Avery Dennison Monarch 9825 User manual

TC9800PM Rev. DJ 12/07 ©1996 Paxar Americas, Inc. a subsidiary of Avery Dennison Corp. All rights reserved.
•9825®
•9855®
•9860ä
Monarch®
Printers

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the programs, and their availability at any time and without notice. Although Paxar has
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shall not be liable for any omissions or inaccuracies. Any update will be incorporated in
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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 ministPre des Communications du Canada.
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Monarch® and 9800 are registered trademarks of Paxar Americas, Inc.
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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
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Creating an M CLII Format acket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Daily Startup rocedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Starting with a Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Determining Format Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Determining the rint Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Drawing Rough Sketches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Using Supply Layout Grids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Considering Field Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Considering Fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Interchanging ackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Using the Format Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Filling in the Format Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
CONFIGURING THE PRINTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Setting Communication arameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Using arallel Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
M CLII unctuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Standard Syntax Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Using Online Configuration ackets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Configuration acket Header. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Configuration Syntax Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
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Making rint Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Defining the System Setup acket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Defining the Supply Setup acket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Defining the rint Control acket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Defining the Monetary Formatting acket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Defining the Control Characters acket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Resetting Control Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Using Immediate Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Defining the Communication Settings acket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Defining the Backfeed Control acket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Special Considerations When Using Backfeed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24
Defining the Memory Configuration acket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
Checking Current Buffer Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27
About Memory Buffers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27
Buffer Worksheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30
Buffer Allocation Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30
Memory Considerations with Downloaded TrueType Fonts . . . . . . . 2-31
Formatting Flash Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32
Flash Memory Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32
Clearing ackets from Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-33
Using the Font acket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-34
Uploading Format Header Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-38
Defining a Verifier Configuration acket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39
Defining a Network Console acket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40
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DEFINING FIELDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Defining the Format Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Defining Text Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Defining Bar Code Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Defining Non- rintable Text Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Defining Constant Text Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Defining Line Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Line Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Defining Box Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Defining Verifier Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
Defining the RFID Data Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
DEFINING FIELD OPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Applying Field Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Combining Field Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Applying Options to the RFID Data Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Option 1 (Fixed Data) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Option 2 (Data Type Restrictions). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Option 3 (Data Entry Templates) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Option 4 (Copy Data) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Merging Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Sub-Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Option 5 (Define Data Entry Sources) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Option 6 (Upload Field Data) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Sample Upload acket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Option 20 (Define Data Entry rompts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Option 21 (Define Extended Field Names) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Option 30 ( ad Data) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Sample Use for adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
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Option 31 (Calculate Check Digit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Option 42 ( rice Field). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Option 50 (Bar Code Density) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Option 51 ( DF417 Security/Truncation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Option 52 ( DF417 Width/Length) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Option 60 (Incrementing/Decrementing Fields). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Fixing the First Number in the Incrementing Sequence . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Option 61 (Reimage Field) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Option 62 (Bypass Bar Code) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Verifier Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Using Check Digits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Sum of roducts Calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
Sum of Digits Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27
CREATING GRAPHICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Overview of Compliance Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Overview of Bitmapped Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Determining a Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Designing Compliance Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Designing Bitmapped Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Special Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Using the Hex Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Using the Run Length Encoding Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Determining How to Store the Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Using Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Using Volatile RAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Using Temporary Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Creating a Graphic acket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
ositioning the Graphic Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
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Defining the Graphic Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Creating Bitmap Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Creating Next-Bitmap Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Creating Duplicate Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Sample Compliance Graphic acket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Sample Hex Graphic acket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Sample Run Length Graphic acket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
lacing the Graphic in a Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Defining the Graphic Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Sample Compliance Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
Sample Bitmap Graphic Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
PRINTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Downloading Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Defining the Batch Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Defining the Batch Control Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Defining Batch Data Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Using Expanded E C Gen2 RFID Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Using Special Characters in Batch Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Merged or Sub-Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
Incrementing Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
Special rinting Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
9855 rinter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
9855 RFID rinter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
9860 rinter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
