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MONARCH PRINTER
CONTROL LANGUAGE II
Packet Reference Manual
TCMPCL2PR Rev. BA 06/00 ©2001 Paxar Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
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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. 1994 Monarch Mar
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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 Format Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Daily Startup Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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MPCLII Packet Reference Manual Defining the Supply Setup Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8 Defining the Print Control Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9 Defining the Monetary Formatting 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.
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Table of Contents Defining Box Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21 Chapter 5. Defining Field Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 Applying Field Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 Combining Field Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 Option 1 (Fixed Data) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3 Option 4 (Copy Data) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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MPCLII Packet Reference Manual Downloading Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6 Sequential Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6 Batch Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Batch Quantity Zero Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Modifying Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8 Optional Entry Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8 Creating DOS Batch Fi
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Table of Contents Chapter 10. Printer Optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1 Adjusting the Print Quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1 Reducing Imaging Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3 General Format Tips and Hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5 Advanced Use of the Optional Entry Method . . . . . . . . . . 10-6 Standard Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7 Optimized Format .
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MPCLII Packet Reference Manual 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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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 dail
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MPCLII Packet Reference Manual 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 2.0 IPS 2.0 IPS 10.0 IPS 7.0 IPS speed Maximum print 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. area Location of Center Center Left Left Print Area 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
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Chapter 1. Getting Started Before You Begin –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1. Connect the printer to the host. Refer to your printer’s documentation for more information. 2. Load supplies in the printer. Refer to your printer’s documentation 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 3, "Configuring the Printer," for more infor
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MPCLII Packet Reference Manual 3. Type the following bar code field: B,1,12,F,110,115,1,2,120,5,L,0 p 4. Type the following text field: T,2,18,V,30,30,1,1,1,1,B,C,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,"12345678901" p 7. Type the following text field data: 2,"DAYTON, OHIO" p } 8.
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Chapter 1. Getting Started 10. Type COPY SAMPLE.FMT COM1. The following 2 inch by 2 inch label prints: { F,25,A,R,M,508,508,"Fmt 25" p C,250,80,0,1,2,1,W,C,0,0,"MONARCH MARKING" p B,1,12,F,110,115,1,2,120,5,L,0 p T,2,18,V,30,30,1,1,1,1,B,C,0,0 p } Sample Batch Packet { B,25,N,1 p 1,"12345678901" p 2,"DAYTON, OHIO" p } Daily Startup Procedures –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– You may want to design a checklist for operators to follow each day. Here are a few suggested items: Turn o
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MPCLII Packet Reference Manual 1-6
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Chapter 2. Designing a Format This chapter describes how to ✦ determine what kind of information to use in your format. ✦ use the Supply Layout Grid and Format Worksheet. ✦ categorize data into field types. ✦ select fonts to use in your format. 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 Forma
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MPCLII Packet Reference Manual 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 4, "Defining Fields," for more information. 8. Download your format packet to the printer. See Chapter 6, "Printing," for more information. Determining Format Contents –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Before you lay out your format, you need to make a few decisions. For example: ✦ How large is your supply
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Chapter 2. Designing a Format The following table lists the non-print zones for each printer. Printer Top Bottom Left Right 9490/9494 .04 inches .16 - .19 inches .05 - .11 inches .05 - .11 inches 1.01 mm 4.1 - 4.8 mm 1.3 - 2.8 mm 1.3 - 2.8 mm 7.7 dots 31 - 36.5 dots 9.6 - 21.1 dots 9.6 - 21.1 dots 9446/1460 none none .06 inches .14 inches 1.5 mm 3.6 mm 11.5 dots 26.9 dots n The standard supply length for the 9490 and 9494 printers is six inches. The standard supply length for the 9446 and 1460
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MPCLII Packet Reference Manual 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: Supply Layout ✦ English (Inches) 8.0 7.5 7.0 The English grid, shown to the 6.5 right, is measured in 1/100 6.0 inches. 5.5 5.0 ✦ Metric 4.5 4.0 The Metric grid is me
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Chapter 2. Designing a Format Field Type Description Examples Text Contains letters, numbers, or item number, item description, symbols you want to print. department number, price, date Non-Printable Holds batch data for use later, city, state, and zip code to be Text such as for merging into included in a bar code another field. The printer does not print non-printable text fields. Bar Code Used for printing bar codes that item or serial numbers, zip can be scanned. codes, information you don
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MPCLII Packet Reference Manual Choosing the appropriate font appearance is up to the user. See Appendix B, "Fonts," for samples of each font. Choosing the appropriate font size and spacing depends on how much space is available on your supply. Monospaced characters occupy the same amount of space within a magnification, making it easy to predict the field size. Use monospaced fonts for price fields and data you want to list in a column. Proportionally spaced characters vary in height and widt
