I n g M P C L I I C o n v e n t i o n s | Paxar TC6037PR specification

U s i n g M P C L I I C o n v e n t i o n s

Here are some guidelines to follow when using MPCLII.

M P C L I I P u n c t u a t i o n

Use the following symbols when creating MPCLII packets:

Character	Decimal	Description
	Value


{ (left bracket)	123	start of header

} (right bracket)	125	end of header

p (vertical bar)	124	field separator*

, (comma)	044	parameter separator

“ABC”	034	Quotation marks enclose character strings. Empty quotes (“”)
(quotation marks)		identify null strings or unused fields.

'comment'	039	Grave accents enclose comments. Any data enclosed in grave
(single quotation		accents is ignored. Do not embed comments within a quoted
marks)		string. Grave accents are also used to reject mainframe data.

Note: These MPCL characters are the default.

*The field separator is the split vertical bar, which we are representing as p in this manual. The decimal value is 124. To enter this character, use the Shift key plus the Split Vertical Bar key on your computer’s keyboard. Depending on your text editor, it may appear as a solid vertical bar or as a split vertical bar.

1-4Getting Started

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Warning B L E O F C O N T E N T S Page Iii Page Page Page Following features are standard on the printer T T I N G S T a R T E DO 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 fieldType 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 packetsI 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 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 s8Getting Started 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 fileFormat#,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 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 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 sType,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 F i n i n g B o x F i e l d s 22Defining FieldsRow,column,end row,end col,thickness,pattern p 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 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 T i o n 4 C o p y D a t a Src fld,src start,# to copy,dest startCopy code p R g i n g F i e l d s B F i e l d sField 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 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 4 2 P r i c e F i e l d31,gen/ver,check digit # p 42,appearance code p T i o n 5 0 B a r code D e n s i t y 50,narrow,wide,gap,narspace,widespace p50,4,8,4,4,8 p 51,security,stand/default p 51,2,S p 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 h10Defining 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 Re-Image on61 p Fldlength,D/P,weights p I n g C h e c k D i g i t sSelector,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 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 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 MI 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 hS 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 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 t10Creating Graphics 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 p39,56,H,3FFFFFF0 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 p1,H,000000E00000 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 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 Graphics57,0,0,0,0 p I N T I N G F i n i n g t h e B a t c h H e a d e r Format#,N/U,quantity pN,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 p0,1,1 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 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 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 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 sL l i n g T e c h n i c a l S u p p o r t T a Error s R m a t Error sError Description Code Page Page T c h Error s T i o n Error sPage L i n e C o n f i g u r a t i o n Error s Error CodePage 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 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 sPrinter not initialized Printer job queue full 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 DarkLight 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 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 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 sT e r i n g B a t c h D a t a f o r Q R code 2Samples Code P a c k e t R u c t u r e d a p p e n d M o d eSamples A-3 R u c t u r e d a p p e n d Q R code P a c k e t 4SamplesD0205E9,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 eSample Batch Packet Samples A-9 G E x a m p l e B e l E x a m p l e10Samples 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 eSamples A-11 12Samples N T SB Fonts B-1 These samples were printed using the Internal Symbol set Standard FontBold Font OCRA-like Font 2Fonts These samples were printed using Code CG Triumvirate Typeface BoldFonts B-3 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 eInternal 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 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 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 Page O S S a R Y A,R,E,600,400,Fmt-1 p D E Index Index Index Index Index Index RAM Index