Serial Bar Code rinting Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Downloading Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Sequential Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Batch Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Batch Quantity Zero Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Optional Entry Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Creating DOS Batch Files for Downloading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
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STATUS POLLING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Inquiry Request (ENQ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Inquiry Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
ENQ Reference Table - Byte #2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
ENQ Reference Table - Byte #3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
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
Status olling Considerations for Script Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
DIAGNOSTICS AND ERRORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
rinting a Test Label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
Reading a Test Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
If You Receive an Error Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Reading an Error Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
If the C and rinter Are Not Communicating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Calling Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Additional Diagnostics Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Data Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Communication Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-15
Data Formatting Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-17
Machine Faults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-19
PRINTER OPTIMIZATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -1
Adjusting the rint Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
Reducing Imaging Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
General Format Tips and Hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
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SAMPLES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Sample U CA Format acket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Sample MaxiCode ackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
Mode 0 (Obsolete) Sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
Mode 2 Sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
Mode 3 Sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6
MaxiCode Compression Sample. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7
Sample Data Matrix ackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8
Square Data Matrix acket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8
Rectangular Data Matrix acket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8
Sample Quick Response ackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-9
Entering Batch Data for QR Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10
QR Code acket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-11
Structured Append Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-11
Structured Append QR Code acket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12
Sample Compliance acket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13
Sample Format acket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-16
Sample Data Entry Format acket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-18
RFID Data Field Samples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-19
96-Bit RFID Data Field Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-20
Expanded C1Gen2 Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-25
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FONTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
EFF Swiss Bold Font. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4
axarSymbols Font 56 Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4
axar Font 70 and Font 71 Characters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4
NAFTA Font 72 and Font 73 Characters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5
Bitmap Font Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5
Monospaced Font Magnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6
Using 203 D I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6
Using 300 D I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6
roportional Font Magnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10
CG Triumvirate Typeface Bold (9 pt.) 203 D I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10
Height Magnification 203 D I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10
CG Triumvirate Typeface Bold (9 pt.) 300 D I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11
Height Magnification 300 D I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11
CG Triumvirate Typeface (6 pt.) 203 D I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11
Height Maginfication 203 D I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-12
CG Triumvirate Typeface (6 pt.) 300 D I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-12
Height Maginfication 203 D I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-12
CG Triumvirate Typeface (7 pt.) 203 D I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-13
Height Magnification 203 D I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-13
CG Triumvirate Typeface (7 pt.) 300 D I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-13
CG Triumvirate Typeface (9 pt.) 203 D I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-14
CG Triumvirate Typeface (9 pt.) 300 D I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-15
CG Triumvirate Typeface (11 pt.) 203 D I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-15
CG Triumvirate Typeface (11 pt.) 300 D I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-16
CG Triumvirate Typeface (15 pt.) 203 D I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-17
CG Triumvirate Typeface (15 pt.) 300 D I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-18
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Scalable/TrueType® Font Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-19
Format Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-19
Downloading TrueType Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-20
Using UNICODE (Double-Byte) Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-21
Character Mapping Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-22
UNICODE (Double-Byte) Font Sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-23
Licensing Your Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-23
Using Font Numbers in Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-24
Locating the Font Number in a Font acket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-24
SYMBOL SETS/CODE PAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Supported Symbol Sets and Code ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Using Code 128 Function Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
Entering Extended Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
Using International Character Sets/Code ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
Internal Symbol Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
ANSI Symbol Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4
Bold Character Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4
OCRA Character Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5
Code age 100 (Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5
Code age 101 (Wingdings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6
Code age 437 (Latin U.S.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6
Code age 850 (Latin 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-7
Code age 852 (Latin 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-7
Code age 855 (Russian) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-8
Code age 857 (IBM Turkish) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-8
Code age 860 (MS-DOS ortuguese). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-9
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Code age 1250 (Latin 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-9
Code age 1251 (Cyrillic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-10
Code age 1252 (Latin 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-10
Code age 1253 (Greek) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-11
Code age 1254 (Turkish). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-11
Code age 1255 (Hebrew) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-12
Code age 1256 (Arabic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-12
Code age 1257 (Baltic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-13
Code age 1258 (Vietnamese). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-13
ASCII to Hexadecimal Conversion Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-14
Binary to Hex Conversion Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-17
Dot to Run Length Encoding Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-21
ON (Black) Dots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-21
OFF (White Dots) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-21
FORMAT DESIGN TOOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
Online Configuration Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2
Batch Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3
Check Digit Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-4
Supply Layout (Inches) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-5
Supply Layout (Metric). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6
Supply Layout (Dpi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-7
Format Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-9
PRINTER DIFFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1
rinter Comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1
ost- rint Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-3
GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-1
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GETTING STARTED 1
Before you read this manual, review the printer information in the
Operator’s Handbook or Operating Instructions. 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:
N9825 V. 1.0 or greater)
N9855 V. 1.0 or greater)
N9860 V. 1.0 or greater)
See Appendix E, "Printer Differences" for a description of each
printer’s features.
