Paxar Monarch TCMPCL2PR Manuale utente

TCMPCL2PR Rev. BA 06/00

Packet Reference Manual

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MONARCH PRINTER

Each product and program carries a respective written warranty, the only warranty on which the

customer can rely. Monarch reserves the right to make changes in the product and the programs

and their availability at any time and without notice. Although Monarch has made every effort to

provide complete and accurate information in this manual, Monarch shall not be liable for any

omissions or inaccuracies. Any update will be incorporated in a later edition of this manual.

reproduced, transmitted, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form,

by any means, without the written permission of Monarch Marking Systems, Inc.

Trademarks

Monarch is a registered trademark of Monarch Marking Systems, Inc.

Paxar is a trademark of Paxar Corporation.

1460, 6030, 9446, 9490, and 9494 are trademarks of Monarch Marking Systems, Inc.

Monarch Marking Systems, Inc.

170 Monarch Lane

Miamisburg, Ohio 45342

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Overview of Printer Differences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Creating an MPCLII ormat Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Daily Startup Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Chapter 2. Designing a Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Starting with a Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Determining ormat Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Determining the Print Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Drawing Rough Sketches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Using Supply Layout Grids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Considering ield Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Considering onts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

ormat Worksheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

illing in the ormat Worksheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Chapter 3. Configuring the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Setting Communication Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Using Autobaud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Using MPCLII Conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

MPCLII Punctuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Standard Syntax Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Using Online Configuration Packets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Configuration Packet Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Configuration Syntax Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Defining the System Setup Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

Defining the Supply Setup Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8

Defining the Print Control Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Defining the Monetary ormatting Packet. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

Defining the Control Characters Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

Resetting Control Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

Defining the Communication Settings Packet . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

Defining the Memory Configuration Packet. . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15

Checking Current Buffer Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17

About Memory Buffers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18

Buffer Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20

Buffer Allocation Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21

Optional RAM Buffer Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22

Using Immediate Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22

Enabling Immediate Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22

Sending Immediate Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23

Clearing Packets from Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25

Using the ont Packet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26

Using Configuration Upload Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28

Defaults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30

or the 9494 printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30

or the 9490 printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31

or the 9446 printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31

or the 1460 printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32

Chapter 4. Defining Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Defining the ormat Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Defining Text ields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Defining Bar Code ields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

Defining Non-Printable Text ields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

Defining Constant Text ields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

Defining Line ields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18

Line Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19

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Defining Box ields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21

Chapter 5. Defining Field Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Applying ield Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Combining ield Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Option 1 ( ixed Data) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

Option 4 (Copy Data) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

Merging ields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5

Sub- ields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5

Option 30 (Padding Data) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6

Sample Use for Padding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6

Option 31 (Calculate Check Digit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

Option 42 (Price ield) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8

Option 50 (Bar Code Density). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9

Option 51 (PD 417 Security/Truncation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10

Option 52 (PD 417 Width/Length) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11

Option 60 (Incrementing/Decrementing ields) . . . . . . . . 5-12

ixing the irst Number in the

Incrementing Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12

Option 61 (Reimage ield) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13

Using Check Digits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14

Sum of Products Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15

Sum of Digits Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16

Chapter 6. Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Defining the Batch Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

Defining the Batch Control ield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4

Defining Batch Data ields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

Using Special Characters in Batch Data . . . . . . . . . 6-5

Merged or Sub- ields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6

Incrementing ields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6

Tabl e of Cont ents

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Downloading Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6

Sequential Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6

Batch Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7

Batch Quantity Zero Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7

Modifying ormats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

Optional Entry Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

Creating DOS Batch iles for Downloading . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

Chapter . Status Polling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

Inquiry Request (ENQ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

Inquiry Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

Job Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7

Job Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8

Job Status 0, 1, 2 Response Table

(Status 1 Codes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12

Chapter 8. Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1

Printing a Test Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1

Using the 9494 or 9490 printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1

Using a 9446 or 1460 printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Using Data Dump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

