Avery Dennison Monarch 2 Operating and maintenance manual

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Monarchâ
Sierra Sportä2
Printer

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which the customer can rely. Paxar reserves the right to make changes in the product,
the programs, and their availability at any time and without notice. Although Paxar has
made every effort to provide complete and accurate information in this manual, Paxar
shall not be liable for any omissions or inaccuracies. Any update will be incorporated in
a later edition of this manual.
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WARNING
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide
reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a
commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual,
may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in
a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be
required to correct the interference at his own expense.
CANADIAN D.O.C. WARNING
This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions from
digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian
Department of Communications.
Le présent appareil numérique n’émet pas de bruits radioélectriques dépassant les
limites applicables aux appareils numériques de la classe A prescrites dans le Réglement
sur le brouillage radioélectrique édicte par le ministère des Communications du Canada.
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Avery Dennison Printer Systems Division
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
GETTING STARTED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Standard Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Creating an MPCLII For at Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Printer Me ory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Using RAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Using Flash Me ory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Starting with a Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Deter ining For at Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Deter ining the Print Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Drawing Rough Sketches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Using Supply Layout Grids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Considering Field Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Considering Fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Using the For at Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Filling in the For at Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
CONFIGURING THE PRINTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Setting Co unication Para eters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Using MPCLII Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
MPCLII Punctuation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Standard Syntax Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Using Online Configuration Packets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Configuration Syntax Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
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Making Print Adjust ents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Defining the Syste Setup Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Defining the Supply Setup Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Defining the Print Control Packet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Defining the Monetary For atting Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Defining the Control Characters Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Resetting Control Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Using I ediate Co ands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Enabling I ediate Co ands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Sending I ediate Co ands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Defining the Co unication Settings Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Defining the Backfeed Control Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
Special Considerations When Using Backfeed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Defining the Me ory Configuration Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Checking Current Buffer Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
About Me ory Buffers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
Buffer Worksheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
Buffer Allocation Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
Me ory Considerations with Downloaded TrueType Fonts . . . . . . . 2-26
Clearing Packets fro Me ory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27
Using the Font Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28
Uploading For at Header Infor ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30
DEFINING FIELDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Defining the For at Header. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Defining Text Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Defining Bar Code Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Defining Constant Text Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Defining Line Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Line Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Defining Box Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
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DEFINING FIELD OPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Applying Field Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Co bining Field Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Option 1 (Fixed Data) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Option 2 (Data Type Restrictions). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Option 4 (Copy Data) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Merging Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Sub-Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Option 30 (Padding Data) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Sa ple Use for Padding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Option 31 (Calculate Check Digit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Option 42 (Price Field) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Option 50 (Bar Code Density) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Option 51 (PDF417 Security/Truncation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Option 52 (PDF417 Width/Length). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Option 60 (Incre enting/Decre enting Fields) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Fixing the First Nu ber in the Incre enting Sequence . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Option 61 (Rei age Field) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Using Check Digits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Su of Products Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Su of Digits Calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
CREATING GRAPHICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Overview of Bit apped I ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Deter ining a Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Designing Bit apped I ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Special Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Using the Hex Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Using the Run Length Encoding Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
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Deter ining How to Store the I age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Using RAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Using Te porary Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Creating a Graphic Packet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Positioning the Graphic I age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Defining the Graphic Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Creating Bit ap Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Creating Next-Bit ap Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Creating Duplicate Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Sa ple Hex Graphic Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Sa ple Run Length Graphic Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Placing the Graphic in a For at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Defining the Graphic Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Sa ple Bit ap Graphic I age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
PRINTING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Defining the Batch Header. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Defining the Batch Control Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Defining Batch Data Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Using Special Characters in Batch Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Merged or Sub-Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Incre enting Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Entering Batch Data for QR Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Sa ple QR Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Structured Append Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Sa ple QR Code using a Structured Append . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Downloading Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Sequential Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Batch Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Batch Quantity Zero Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
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Modifying For ats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Optional Entry Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
STATUS POLLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Inquiry Request (ENQ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Inquiry Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
ENQ Reference Table - Byte #2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
ENQ Reference Table - Byte #2 (continued) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
ENQ Reference Table - Byte #3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
ENQ Reference Table - Byte #3 (continued) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Job Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Job Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Job Status 0, 1, 2 Response Table (Status 1 Codes) . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13
Job Status 0, 1, 2 Response Table (Status 2 Codes) . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14
TROUBLESHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Printing Diagnostics Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
Reading Diagnostics Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Resetting Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
If You Receive an Error Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
If the PC and Printer Aren’t Co unicating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Calling Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Additional Diagnostics Infor ation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Data Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
For at Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Batch Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Option Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Online Configuration Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Check Digit Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13
Graphic Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13
Co unication Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-14
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Data For atting Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-15
Machine Faults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16
Flash Me ory Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-18
Hard Printer Failure Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-19
PRINTER OPTIMIZATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
Adjusting the Print Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Reducing I aging Ti e. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
General For at Tips and Hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
SAMPLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Sa ple UPCA For at Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Sa ple MaxiCode Packets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
Mode 0 (Obsolete) Sa ple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
Mode 2 Sa ple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
Mode 3 Sa ple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6
HangTag Exa ple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7
Tag Exa ple. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7
Label Exa ple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8
Receipt For at Exa ple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8
Label Sa ple 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-9
Label Sa ple 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-9
FONTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Bit ap Font Infor ation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Monospaced Font Magnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4
Proportional Font Magnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6
CG Triu virate Typeface Bold (9 pt.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7
Height Magnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7
CG Triu virate Typeface (6 pt.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8
Height Maginfication 203 DPI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8
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Scalable/TrueType® Font Infor ation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9
For at Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9
Downloading Fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10
Using UNICODE (Double-Byte) TrueType® Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11
Character Mapping Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-12
Sa ple UNICODE (Double-Byte) Font For at and Batch . . . . . . . . B-12
Licensing Your Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-13
Using Font Nu bers in For ats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-13
Locating the Font Nu ber in a Font Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-14
SYMBOL SETS/CODE PAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Supported Sy bol Sets and Code Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Using Code 128 Function Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
Entering Extended Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
Using International Character Sets/Code Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
Internal Sy bol Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
ANSI Sy bol Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4
Bold Character Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4
OCRA Character Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5
Code Page 437 (Latin U.S.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5
Code Page 850 (Latin 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6
Code Page 852 (Latin 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6
Code Page 855 (Russian) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-7
Code Page 857 (IBM Turkish) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-7
Code Page 860 (MS-DOS Portuguese). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-8
Code Page 1250 (Latin 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-8
Code Page 1251 (Cyrillic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-9
Code Page 1252 (Latin 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-9
Code Page 1253 (Greek). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-10
Code Page 1254 (Turkish) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-10
Code Page 1255 (Hebrew) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-11
Code Page 1256 (Arabic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-11
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Code Page 1257 (Baltic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-12
Code Page 1258 (Vietna ese). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-12
ASCII to Hexadeci al Conversion Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-13
Binary to Hex Conversion Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-16
Dot to Run Length Encoding Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-20
ON (Black) Dots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-20
OFF (White Dots) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-20
FORMAT DESIGN TOOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
Online Configuration Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2
Batch Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3
Check Digit Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-4
GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-1
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GETTING STARTED 1
Before you read this manual, review the printer information in the
Operator’s Handbook.
About This Manual
This manual is for the developer who is creating the formats for the
printer.
Use this manual to design and print your own custom formats on
the Monarch® Sierra Sport 2 printer. This chapter creates a
sample Monarch® Printer ontrol Language II (MP LII) packet.
Standard Features
The following features are standard on the printer: 203 dots per
inch (DPI) printhead, 1.89 inch by 12 inch maximum print image,
print speed (1.5, 2, or 3 inches per second), graphical L D, 5
buttons (on/off, feed, and 3 context-sensitive), 512K RAM with an
additional 2MB flash memory.
Getting Started 1-1