About This Manual
You do not need to be a programmer to use this manual, but you
must be familiar with creating text files and using basic MS-DOS®
commands. This chapter describes how to
Ncreate and download a sample MPCLII packet.
Nuse the Supply Layout Grid and Format Worksheet.
Ncategorize data into field types and select fonts to use in
your format.
See "Defining Text Fields" in Chapter 3 for a list of available fonts
for your printer. See Chapter 4, "Defining Field Options," for a list
of available options for your printer.
Getting Started 1-1

Before You Begin
1. Connect the printer to the host. Refer to the Quick Reference
for more information.
2. Load supplies in the printer. Refer to the Quick Reference for
more information.
3. Turn on the printer.
4. Set the communication parameters and configure the printer.
The communication parameters at the printer must match
those at the host. See Chapter 2, "Configuring the Printer,"
for more information.
5. Design your format. See "Starting with a Design" for more
information.
6. Download your format to the printer. See Chapter 6,
"Printing," for more information.
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, using Monarch Printer Control Language II MPCL).
This section describes how to create a sample MPCLII format
packet.
Make sure supplies are loaded, the printer is connected to the
host and is ready to receive data. Refer to the Quick Reference
for more information.
For detailed information about the format header, text, constant
text, and bar code fields, see Chapter 3, "Defining Fields." For
information about batch packets, see Chapter 6, "Printing."
1. Type the following format header, in any text editor:
{F,25,A,R,E,200,200,"FMT-25" p
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2. Type the following constant text field:
C,140,40,0,1,2,1,W,C,0,0,"SAMPLE FORMAT",0 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,0,0,0 p}
You have created a format packet for your MPCLII 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. Type MODE COM1:9600,N,8,1 at the DOS prompt if you are
using serial communications. This sets the communication
parameters at your host. These communication parameters
must match those at your printer. See "Setting
Communication Parameters," in Chapter 2, or your host’s
documentation for more information.
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10. Type COPY SAMPLE.FMT COM1. The following 2 inch by 2
inch label prints:
{F,25,A,R,E,200,200,"Fmt 25" p
C,140,40,0,1,2,1,W,C,0,0,"SAMPLE FORMAT",0 p
B,1,12,F,85,40,1,2,40,5,L,0 p
T,2,18,V,50,50,1,3,1,1,B,L,0,0,0 p}
Sample Batch Packet
{B,25,N,1 p
1,"02802811111" p
2,"TEXT FIELD" p}
See "Starting with a Design" to design your
format and Chapter 3, "Defining Fields" to
create text, bar code, and line fields.
Daily Startup Procedures
You may want to design a checklist for operators to follow each
day. Here are a few suggested items: Turn on the printer and
host, make sure ribbon and supplies are loaded, make sure
communication parameters are set, and download packets from
the host to the printer.
