F o r e Yo u B e g i n, 2Getting Started | Paxar 9416 XL specification

B e f o r e Yo u B e g i n

1.Connect the printer to the host. Refer to the Equipment Manual for more information.

2.Load supplies in the printer. Refer to the Equipment Manual for more information.

3.Turn on the printer.

4.Set the communication parameters and configure the printer. The communication parameters at the printer must match those at the host. See Chapter 2, "Configuring the Printer," for more information.

5.Design your format. See "Starting with a Design" for more information.

6.Download your format to the printer. See Chapter 6, "Printing," for more information.

C r 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

A format defines which fields appear and where the fields are printed on the label. The printer requires this information in a special form, using Monarch Printer Control Language II (MPCL). This section describes how to create a sample MPCLII format packet.

For detailed information about the format header, text, constant text, and bar code fields, see Chapter 3, "Defining Fields." For information about batch packets, see Chapter 6, "Printing."

1.Type the following format header, in any text editor:

{F,25,A,R,M,508,508,"FMT-25" p

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Contents

Monarch 9416 XL Printer 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 PrintingPage Vi Table of Contents Page Viii Table of Contents T T I N G S TA 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 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 n‘comment‘ 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 6Configuring the Printer Syntax 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 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 Syntax I,B,supplytype,ribbonon,feedmode, supplyposn 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 Cursym,secondary,decimals p 1,1,2 p ANSIcd,string1,string2 p Def. ch 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 Example I,F,3,1,0,0,1 p 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 DD or Clears Format #1 from volatile RAM 18Configuring the Printer 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 Pa c k e t Syntax W,font#,action,device,datalength,datarec ord p 20Configuring the Printer M,R p Number of bytes free, Number of bytes used 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 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 Fonts 15 through 18 are only for 300 dpi Line field Line field not Blocked out by Example T,2,10,V,250,80,0,1,1,1,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 definition 8Defining Fields B4. fix/var Left/Center/Right-Justified Fields Balanced Fields End-Justified Fields 10Defining Fields Upce +5 3 D P I D e n s i t i e s Dots/mils Available 12Defining Fields 3 a n d 3 0 0 D P I D e n s i t i e s 0 D P I D e n s i t i e s 14Defining Fields 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 16Defining FieldsRow,column,gap,font,hgt mag Wid mag,color,alignment,char rot Fonts 15 through 18 are only for 300 dpi See Appendix C, Symbol Sets/ Code Pages for more information 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 TypeField#,# of char p 20 p F i n i n g L i n e F i e l d s N e Ty p e sSegments Vectors L5. angle If Using Segments F i n i n g B o x F i e l d s 22Defining Fields 999 Example Q,240,80,270,130,3, p 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 4 C o p y D a t a 4Defining Field OptionsSrc fld,src start,# to copy,dest Start,copy code p R g i n g F i e l d s B F i e l d s 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 T i o n 5 0 B a r code D e n s i t y31,gen/ver,check digit # p 8Defining Field Options 50,narrow,wide,gap,narspace,widespace50,4,8,4,4,8 p 51,security,stand/default p 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 Fldlength,D/P,weights p I n g C h e c k D i g i t sSelector,action,device,modulus Weight string Weight string ProductsM o f P r o d u c t s C a l c u l a t i o n 12Defining 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 = 14Defining 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 Assign 1 to every black square and 0 to every white square 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 R a M Temporary Storage E a t i n g a G r a p h i c Pa c k e t I n g Te m p o r a r y S t o r a g e S 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 G r a p h i c P a c k e t H e a d e r 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 t h e F i e l dT h i n a F o r m a t 99,A,R,G,0,0,0,99Wire p E a t i n g B i t m a p F i e l d s Row,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 18Creating 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 dGraphID,row,col,mode,rotation 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 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 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 T e r i n g B a t c h D a t a f o r Q R code 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 Modeid code# #ofdiv parity, errorcor R u c t u r e d a p p e n d M o d eM p l e Q R code Mask# datainput char 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 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 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 Following syntax is the response for a Job 4 request Printed,total,FMT-1,BCH-225,FMT-3,Bch-2 Number Meaning 14Status Polling Troubleshooting I n t i n g Te s t L a b e l s I n g D a t a D u m p Yo u R e c e i v e a n Error M e s s a g e 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 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 Error Description T i o n Error s Code Option number must be 2, 4, 30, 31, 50, 51, 52, or L i n e C o n f i g u r a t i o n Error s 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 R d P r i n t e r F a i l u r e Error s 18Troubleshooting 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 D u c i n g I m a g i n g T i m e DarkLight N,0 p 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 6Printer Optimization 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 Sample Batch Packet2Samples 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 N g Ta g E x a m p l e Ta g E x a m p l eSamples A-7 B e l E x a m p l e C e i p t F o r m a t E x a m p l e8Samples 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 Standard Font Bold Font2Fonts CG Triumvirate Bold Font 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 6Fonts 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 I g h t M a g n i f i c a t i o n Tr i u m v i r a t e 6 p tI g h t M a g i n f i c a t i o n 8Fonts Tr i u m v i r a t e 7 p t 0 0 D P Fonts B-9 Tr i u m v i r a t e 9 p t 0 0 D P Fonts Tr i u m v i r a t e 1 1 p t 0 0 D P Fonts B-11 Tr i u m v i r a t e 1 5 p t 0 0 D P 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 M B O L S E T S / code PA G E S 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 L e c t i n g a S y m b o l S e t o r code P a g e I n g code 1 2 8 F u n c t i o n codesT e r i n g E x t e n d e d C h a r a c t e r s L e c t i n g t h e I n t e r n a l S y m b o l S e t 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 Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-5 L d C h a r a c t e r S e t 6Symbol Sets/Code Pages R a C h a r a c t e r S e t Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-7 Code P a g e 4 3 7 L a t i n U . S 8Symbol Sets/Code Pages Code P a g e 8 5 0 L a t i n Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-9 Char Hex Decimal 10Symbol Sets/Code Pages Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-11 12Symbol 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-13 14Symbol Sets/Code Pages Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-15 16Symbol 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 Control Characters 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 203 200 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 107 Supply Layout Dots Page Format Worksheet Sample Monarch p 1,1,1 p Batch HeaderN,1 Batch Packet Monospaced Fonts Non-volatile RAMOption Packet O S S a R Y Nvram D E Index Check digit schem es Non -printable fields Fields Bar code rotation Defining next-bitm ap fields Language, printer Latin characters Layout General overview Unit of m easure com patibility Printing Syntax Setting Odifying character w idth 3 Page Toll Free