Creating an MPCLII Format Packet
A format defines which fields appear and where the fields are
printed on the label. The printer requires this information in a
special form. This section describes how to create a sample
MP LII format packet.
Make sure supplies are loaded, you have a fully charged battery,
the printer is connected to a host and ready to receive data, and
you have software in the printer. Refer your Operator’s Handbook
for more information.
1. Type the following format header, in any text editor:
{F,25,A,R,E,200,200,"FMT-25" p
2. Type the following constant text field:
C,140,40,0,1,2,1,W,C,0,0,"SAMPLE FORMAT",1 p
3. Type the following bar code field:
B,1,12,F,85,40,1,2,40,5,L,0 p
4. Type the following text field:
T,2,18,V,50,50,1,3,1,1,B,L,0,0,1 p}
For detailed information about the format header, text, constant
text, and bar code fields, see hapter 3, "Defining Fields." For
information about batch packets, see hapter 6, "Printing."
1-2 Getting Started

You have created a format packet for your MP LII printer. Now, a
batch packet must be created before you can print the format.
5. Type the following batch header, after the text field line:
{B,25,N,1 p
6. Type the following bar code data:
1,"02802811111" p
7. Type the following text field data:
2,"TEXT FIELD" p}
8. Save your file as SAMPLE.FMT.
9. Import the packets into your communications software or send
it to the printer’s communication port through the Monarch®
MP L Toolbox Download Utility.
Printer Memory
The printer has both RAM and flash memory. You can use one or
both types of memory, depending on how you use your printer.
sing RAM
Use RAM for temporary storage. It is volatile; the contents are
lost when you turn the printer off. The printer has 512K of RAM.
RAM can contain formats, graphics, batches, and fonts. In the
header of each packet, you specify to send it to RAM. Then, to
download them to the printer from a host device. See hapter 3,
"Defining Fields," for more information.
Getting Started 1-3

