A d i n g D i a g n o s t i c s L a b e l s | Paxar TC6037PR

R e a d i n g D i a g n o s t i c s L a b e l s

The first diagnostic (test) label shows the model number, software version, and the printer’s configuration by packet.

The second diagnostic (test) label shows the model number, software version, total number of inches printed, voltage, print contrast, printhead resistance, number of bad dots, and memory. In the example above:

The printer has printed 505 inches of regular supplies

The printer has printed no high-energy (synthetic) supplies

No options are set

CONTRAST POT does not apply.

I f Yo u R e c e i v e a n E r r o r M e s s a g e

Any time you receive a message that is not described in this manual, or the recommended action does not solve the problem, call Technical Support.

C a l l i n g T e c h n i c a l S u p p o r t

Technical support representatives are available Monday through Friday during regular business hours. Their number is listed on the back cover of this manual. Follow these steps before you call:

1.Make sure your PC and printer are properly connected.

2.Record any error messages that occurred.

3.Recreate the problem, if you can.

4.Check your port settings. Your problem may corrected simply by changing the communication settings.

5.List any changes that have recently been made to the system. Try to record what you were doing when the problem occurred.

6.Reboot your computer. Refer to your computer documentation for specific instructions.

7.Print the Diagnostics labels. See “Printing Diagnostics Labels” for more information.

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Contents

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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Copy code p T i o n 4 C o p y D a t aSrc fld,src start,# to copy,dest start 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 50,4,8,4,4,8 p T i o n 5 0 B a r code D e n s i t y50,narrow,wide,gap,narspace,widespace p 51,2,S p 51,security,stand/default 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,5,1,6 p 60,I/D,amount,l pos,r pos p 61 p T i o n 6 1 R e i m a g e F i e l dRe-Image on 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Fonts B-1 N T SB Standard Font These samples were printed using the Internal Symbol setBold Font OCRA-like Font 2Fonts Fonts B-3 These samples were printed using CodeCG Triumvirate Typeface 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 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