A r t i n g w i t h a D e s i g n | Paxar TC6037PR guide

S t a r t i n g w i t h a D e s i g n

Before you create a format packet, you must design your label. There are several steps to designing a custom label:

1.Decide which fields should appear on your label. See “Determining Format Contents” for more information.

2.Determine your label size. Labels are available from us in a wide variety of sizes. Your application and the amount of data you need to print determines the supply size. Contact your sales representative for more information.

3.Draw a rough sketch of your label. You may want to draw several variations to see what works best. See “Drawing Rough Sketches” for more information.

4.Identify the field types that appear on your label. See “Considering Field Types” for more information.

5.Decide which fonts you want to use. See “Considering Fonts” for more information.

6.Fill out your Format Worksheet. See “Using the Format Worksheet” for more information.

At this point, you are ready to use your design.

7.Create a format packet, based on how you filled out your worksheet. See Chapter 2, “Defining Fields,” for more information.

8.For your application to use the format, use the PCL library functions in the Programmer Manual.

9.Execute your application.

1-6Getting Started

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Paxar TC6037PR manual A r t i n g w i t h a D e s i g n

Contents

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Warning B L E O F C O N T E N T S Page Iii Page Page Page O u t T h i s M a n u a l Following features are standard on the printerT T I N G S T a R T E D A n d a r d F e a t u r e s Type the following bar code field 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 tType the following constant text field Type the following text field Type the following bar code data Type the following text field data 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 MpcliiUse the following symbols when creating Mpclii packets 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 sI 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 Format#,action,device,measure,length 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 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 sEach 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 Type,row,column,angle/end row,length F i n i n g L i n e F i e l d sN e T y p e s 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 s22Defining 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 S t r i c t i o n s 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 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 aSrc fld,src start,# to copy,dest start Field Data Field Type R g i n g F i e l d sB F i e l d s 203 Non-printable 339 Text Pads data with an X on the left side of the field T i o n 3 0 P a d D a t aM p l e U s e f o r P a d d i n g 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 4 2 P r i c e F i e l d 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 y50,narrow,wide,gap,narspace,widespace p 51,security,stand/default p 51,2,S p 10Defining Field Options 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 61 p T i o n 6 1 R e i m a g e F i e l dRe-Image on Selector,action,device,modulus Fldlength,D/P,weights pI n g C h e c k D i g i t s 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 Hex Method 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 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 I n g Te m p o r a r y S t o r a g e 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 Temporary Storage Flash S i t i o n i n g t h e G r a p h i c I m a g e E a t i n g a G r a p h i c P a c k e tI n g F l a s h 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 rT 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 sRow,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 sAdjdir,adjamt,algorithm,data p 117,24,H,03FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFC p E a t i n g D u p l i c a t e F i e l d sAdjdir,adjamt,count 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 tF 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 e20Creating 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 rFormat#,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 dFeedmode,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 T c h 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 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 eA 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 sR m a t Error s 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 Printer not initialized Printer job queue full A s h M e m o r y Error sM 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 Light J u s t i n g t h e P r i n t Q u a l i t yDark 2Printer Optimization D u c i n g I m a g i n g T i m e T h F o r m a 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 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 T e r i n g B a t c h D a t a f o r Q R code Errorcor mask# datainput, charM p l e Q u i c k R e s p o n s e P a c k e t s 2Samples Samples A-3 Code P a c k e tR u c t u r e d a p p e n d M o d e D0205E9,Q0A, p R u c t u r e d a p p e n d Q R code P a c k e t4Samples 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 Sample Batch Packet M p l e U P C a F o r m a t P a c k e tN g T a g E x a m p l e Samples A-9 10Samples G E x a m p l eB 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 eB e l S a m p l e 12Samples N T SB Fonts B-1 Bold Font OCRA-like Font These samples were printed using the Internal Symbol setStandard Font 2Fonts Fonts B-3 These samples were printed using CodeCG 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 Internal 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 sL e c t i n g a S y m b o l S e t o r code P a g e 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 B l a c k D o t s Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-21T t o R u n L e n g t h E n c o d i n g C h a r t 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