Silver and Gold
Canadian D.O.C. Warning
B L E O F C O N T E N T S
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Following features are standard on the printer
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
A n d a r d F e a t u r e s
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
Type the following constant text field
Type the following bar code field
Type the following text field
Type the following bar code data
Type the following text field data
Here are some guidelines to follow when using Mpclii
Use the following symbols when creating Mpclii packets
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
A n d a r d S y n t a x G u i d e l i n e s
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
8Getting Started
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 T y p e s
N s i d e r i n g F o n t s
I n g t h e F o r m a t W o r k s h e e t
L l i n g i n t h e F o r m a t W o r k s h e e t
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 file
Format#,action,device,measure,length
Width,name p
F i n i n g T e x t F i e l d s
T1. T T2. field# T3. # of char T4. fix/var T5. row
4Defining Fields
Varies with each letter
Line field
6Defining Fields
T12. alignment Options
Example T,2,10,V,250,80,0,1,1,1,B,C,0,0,0 p
8Defining Fields
F i n i n g B a r code F i e l d s
Each bar code field requires a separate definition
B4. fix/var
10Defining Fields
B7. font
12Defining Fields
Dots/mils Available
Bar Code Density Narrow Narrow to Data Appearance Char Set
14Defining Fields
Example B,3,12,F,150,70,1,2,80,7,L,0 p
F i n i n g C o n s t a n t T e x t F i e l d s
741
16Defining Fields
Defining Fields
18Defining Fields
F i n i n g L i n e F i e l d s
N e T y p e s
Type,row,column,angle/end row,length
End col,thickness,pattern p
L6. length/ If Using Segments end col
20Defining Fields
Example L,S,110,70,110,350,10, p
Row,column,end row,end col,thickness,pattern p
F i n i n g B o x F i e l d s
22Defining Fields
Example Q,240,80,270,130,3, p
24Defining 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 s
S 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
Copy code p
T i o n 4 C o p y D a t a
Src fld,src start,# to copy,dest start
R g i n g F i e l d s
B F i e l d s
Field Data Field Type
203 Non-printable 339 Text
T i o n 3 0 P a d D a t a
M 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
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 4 2 P r i c e F i e l d
31,gen/ver,check digit # p
42,appearance code p
50,4,8,4,4,8 p
T i o n 5 0 B a r code D e n s i t y
50,narrow,wide,gap,narspace,widespace p
51,security,stand/default p
51,2,S p
10Defining Field Options
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 h
60,I/D,amount,l pos,r pos p
60,I,5,1,6 p
61 p
T i o n 6 1 R e i m a g e F i e l d
Re-Image on
Fldlength,D/P,weights p
I n g C h e c k D i g i t s
Selector,action,device,modulus
A,R,10,5,P,65432 p
M o f P r o d u c t s C a l c u l a t i o n
3 2 4 5 2 1
Field Weight string Products
M o f D i g i t s C a l c u l a t i o n
16Defining Field Options
E a T 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 d
Hex 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
4Creating 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
00111111 = 3F 11111111 = FF 11110000 = F0
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
I n g Te m p o r a r y S t o r a g e
Temporary Storage Flash
E a t i n g a G r a p h i c P a c k e t
I n g F l a s h
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
T h i n t h e F i e l d
10Creating Graphics
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 t
99,A,R,G,0,0,0,99Wire p
39,56,H,3FFFFFF0 p
E a t i n g B i t m a p F i e l d s
Row,column,algorithm,data p
1,H,000000E00000 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
117,24,H,03FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFC p
1,2 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
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 t
F i n i n g t h e G r a p h i c F i e l d
57,0,0,0,0 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
N,1 p
F i n i n g t h e B a t c h H e a d e r
Format#,N/U,quantity p
0,1,1 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
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
R 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
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 d
T 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
8Printing
Troubleshooting
From the Diagnostics menu, select Printer. You see
I n t i n g D i a g n o s t i c s L a b e l s
L l i n g T e c h n i c a l S u p p o r t
Yo u R e c e i v e a n Error M e s s a g e
A d i n g D i a g n o s t i c s L a b e l s
Error Description Code
T a Error s
R m a t Error s
Page
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T c h Error s
T i o n Error s
Page
L i n e C o n f i g u r a t i o n Error s
Error Code
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
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Printer not initialized Printer job queue full
A s h M e m o r y Error s
M o r y E x p a n s i o n Error s
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 a T 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
Light
2Printer Optimization
D u c i n g I m a g i n g T i m e
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 t
T 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
Errorcor mask# datainput, char
M p l e Q u i c k R e s p o n s e P a c k e t s
T e r i n g B a t c h D a t a f o r Q R code
2Samples
Samples A-3
Code P a c k e t
R u c t u r e d a p p e n d M o d e
R u c t u r e d a p p e n d Q R code P a c k e t
4Samples
D0205E9,Q0A, p
B006qrcode, p
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
6Samples
D e 2 S a m p l e
Samples A-7
D e 3 S a m p l e
8Samples
M p l e U P C a F o r m a t P a c k e t
N g T a g E x a m p l e
Sample Batch Packet
Samples A-9
10Samples
G E x a m p l e
B e l E x a m p l e
Samples A-11
C e i p t F o r m a t E x a m p l e
B e l S a m p l e
12Samples
N T SB
Fonts B-1
These samples were printed using the Internal Symbol set
Standard Font
Bold Font OCRA-like Font
2Fonts
Fonts B-3
These samples were printed using Code
CG Triumvirate Typeface Bold
T m a p F o n t I n f o r m a t i o n
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
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
T r i u m v i r a t e T y p e f a c e B o l d 8 p t
Fonts B-7
8Fonts
Fonts B-9
Fonts
T r i u m v i r a t e T y p e f a c e B o l d 1 8 p t
Fonts B-11
T r i u m v i r a t e T y p e f a c e B o l d 2 2 p t
Fonts B-13
100 61.98 10 mm 22.49 157.43 Dots 119
Fonts B-15
100 13.02 91.15 10 mm 33.07 231.51 Dots 175
Fonts B-17
N t # 1 0 1
100 24.48 171.35 10 mm 62.18 435.24 Dots 329
A l a b l e F o n t I n f o r m a t i o n
Fonts B-19
U e T y p e F o n t I n f o r m a t i o n
W n l o a d i n g T r u e T y p e F o n t s
I n g I n t e r n a t i o n a l F o n t s
Sjis
Font Character Mapping Symbol Set Parameter T15, C13, or A6
L e c t i n g a S y m b o l S e t
C e n s i n g Y o u r F o n t s
T e r n a t i o n a l F o n t S a m p l e
Example W,200,A,M,68 p font data p font data p
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
Internal
DOS Code
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 t
B l a c k D o t s
F W h i t e D o t s
22Symbol Sets/Code Pages
R M a T D E S I G N T O O L S
T c h W o r k s h e e t
2Format Design Tools
E c k D i g i t W o r k s h e e t
Format Design Tools D-3
4Format Design Tools
SupplyLayout English
SupplyLayout Metric
6Format Design Tools
SupplyLayout Graphic
Format
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O S S a R Y
A,R,E,600,400,Fmt-1 p
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