E a t i n g a G r a p h i c Pa c k e t | Paxar 9416 XL specification

Graphics are stored in the image buffer and remain there until another format is sent or the printer is turned off.

U s i n g Te m p o r a r y S t o r a g e

You should use temporary storage when the graphic image is used only in one format or your graphic image is very large. Graphic data in temporary storage is held in the image buffer until the graphic is printed. Then, it is cleared from memory when you send a new or updated batch. You can use the same graphic image multiple times on a format. Send the graphic image to the printer after the format to which it applies.

If a graphic is stored in temporary storage, do not place a graphic field in the format. This will cause an error. Instead, position the graphic image by using the row and column locations in the graphic packet header.

Image memory (temporary storage) will accept a graphic packet 1218 rows long with 811 dots per row.

C r e a t i n g a G r a p h i c Pa c k e t

Your graphic packet can contain

bitmapped fields (for bitmapped images)

constant text fields

lines

boxes.

Images using hex representation or run length encoding are bitmapped images. See "Designing Bitmapped Images" to design your bitmapped image.

Once you design your graphic image, you are ready to define a graphic packet. This packet generates the graphic image you use in a format.

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Contents

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 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 bar code data Type the following constant text fieldType the following bar code field Type the following text field 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 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 s i d e r i n g F o n t sT e r c h a n g i n g P a c k e t s I n g 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Width,name p 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 Format#,action,device,measure,length 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 Wid mag,color,alignment,char rot F i n i n g C o n s t a n t Te x t F i e l d s16Defining Fields Row,column,gap,font,hgt mag Fonts 15 through 18 are only for 300 dpi 18Defining Fields See Appendix C, Symbol Sets/ Code Pages for more information 20 p 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 Data Field Type Field#,# of char p Vectors F i n i n g L i n e F i e l d sN e Ty p e s Segments 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 2Defining Field Options P l y i n g F i e l d O p t i o n sM b i n i n g F i e l d O p t i o n s S t r i c t i o n s Fixed char p T i o n 1 F i x e d D a t a Start,copy code p T i o n 4 C o p y D a t a4Defining Field Options Src fld,src start,# to copy,dest B F i e l d s R g i n g F i e l d s 30,L/R,character p T i o n 3 0 P a d d i n g D a t aM p l e U s e f o r P a d d i n g Pads data with an X on the left side of the field 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,5,1,6 p 60,I/D,amount,l pos,r pos p Fldlength,D/P,weights p I n g C h e c k D i g i t sSelector,action,device,modulus 12Defining Field Options Weight stringWeight string Products M o f P r o d u c t s C a l c u l a t i o n 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 Run Length E r v i e w o f B i t m a p p e d I m a g e sT e r m i n i n g a M e t h o d Hex Method 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 data F i n i n g t h e B a t c h H e a d e rBatch header Batch control 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 Sample Batch Data with Special Characters T e r i n g B a t c h D a t a f o r Q R codeR g e d o r S u b F i e l d s C r e m e n t i n g F i e l d s Mask# datainput char Modeid code# #ofdiv parity, errorcorR u c t u r e d a p p e n d M o d e M p l e Q R code 8Printing Example T c h Q u a n t i t y Z e r o M e t h o d W n l o a d i n g M e t h o d sQ u e n t i a l M e t h o d T c h 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 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 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 FMT-1/BCH-2 Error NumberField Number Parameter 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 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 D u c i n g I m a g i n g T i m e DarkLight N,0 p T h P a c k e t s N e r a l F o r m a t T i p s a n d H i n t sC r e a s i n g T h r o u g h p u t T h F o r m a t s T h F i e l d s T h B a r codes 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 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 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 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 Standard Font Bold Font2Fonts 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 8Fonts I g h t M a g n i f i c a t i o nTr i u m v i r a t e 6 p t I g h t M a g i n f i c a t i o n 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 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 L e c t i n g a S y m b o l S e t o r code P a g eI 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 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 F W h i t e D o t s 16Symbol Sets/Code PagesT t o R u n L e n g t h E n c o d i n g C h a r t B l a c k 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 Batch Packet Monarch p1,1,1 p Batch Header N,1 Packet Monospaced FontsNon-volatile RAM Option 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