Troubleshooting Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

If You Receive an Error Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

If the PC and Printer Aren’t Communicating . . . . . . 8-5

Calling Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6

Additional Diagnostics Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6

Chapter 9. Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1

Data Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1

Communication ailures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12

Data ormatting ailures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15

Machine aults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17

Hard Printer ailures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22

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Chapter 10. Printer Optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1

Adjusting the Print Quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1

Reducing Imaging Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3

General ormat Tips and Hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5

Advanced Use of the Optional Entry Method . . . . . . . . . . 10-6

Standard ormat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7

Optimized ormat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7

Appendix A. Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

Sample UPCA ormat Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

Sample MaxiCode Packets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Mode 0 (Obsolete) Sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

Mode 2 Sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

Mode 3 Sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

Sample Compliance Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6

Sample Zero Batch Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-9

Sample ixed Character ormat Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-11

Appendix B. Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

Standard onts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

Monospaced ont Magnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4

Proportional ont Magnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6

CG Triumvirate Bold (9 pt.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6

CG Triumvirate (6 pt.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7

CG Triumvirate Bold (9 pt.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8

CG Triumvirate (6 pt.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8

Scalable ont Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8

Additional onts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10

Using ont Numbers in ormats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10

Locating the ont Number in a ont Packet . . . . . . . . . . . B-10

Tabl e of Cont ents

Appendix C. Symbol Sets/Code Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1

Supported Symbol Sets and Code Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1

Selecting a Symbol Set or Code Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2

Selecting the Internal Symbol Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2

Selecting the ANSI Symbol Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2

Selecting the 437 or 850 Code Page . . . . . . . . . . . C-2

Entering Extended Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2

Internal Symbol Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3

ANSI Symbol Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4

Bold Character Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5

OCRA Character Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6

Code Page 437 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-7

Code Page 850 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-8

ASCII to Hexadecimal Conversion Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-9

Appendix D. Format Design Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1

Online Configuration Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2

Batch Worksheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3

Check Digit Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-4

Appendix E. Addressing a 9490 Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1

Addressing the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1

Step 1. Define the Printer Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1

Step 2. Select a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-3

Step 3. Select the Battery Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-3

Using Non-Addressed Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-4

Returning to Addressed Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-5

Switching Between Addressed Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-5

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-6

MPCLII Packet Reference Manual

Chapter 1. Getting Started

This manual provides the necessary information to design,

write and print a Monarch® Printer Control Language II

(MPCLII) format The following printers support this type of

format:

✦9494 (V 1 0 or greater)

✦9490 (V 3 0 or greater)

✦9446 (V 5 2 or greater)

✦1460 (V 3 0 or greater)

This chapter

✦describes the significant differences between the four

printers

✦creates a sample MPCLII packet

✦shows how to download a sample packet

✦gives a list of daily procedures for operators

Audience ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

You do not have to be a programmer to use this manual, but

you must be familiar with creating text files and executing

basic MS-DOS® commands

1-1

Overview of Printer Differences ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

While all four of these printers are very similar, some

differences in operation and available options exist

Feature 9494 9490 9446 1460

Maximum print

speed

2 0 IPS 2 0 IPS 10 0 IPS 7 0 IPS

Maximum print

area

4 0 in x 6 0 in 4 0 in x 6 0 in 4 0 in x 8 0 in 4 0 in x 8 0 in

Location of

Print Area

Center Center Left Left

Supply Width 2 0 in x 4 0 in 2 0 in x 4 0 in 1 2 in x 4 2 in 1 2 in x 4 2 in

Supply Length 1 0 in x 6 0 in 1 0 in x 6 0 in 75 in x 8 0 in 75 in x 8 0 in

Power Up Mode Online/Offline Online Online/Offline Online

On demand

/Continuous

On demand

/Continuous

On demand

/Continuous

On demand

/Continuous

/Internal

Rewind

On demand

only

Supply Types Black Mark

/Non-indexed

Black Mark Black Mark

/Die Cut

Black Mark

/Die cut

Print a

Separator

Ye s Ye s Ye s N o

Use High

Energy Ribbon

No No Yes No

Scalable Font

Standard

Ye s Ye s N o N o

Black to White

Print Ratio

30% 20% 30% 30%

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