You may want to keep records of supplies that have been printed.
A good way to do this is to design a print log for operators to
complete at the end of the day. Here are some suggestions for
types of information to include in a print log: date, operator’s
name, format name, supply size, quantity printed, evaluation of
print quality, and problems/comments.
Keep backup copies of your format, batch data, check digit, and
graphic packets.
1-4 Getting Started

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 Contents" for more information.
2. Determine your label size. Labels are available from Paxar in
a wide variety of sizes. Your application and the amount of
data you need to print determines the supply size. Contact
your Account Manager or Technical Support 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 send your design to the printer. To
do this:
7. Create a format packet, based on how you filled out your
worksheet. See Chapter 3, "Defining Fields," for more
information.
8. Download your format packet to the printer. See Chapter 6,
"Printing," for more information.
Getting Started 1-5

Determining Format Contents
Before you lay out your format, answer these questions. How
large is your supply, which fonts do you want to use, do you want
to include a bar code, and do you want to include graphics?
Determining the Print Area
The "bottom" or leading edge) is the edge that exits the printer
first. The 0,0 point is at the bottom left corner of the label. The
print area is in the center of the label.
Printer Unit of
Measure Max. Supply (Wid x Len) Max. Print Area (Wid x Len) Min. Supply (Wid x Len) Min. Print Area (Wid x Len)
9825 English 425 x 1750 400 x 1600 75 x 50 75 x 50
Metric 1080 x 4445 1016 x 4064 191 x 127 191 x 127
Dots 203) 863 x 3553 812 x 3248 152 x 102 152 x 102
9855/
9860 English 425 x 1750 400 x 1600 75 x 32 75 x 32
Metric 1080 x 4445 1016 x 4064 191 x 81 191 x 81
Dots 203) 863 x 3553 812 x 3248 152 x 65 152 x 65
Dots 300) 1275 x 5250 200 x 3900 225 x 96 225 x 96
9855RFID
English 400 x 1300 400 x 1300 400 x 100 400 x 100
Metric 1016 x 3300 1016 x 3300 1016 x 254 1016 x 254
Dots 203) 812 x 2639 812 x 2639 812 x 203 812 x 203
Dots 300) 1200 x 3900 1200 x 3900 1200 x 300 1200 x 300
The following non-print zones are recommended for the printers:
All Supplies .050 inches on either edge of the label.
All Supplies .020 inches at the end of the label.
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If using the optional verifier, allow a minimum no-scan zone on
the trailing edge of the label of 0.5 inch 13 mm). The trailing
edge is the edge of the label that exits the printer last; regardless
of how the format is designed on the label.
Use the following formulas to convert inches to dots and metric:
Dots = inches x 203 (or 300 dots per inch)
Metric (1/10mm) = inches x 254
English (1/100 inch) = 100 x (dots/203) or (dots/300)
Dots = Metric (1/10 mm) x 799/1000 (or 1181/1000)
300 dpi depends on your printer.
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 "Considering Field Types" to choose what information
you want on your label.
Getting Started 1-7

Using 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. Choose from the following grids:
NEnglish
The English grid, shown to the
right, 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) or an optional 300 dots per
inch printhead depending on
your printer.
Choose English or Metric units when designing formats to use
with different printers. English or Metric units allow more direct
use of formats on printers with different density printheads.
If you want to use supply layout grids, a copy of each is in
Appendix D, "Format Design Tools."
Supply Layout (dpi)
0.0
0.0 102 203 305 406 508 609 711 812 853
508
406
305
203
102
609
711
812
914
1015
1117
1218
1624
1523
1421
1320
203 300
0.0
750
600
450
300
150
900
1050
1200
1350
1500
1650
1800
2400
2250
2100
1950
0.0 150 300 450 600 750 900 1050 1200
203
300 1350 1500 1650 1800 1950 2100
1-8 Getting Started