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D E F I N I N G F I E L D O P T I O N S

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This chapter provides a reference for defining

field options in formats

check digit packets.

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Monarch 9416 XL Printer Canadian D.O.C. Warning Getting Started Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t sPage Table of Contents Printing Iv Table of ContentsPage Vi Table of Contents Page Viii Table of Contents O u t T h i s M a n u a l T T I N G S TA R T E D 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 bar code field Type the following constant text 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 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 s I n g S u p p l y L a y o u t G r i d s A w i n g R o u g h S k e t c h e s Field Type Description Examples N s i d e r i n g F i e l d Ty p e s T 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 t N 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 s ‘comment‘ I n g M P C L I I C o n v e n t i o n sC L I I P u n c t u a t i o n 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 Syntax 6Configuring the Printer 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 K i n g P r i n t a d j u s t m e n t s 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 Syntax I,A,powupmode,language,sepon,slashzero, symbolset p Syntax I,B,supplytype,ribbonon,feedmode, supplyposn p 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 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 1,1,2 p Def. ch 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 s Example I,F,3,1,0,0,1 p 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 DD or E a r i n g P a c k e t s f r o m M e m o r y Clears Format #1 from volatile RAM 18Configuring the Printer Syntax W,font#,action,device,datalength,datarec ord p I n g t h e F o n t Pa c k e t M,R p Number of bytes free, Number of bytes used p 20Configuring 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 n Selects format1 and returns the following to the host Selects all formats in memory and returns the following F I N I N G F I E L D S Format Header begins a format file F i n i n g t h e F o r m a t H e a d e rFormat#,action,device,measure,length Width,name p T5. row F i n i n g Te x t F i e l d s Fonts 15 through 18 are only for 300 dpi 4Defining Fields 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 Each bar code field requires a separate definition F i n i n g B a r code F i e l d s B4. fix/var 8Defining Fields End-Justified Fields Left/Center/Right-Justified Fields Balanced Fields Upce +5 10Defining Fields Dots/mils Available 3 D P I D e n s i t i e s 3 a n d 3 0 0 D P I D e n s i t i e s 12Defining Fields 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 16Defining Fields F i n i n g C o n s t a n t Te x t F i e l d sRow,column,gap,font,hgt mag Wid mag,color,alignment,char rot Fonts 15 through 18 are only for 300 dpi 18Defining Fields See Appendix C, Symbol Sets/ Code Pages for more information Field Data Field Type 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 sField#,# of char p 20 p N e Ty p e s F i n i n g L i n e F i e l d sSegments Vectors L5. angle If Using Segments 22Defining Fields F i n i n g B o x F i e l d s 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 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 Fixed char p T i o n 1 F i x e d D a t a 4Defining Field Options T i o n 4 C o p y D a t aSrc fld,src start,# to copy,dest Start,copy code p B F i e l d s R g i n g F i e l d s M p l e U s e f o r P a d d i n g T i o n 3 0 P a d d i n g D a t aPads data with an X on the left side of the field 30,L/R,character p 31,gen/ver,check digit # 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 tT i o n 5 0 B a r code D e n s i t y 50,4,8,4,4,8 p 8Defining Field Options50,narrow,wide,gap,narspace,widespace T i o n 5 2 P D F 4 1 7 W i d t h / L e n g t h 51,security,stand/default p52,row/column,dimension p 60,I,5,1,6 p 60,I/D,amount,l pos,r pos p Selector,action,device,modulus Fldlength,D/P,weights pI n g C h e c k D i g i t s Weight string Products Weight stringM o f P r o d u c t s C a l c u l a t i o n 12Defining Field Options 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 n 14Defining 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 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 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 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 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 Temporary Storage 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 R a M I 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 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 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 a F o r m a t 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 t h e F i e l d 99,A,R,G,0,0,0,99Wire p Row,column,algorithm,data p E a t i n g B i t m a p F i e l d s Adjdir,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 s Adjdir,adjamt,count p E a t i n g D u p l i c a t e F i e l d s 16Creating Graphics 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 18Creating Graphics GraphID,row,col,mode,rotation p A c i n g t h e G r a p h i c i n a F o r m a tF i n i n g t h e G r a p h i c F i e l d 20Creating Graphics M p l e B i t m a p G r a p h i c I m a g e I N T I N G 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 data Syntax E,feedmode,batchsep,printmult, multipart p 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 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 T e r i n g B a t c h D a t a f o r Q R codeC r e m e n t i n g F i e l d s Sample Batch Data with Special Characters R u c t u r e d a p p e n d M o d e Modeid code# #ofdiv parity, errorcorM p l e Q R code Mask# datainput char 8Printing Example 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 d T 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 s TAT 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 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 Syntax J,# B R e q u e s t Status1,Status2,FMT-1,BCH-2 B R e s p o n s e Packet Type Status2 Field Number Error 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 Troubleshooting I n g D a t a D u m p I n t i n g Te s t L a b e l s S e t t i n g P r i n t e r s Yo u R e c e i v e a n Error M e s s a g e 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 n T a Error s Error Description Code R m a t Error sPage Error Description T c h Error s Code Option number must be 2, 4, 30, 31, 50, 51, 52, or T i o n Error s 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 M m u n i c a t i o n Error s A p h i c 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 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 N Light D u c i n g I m a g i n g T i m eDark N,0 p 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 s T h F i e l d s T h B a r codes 6Printer Optimization 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 tSample Batch Packet M p l e M a x i code P a c k e t s Mode Description 4Samples D e 0 O b s o l e t e S a m p l e Samples A-5 D e 2 S a m p l e 6Samples D e 3 S a m p l e Samples A-7 N g Ta g E x a m p l eTa g E x a m p l e 8Samples B e l E x a m p l eC e i p t F o r m a t E x a m p l e Samples A-9 B e l S a m p l e 10Samples T m a p F o n t I n f o r m a t i o n N T S 2Fonts Standard FontBold Font Fonts B-3 CG Triumvirate Bold Font Width Mag Standard Reduced Bold 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 Fonts B-5 6Fonts Tr i u m v i r a t e B o l d 9 p t 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 6 p t I g h t M a g n i f i c a t i o nI g h t M a g i n f i c a t i o n 8Fonts Fonts B-9 Tr i u m v i r a t e 7 p t 0 0 D P Fonts Tr i u m v i r a t e 9 p t 0 0 D P Fonts B-11 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 0 D P I n g F o n t N u m b e r s i n F o r m a t s C e n s i n g Yo u r F o n t s Font Number 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 M B O L S E T S / code PA G E S I n g code 1 2 8 F u n c t i o n codes L e c t i n g a S y m b o l S e t o r code P a g eT 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 T e r n a l S y m b o l S e t Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-3 S I S y m b o l S e t 4Symbol Sets/Code Pages L d C h a r a c t e r S e t Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-5 R a C h a r a c t e r S e t 6Symbol Sets/Code Pages Code P a g e 4 3 7 L a t i n U . S Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-7 Code P a g e 8 5 0 L a t i n 8Symbol Sets/Code Pages Char Hex Decimal Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-9 10Symbol Sets/Code Pages Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-11 N a r y t o H e x C o n v e r s i o n C h a r t 12Symbol Sets/Code Pages Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-13 14Symbol Sets/Code Pages Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-15 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 16Symbol Sets/Code PagesB 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 Control Characters 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 Batch Control Continuation T c h Wo r k s h e e t 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 1,1,1 p Batch Header Monarch pN,1 Batch Packet Non-volatile RAM Monospaced FontsOption Packet O S S a R Y Nvram Index D E 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