Printer Differences, Ram | Paxar 9403, 9402 instruction

Feature	9403 Printer	9825 Printer	985x/9860 Printer

Keypad	21 keys for offline data	Feed/Cut	Feed/Cut
	entry	Enter/Pause	Enter/Pause
		Escape/Clear buttons	Escape/Clear buttons
			9860 printer comes with
			an external keyboard
Display	2-line 16 characters per	2-line 16 characters per	2-line 16 characters per
	line	line	line
Serial Port	1200/2400/4800/9600/	1200/2400/4800/9600/	1200/2400/4800/9600/
Speed	19200 Baud	19200/38400 Baud	19200/38400/57600/
			115200 Baud
Field Number	0-99	0-999	0-999
Range
Batch	Yes	Yes	Yes
Separator
High Energy	No	No	Yes
Ribbon
Standard Fonts	Standard/Reduced/Bold	Standard/Reduced/Bold	Standard/Reduced/Bold
	OCRA/CG Triumvirate	OCRA/CG Triumvirate	OCRA/CG Triumvirate
	Bold 9 pt/CG	Bold 9 pt/CG	Bold 9 pt/CG
	Triumvirate 6 pt	Triumvirate 6, 7, 9, 11,	Triumvirate 6, 7, 9, 11,
		or 15 pt	or 15 pt
Scalable Font	No	Yes	Yes
Standard		(EFF Swiss Bold)	(EFF Swiss Bold)
Downloadable	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fonts
Memory	Yes	Yes	Yes
Allocation
RAM	256K	4 Meg	16 Meg
	512K (Flash)	2 Meg (Flash)	4 Meg (Flash)
Storage on	512K (Flash)	512K (Flash)	In Flash
Power-down
Extended	No	No	Yes
Memory
2D bar codes	MaxiCode/PDF417	MaxiCode/PDF417	MaxiCode/PDF417
	POSTNET	POSTNET/Data	POSTNET/Data
		Matrix/Quick Response	Matrix/Quick Response
Parallel Port	No	IEEE-1284 or	IEEE-1284 or
		Centronics Mode	Centronics Mode
94x5 Emulation	No	No	Yes
Backfeed	No	Yes	Yes
Offline Batch	Yes	No	Yes, with keyboard
Entry

E-2Printer Differences

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Paxar 9403, 9402 manual 2Printer Differences, Ram

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 F o r e Yo u B e g i n 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 t2Getting Started 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 6Configuring the Printer Header,ID#,action,device pHeader Constant ID# ID. Use 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 A1. a System Setup Packet K i n g P r i n t a d j u s t m e n t sF 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 10Configuring the Printer Ansi 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 t Supplytype,ribbonon,feedmodeSupplyposn,cutposn,skipindex p Example I ,B,0,0,1,10,50,1 p Contrast,printadj,marginadjust F 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 tSpeedadj,phwidth p 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 F f e r Wo r k s h e e t F 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 sMake copies of this page to use as a buffer worksheet Page I n g I m m e d i a t e C o m m a n d s A b l i n g I m m e d i a t e C o m m a n d sN d 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 E 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 P a c k e tClears Format #1 from volatile RAM 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 Selects all formats in memory and returns the following Selects format1 and returns the following to the hostH,Z p 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 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 file2Defining Fields 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 F i n i n g B a r code F i e l d s Each bar code field requires a separate definition8Defining Fields 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 L5. angle/ If Using Segments end row L6. length/ If Using Segments end col26Defining Fields 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 T i o n 1 F i x e d D a t a Fixed char p%$ 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 pR1. R Option Header 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 T i o n 4 2 P r i c e F i e l d 42,appearance code p42,1 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 51,security,stand/default p 51,2,S pIndicates Option 52,row/column,dimension p T i o n 5 2 P D F 4 1 7 W i d t h / L e n g t h14Defining Field Options 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 Fldlength,D/P,weights p I n g C h e c k D i g i t sSelector,action,device,modulus M o f P r o d u c t s C a l c u l a t i o n 1,2,3,418Defining 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 = + 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 S i g n i n g C o m p l i a n c e L a b e l s S i g n i n g B i t m a p p e d I m a g e sE 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 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 N o n v o l a t i l e R a M I n g Vo l a t i l e R a MI n g Te m p o r a r y S t o r a g e E a t i n g a G r a p h i c Pa c k e t S i t i o n i n g t h e G r a p h i c I m a g eT 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 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 tG1. G Graphic Header 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 5 x P r i n t e r s 6 0 P r i n t e rR 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 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 Q u i r y R e q u e s t E N Q Q u i r y R e s p o n s eIndicates the printer is offline 2Status Polling Page Failure Error Data Q R e f e r e n c e Ta b l e B y t e #Char Const Comp Corr Online Busy Active 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 Following syntax is the response for a Job 4 request Printed,total,FMT-1,BCH-225,FMT-3,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 Yo u R e c e i v e a n Error M e s s a g e Installed Options DescriptionA d i n g a Te s t L a b e l 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 RAM checksum test failed. Reset your Nvram Sum Fail Setup options. Transmit your packets AgainItem storage RAM failed. Reset your 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 You can group fields with similar parameters. For example T h B a r codesT h F i e l d s 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 Errorcor mask# datainput, char T e r i n g B a t c h D a t a f o r Q R codeHM,N0123456789012345 p 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 R u c t u r e d a p p e n d Q R code P a c k e t Samples A-11Example 1,D0205E9,Q0A, p B006qrcode, p 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 Tr i u m v i r a t e B o l d 9 p t 0 0 D P I g h t M a g n i f i c a t i o n 3 0 0 D PFonts B-11 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 Tr i u m v i r a t e 7 p t 0 3 D P Tr i u m v i r a t e 7 p t 0 0 D PFonts B-13 Tr i u m v i r a t e 9 p t 0 3 D P Tr i u m v i r a t e 9 p t 0 0 D P Tr i u m v i r a t e 1 1 p t 0 3 D PFonts B-15 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 Feature Printer 985x/9860 Printer I n t e r C o m p a r i s o nPrinter Differences E-1 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