S i g n i n g B i t m a p p e d I m a g e s | Paxar TC6037PR

D e s i g n i n g B i t m a p p e d I m a g e s

Once you determine the encoding method to use, you can begin mapping out your graphic image.

Note: The image that you map must be an upside down mirror image of the final result.

S p e c i a l C o n s i d e r a t i o n s

Solid black print cannot exceed 25% of any given square inch of the supply. If the black print exceeds this limit, you may lose data or damage the printhead.

In the first label, the large “M” logo and thick black line exceed the allowed black to white print ratio. In the second label, the large “M” logo does not exceed the black to white print ratio.

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Creating Graphics 4-3

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Paxar TC6037PR manual 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

Contents

Silver and Gold Canadian D.O.C. Warning B L E O F C O N T E N T S Page Iii Page Page Page T T I N G S T a R T E D Following features are standard on the printerO 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 Type the following constant text 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 bar code field Type the following text field Type the following text field data Type the following bar code data Use the following symbols when creating Mpclii packets Here are some guidelines to follow when using MpcliiI 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 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 s8Getting Started N s i d e r i n g F o n t s N s i d e r i n g F i e l d T y p e s 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 I n g 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 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 T1. T T2. field# T3. # of char T4. fix/var T5. row F i n i n g T e x t F i e l d s Varies with each letter 4Defining Fields Line field T12. alignment Options 6Defining Fields 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 s8Defining Fields B4. fix/var 10Defining Fields B7. font Dots/mils Available 12Defining Fields Bar Code Density Narrow Narrow to Data Appearance Char Set Example B,3,12,F,150,70,1,2,80,7,L,0 p 14Defining Fields 741 F i n i n g C o n s t a n t T e x t F i e l d s 16Defining Fields Defining Fields 18Defining Fields N e T y p e s F i n i n g L i n e F i e l d sType,row,column,angle/end row,length End col,thickness,pattern p 20Defining Fields L6. length/ If Using Segments end col Example L,S,110,70,110,350,10, p 22Defining Fields F i n i n g B o x F i e l d sRow,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 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 T i o n 1 F i x e d D a t a Src fld,src start,# to copy,dest start T i o n 4 C o p y D a t aCopy code p B F i e l d s R g i n g F i e l d sField Data Field Type 203 Non-printable 339 Text 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 a t aPads data with an X on the left side of the field 30,L/R,character p T i o n 4 2 P r i c e F i e l d T i o n 3 1 C a l c u l a t e C h e c k D i g i t31,gen/ver,check digit # p 42,appearance code p 50,narrow,wide,gap,narspace,widespace p T i o n 5 0 B a r code D e n s i t y50,4,8,4,4,8 p 51,2,S p 51,security,stand/default p T i o n 5 2 P D F 4 1 7 W i d t h / L e n g t h 52,row/column,dimension p10Defining Field Options 60,I,5,1,6 p 60,I/D,amount,l pos,r pos p Re-Image on T i o n 6 1 R e i m a g e F i e l d61 p I n g C h e c k D i g i t s Fldlength,D/P,weights pSelector,action,device,modulus A,R,10,5,P,65432 p 3 2 4 5 2 1 M o f P r o d u c t s C a l c u l a t i o n M o f D i g i t s C a l c u l a t i o n Field Weight string Products 16Defining Field Options E a T 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 4Creating Graphics I n g t h e H e x M e t h o d 00111111 = 3F 11111111 = FF 11110000 = F0 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 I n g R a M 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 Te m p o r a r y S t o r a g e Temporary Storage Flash I n g F l a s h E a t i n g a G r a p h i c P a c k e tS 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 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 r10Creating Graphics 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 s39,56,H,3FFFFFF0 p 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 s1,H,000000E00000 p Adjdir,adjamt,count p E a t i n g D u p l i c a t e F i e l d s117,24,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 F i n i n g t h e G r a p h i c F i e l d A c i n g t h e G r a p h i c i n a F o r m a tGraphID,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 e57,0,0,0,0 p I N T I N G Format#,N/U,quantity p F i n i n g t h e B a t c h H e a d e rN,1 p 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 d0,1,1 p F i n i n g B a t c h D a t a F i e l d s C r e m e n t i n g F i e l d s R g e d o r S u b F i e l d s 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 8Printing Troubleshooting I n t i n g D i a g n o s t i c s L a b e l s From the Diagnostics menu, select Printer. You see A d 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 eL l i n g T e c h n i c a l S u p p o r t R m a t Error s T a Error sError Description Code Page Page T i o n Error s T c h Error sPage Error Code L i n e C o n f i g u r a t i o n Error sPage A p h i c Error s E c k D i g i t 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 M o r y E x p a n s i o n Error s A s h M e m o r y 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 Dark J u s t i n g t h e P r i n t Q u a l i t yLight 2Printer Optimization D u c i n g I m a g i n g T i m e 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 M p l e Q u i c k R e s p o n s e P a c k e t s Errorcor mask# datainput, charT e r i n g B a t c h D a t a f o r Q R code 2Samples R u c t u r e d a p p e n d M o d e Code P a c k e tSamples A-3 4Samples R u c t u r e d a p p e n d Q R code P a c k e tD0205E9,Q0A, p B006qrcode, p M p l e M a x i code P a c k e t s Mode Description 6Samples D e 0 O b s o l e t e S a m p l e Samples A-7 D e 2 S a m p l e 8Samples D e 3 S a m p l e N g T a g E x a m p l e M p l e U P C a F o r m a t P a c k e tSample Batch Packet Samples A-9 B e l E x a m p l e G E x a m p l e10Samples B e l S a m p l e C e i p t F o r m a t E x a m p l eSamples A-11 12Samples Fonts B-1 N T SB Standard Font These samples were printed using the Internal Symbol setBold Font OCRA-like Font 2Fonts CG Triumvirate Typeface Bold These samples were printed using CodeFonts B-3 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 T m a p F o n t I n f o r m a t i o n Fonts B-5 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 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 Fonts B-7 8Fonts Fonts B-9 Fonts 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 1 8 p t 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 N t # 1 0 1 Fonts B-17 100 24.48 171.35 10 mm 62.18 435.24 Dots 329 Fonts B-19 A l a b l 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 U e T y p e F o n t I n f o r m a t i o n Sjis I n g I n t e r n a t i o n a l F o n t s L e c t i n g a S y m b o l S e t Font Character Mapping Symbol Set Parameter T15, C13, or A6 T e r n a t i o n a l F o n t S a m p l e C e n s i n g Y o u r F o n t s Example W,200,A,M,68 p font data p font data p L e c t i n g a S y m b o l S e t o r code P a g e 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 sInternal DOS Code T e r i n g E x t e n d e d C h a r a c t e r s I n g code 1 2 8 F u n c t i o n codes 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 L d C h a r a c t e r S e t 4Symbol Sets/Code Pages Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-5 6Symbol Sets/Code Pages 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 Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-7 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 Char Hex Decimal 14Symbol Sets/Code Pages Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-15 16Symbol Sets/Code Pages N a r y t o H e x C o n v e r s i o n C h a r t Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-17 18Symbol Sets/Code Pages Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-19 20Symbol Sets/Code Pages 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 Symbol Sets/Code Pages C-21B 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 2Format Design Tools T c h W o r k s h e e t Format Design Tools D-3 E c k D i g i t W o r k s h e e t SupplyLayout English 4Format Design Tools SupplyLayout Metric SupplyLayout Graphic 6Format Design Tools Format Page O S S a R Y A,R,E,600,400,Fmt-1 p Index D E Index Index Index Index Index RAM Index