sing Flash Memory
Use flash memory for permanent storage. It is non-volatile; the
contents stay in place until erased. The printer has 2MB of flash
memory, depending on your configuration.
To load flash memory, use either the Monarch® MP L Toolbox Soft
Font Utility (fonts) or the Label Designer software (formats).
Every time you download these packets into flash memory, another
copy is made, even if it is already in memory. After doing this
several times, you will eventually use up flash memory.
Starting with a Design
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 ontents" for more information.
2. Determine your label size. Labels are available from Monarch
in a wide variety of sizes. Your application and the amount of
data you need to print determines the supply size. ontact
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
" onsidering Field Types" for more information.
5. Decide which fonts you want to use. See " onsidering 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 format.
1-4 Getting Started

7. reate a format packet, based on how you filled out your
worksheet. See hapter 3, "Defining Fields," for more
information.
Determining Format Contents
Before you lay out your format, you need to make a few decisions.
For example:
NHow large is your supply?
NWhich fonts do you want to use?
NDo you want to include a bar code?
NDo you want to include graphics?
Determining the Print Area
The print area varies, depending on the size of your supply. Below
are the maximum and minimum print areas. Notice that the top
edge of the supply exits the printer first. There is a non-print zone
(0.055 inches) on either edge of the supply.
nit of
Measure Maximum Supply Size Maximum Print Area Minimum Supply Size Minimum Print Area
English
(1/100") 205 x 1200 189 x 1200 50 x 37.5 37.5 x 37.5
Metric
(1/10mm) 521 x 3048 480 x 3048 127 x 95 95 x 95
Dots
(1/203 dots) 416 x 2436 384 x 2436 102 x 76 76 x 76
The length you can print is dependent on the amount of memory
you allocate for the image buffer. See "Defining the Memory
onfiguration Packet" in hapter 2.
For exact print area measurements of your
supply, see the supply layout grids in
Appendix D.
Getting Started 1-5

Use the following formulas to convert inches to dots and metric:
Dots = inches x 203
Metric (1/10mm) = inches x 254
English (1/100 inch) = 100 x (dots/203)
Dots = Metric (1/10 mm) x .797
Drawing Rough Sketches
After you decide what information you want to
print, sketch how you want the information to
appear on the label. Note any areas that are
preprinted on the label, such as a logo.
As soon as you know what information to include
on the label, and you have a rough sketch, you
can use a supply layout grid to help you layout
and size your label. If you do not want to use a
grid, go to " onsidering Field Types" to choose
what information you want on your label.
1-6 Getting Started

sing Supply Layout Grids
A supply layout grid contains measurement markers. These
markers help you accurately position information on your label.
Decide whether you want to design formats using English, Metric,
or Dot measurements. hoose from the following grids:
NEnglish
The English grid is measured in
1/100 inches.
NMetric
The Metric grid is measured in 1/10
millimeters (mm).
NGraphic
The printer uses dots to print
images on a label. The printhead
has 203 dots per inch (DPI).
If you want to use the supply layout
grids, a copy of each is in Appendix D,
"Format Design Tools."
- Indicates
no-print a
r
Supply Layout
(Inches)
12
Im age W idth
.9 5
0
1.42
6
3.6
2.4
1.2
7.2
8.4
9.6
10.8
0
.4 7
1.89
4.8
Im age Length
Getting Started 1-7

Considering Field Types
After you select a supply size, the next step in designing a format
is to decide what information you want to print on the label. For
example, you may want to print your company name, price of an
item, and a bar code that combines information from other places.
Everything you want to print falls into one of the following
categories.
Field Type Description Examples
Text ontains letters, numbers, or
symbols you want to print. item number, item description, department
number, price, date
Bar ode Used for printing bar codes
that can be scanned. item or serial numbers, zip codes, information you don’t
want to have visible to
customers
onstant Text Prints fixed characters that
print without changing. company name, company address
Line or Box Highlights or separates items. line marking out the regular
price, border around the
supply
Graphic ontains a bitmap image or a
compliance label overlay. logos
All of the above field types except graphics
are discussed in hapter 3. See hapter 5,
" reating Graphics" for information on
including graphics in your format.
1-8 Getting Started

Considering Fonts
When working with fonts, you have three considerations:
Nfont appearance
Nfont size (bitmapped)
Nfont spacing (monospaced or proportional)
See Appendix B, "Fonts," for samples of each font.
sing the Format Worksheet
The Format Worksheet is divided into sections that list the field
types. Each section has boxes to fill in with parameters that
define your format. A format worksheet is included in Appendix D,
"Format Design Tools."
Filling in the Format Worksheet
Decide what type of field to use on your label.
1. Make a copy of the Format Worksheet.
2. Define the Format Header.
3. Define options as you require them. See hapter 4, "Defining
Field Options" for more information.
Getting Started 1-9

1-10 Getting Started