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®
Monarch
939™ Keyboard
TC0939OI Rev. AD 12/07 ©2003 Paxar Americas, Inc. a subsidiary of Avery Dennison Corp. 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. 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. ©2003 Paxar Americas, Inc. a subsi
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TABLE OF CONTENTS GETTING STARTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Unpacking the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Connecting the Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 Control Keys. . .
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ii Table of Contents
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GETTING STARTED 1 The Monarch® 939 keyboard allows you to easily configure the printer and enter batch data. The keyboard works with the Monarch® 9855 and Monarch® 9860 printers. This chapter includes information about unpacking the keyboard. connecting the power cable. using the keyboard. Getting Started 1-1
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Unpacking the Keyboard After unpacking the keyboard, look through all packaging material for parts. Keep the box and packaging material in case the keyboard ever needs repair. 1. Pull the cable out from the bottom of the base. 2. Slide the first loop in the cable slot as shown. Cable Slot 1-2 Getting Started
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Connecting the Cable The keyboard receives power from the printer. 1. Turn off the printer before you connect the keyboard cable. 2. Plug the 9-pin keyboard cable into the back of the printer. Keyboard Cable Goes Here 3. Turn on the printer. Press (I) to turn on and (O) to turn off the printer. The keyboard displays PRINT MODE Ready Getting Started 1-3
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Using the Keyboard The keyboard has full alphabetic (QWERTY) keys with 10 numeric keys, 5 function keys, 4 arrow keys, and several special keys. 1-4 Getting Started
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Control Keys E Escape. Returns the display to the next higher menu. Also clears an error. C Clear. Clears the entire field. P Pause. Interrupts printing. Press Pause again to resume printing. F Feed. Feeds a blank label if there is no print job. Prints a label in on-demand mode. Prints a label with error information that is useful to your System Administrator if an error is displayed. C Cut. Cuts the supply. L R Displays menu items and allows you to move the cursor. u d M
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1-6 Getting Started
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SETTING BATCH OPTIONS 2 You can select Batch Options to change which prompts appear during Batch Entry mode and set default values for those prompts. Customizing which prompts appear during batch entry can reduce the time it takes to enter data for a format. If a knife is not installed, you can prevent those prompts from appearing during batch entry mode. If you set a new default value for an option, that value is used even if the prompt is not displayed. If you do not change a default value
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Setting Prompts and Defaults Use the following steps to customize which prompts appear during batch entry and to specify defaults for these prompts. 1. Press N at the Main menu, when you see Batch Options. If you have password protection enabled, you will see Enter Password: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. Press F three times and then press N. Clear Fields? Prompt? Yes 3. Decide if you want to see this prompt in Batch Entry mode and press either l or r to display your selection. Press N. Clear Fie
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Cut Option Prompt? Yes 7. Decide if you want to see this prompt in Batch Entry mode and press either l or r to display your selection. Press N. Cut Option No r 8. Decide if you want to change the default (No) and press either l or r to display your selection. Press N. Cut Multiple Prompt? Yes 9. Decide if you want to see this prompt in Batch Entry mode and press either l or r to display your selection. Press N. Cut Multiple 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10. Decide if you want to change the de
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12. Decide if you want to change the default (No) and press either l or r to display your selection. If you select "Yes," the last tag in the batch is cut. The printer must feed one or two tags past the printhead to cut the last tag in the batch. Press N. Cut After Batch? Prompt? Yes 13. Decide if you want to see this prompt in Batch Entry mode and press either l or r to display your selection. If you select "Yes," the last tag in the batch is cut. The printer must feed one or two tag
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Quantity? Prompt? Yes 17. Decide if you want to see this prompt in Batch Entry mode and press either l or r to display your selection. Press N. Quantity 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18. Decide if you want to change the default (1) for the quantity of tags to print in a batch. Enter a quantity (1-32000). Press N. After setting the batch options, you are ready to use Batch Entry mode to enter data for your formats. See Chapter 3, "Entering Batch Data," for more information. Non-Knife Setup If yo
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3. Decide if you want to see this prompt in Batch Entry mode and press either l or r to display your selection. Press N. Quantity 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4. Decide if you want to change the default (1) for the quantity of tags to print in a batch. Enter a quantity (1-32000). Press N. After setting the batch options, you are ready to use Batch Entry mode to enter data for your formats. See Chapter 3, "Entering Batch Data," for more information. Keep in mind the following definitions: Number o
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Print Multiple Number of copies of each tag to print as a set within a batch. A print multiple of one prints one set of one tag. A print multiple of three prints three copies of each tag as a set. If the print multiple is three and the print quantity is 15, then 15 sets of tags with three tags per set are printed (45 tags). If the print multiple is two and the print quantity is four, then four sets of tags with two tags per set are printed (8 tags). The most common application for print multi
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2-8 Setting Batch Options
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ENTERING BATCH DATA 3 This chapter explains how to enter batch data from the keyboard. You can enter numbers, letters, and a variety of symbols (including punctuation and international characters) from the keyboard. See Appendix B, "Character Sets" for information about international characters. Some fields specifically require numeric or alphabetic data. If you try to enter numeric data for an alpha field, or alphabetic data for a numeric field, the printer does not accept the data. Ent
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Entering a Batch Batch Entry lets you enter the data to print a batch (or batches) of supplies. You must first download your formats to the printer. Depending on your settings in Batch Options, some of these prompts may or may not appear. See Chapter 2, "Setting Batch Options" for more information. 1. Press E until you see the Main menu. 2. Press L or R until you see MAIN MENU l Batch Entry r 3. Press N. You will see Select Format: FMT-1 r 4. Press L or R until you see the name o
