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Monarch
9474 Printer
TC9474PM 1/98 ©1998 Monarch Marking Systems, Inc. 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, 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. ©1997 Monarch Marking Sys
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Table of Contents INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 COMMUNICATION REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Input Characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Data Flow Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Setting Communication Valu
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Using Multiple Batches with One Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23 Using Previously Defined Print Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23 Batch Separators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24 USING GRAPHICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 Defining Graphic Image Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Printer Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 General Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 General Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 Communication Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8 Offline Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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INTRODUCTION 1 This manual tells you how to enter online formats and batch data for downloading to a Monarch® 9474 printer. Refer to your Operator’s Handbook for general setup and maintenance procedures, an explanation of data entry and batch control for offline printing, and about creating and entering offline formats. Introduction 1-1
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The 9474 printer can receive print data online from a host. During online communication, the host treats the printer as an RS-232 type printer. For the printer to communicate online, you will need an RS-232 cable. For mainframe communication, you may need a protocol converter. Transmitting data from the host requires communication controls. See Chapter 2, "Communication Requirements" for more information. Three types of data can be transmitted: Format data The user-designed layout for online f
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COMMUNICATION 2 REQUIREMENTS To enable communications between the printer and the computer, the printer communications setup must match the setup for the host. The options are: Baud rate Parity Data flow control Data bits Stop bits All online data uses the ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) character code for interpretation of bits as characters. Communication Requirements 2-1
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Input Characteristics Below are the input characteristics for communications. The defaults are shown in bold print. Asynchronous Full duplex Selectable options: Baud rate 110, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600 Parity No parity, Odd, Even Data flow Xon/Xoff, Data Terminal Ready (DTR) Data bits Seven (7) or eight (8) Stop bits One (1) or two (2) Modify these communication settings on your printer as necessary to match the settings on your host. See "Setting Communication Values" for more in
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The printer does not require any hardware or software signals from the host system in order to operate. Flow control characters can be changed offline through the Printer Configuration mode. The total number of formats, batches, and graphics is only limited by the amount of memory available. Setting Communication Values To set the communication parameters, follow the instructions below. For more information on operating the printer, refer to the Operator’s Handbook. 1. From the main menu, press
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3. You’ll see the Host Option menu and the first online parameter. Select Baud Rate: 2400 Press d or u until you see the baud rate you need, then press e . You’ll see Enter Parity: N N)one, O)dd or E)ven 4. Select the parity you need and press e . You’ll see Enter Word Length [7-8]: 8 5. Select the word length you need and press e . You’ll see Enter Stop Bits [1-2]: 1 6. Select the stop bits you need and press e . You’ll see Enter Start (XON) character: 17 7. Enter a number from
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If you select DTR control (128) as the XON character, the printer automatically sets 128 (DTR control) for the XOFF character. The Start and Stop characters must be set at 128 (DTR flow control) for IBM PC equipment. You’ll see the Configuration Options menu. Press 1 to exit to the main menu. Cable Interface The printer accepts standard RS-232C electrical signal transmissions when it is connected to a DB-25S connector configured as Data Terminal Equipment (DTE). For correct operation, use a
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The cable interface for PC null modems is shown below. 9474 PC FG 1 1 FG TD 2 2 TD RD 3 3 RD RTS 4 4 RTS CTS 5 5 CTS DSR 6 6 DSR CD 8 8 CD DTR 20 20 DTR SG 7 7 SG 2-6 Communication Requirements
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MES SAGE STRUCTURES 3 This chapter has information and message structures for Formats Batch Data Graphic image data is discussed in Chapter 4, "Using Graphics." Message Structures 3-1
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Creating Online Data Streams Create data streams for your 9474 printer using a standard text editor, such as EDLIN or TSO. If you use a word processor to create data streams, make sure to save the file in text-only or unformatted mode. Transmitting Online Data Streams Your printer must be in Online Mode before it will accept data from your computer. Select Online from the Select Operating Mode menu. Press e . You’ll see Online Mode Ready: Your printer is now ready to accept data. Send dat
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Error Notification Data handling and error checking are resident in the printer. If an error in transmission occurs, an error is displayed on the printer keypad display. However, no message is sent to the host and processing continues until the end of the transmission. Certain errors may put the printer in offline mode. See Chapter 6, "Error Messages," for a list of possible messages. Data Transmission Errors The printer displays errors that occur during data transmission. Printer fault erro
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Monetary Symbols The default monetary symbols are the U.S. dollar and cents. The ASCII characters $ (24 hex) and ^ (5E hex) represent the dollar and cent symbols. If you change your printer settings to use international pricing symbols, these characters will then represent the new symbols. For monetary selections that don’t have a cent equivalent, the ^ character is changed to a space. In EBCDIC-based systems a ^ is not available. Use ~94 to print a cent sign. Commands The following command ch
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Programming Conventions All online commands from the host follow these rules. All data after the TERMINATOR character ( } ) and before the next LEADIN character ( { ) is ignored. The hex values 7B, 7C and 7D are reserved as command delimiters. All data of a value less than 20 hex and greater than 7E hex is ignored. All data strings (batch data, compressed bit-map images or format data) begin with a semi-colon (3BH) and end with a TERMINATOR or inter-record separator (IRS or p (7C hex)).
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To print human readable characters for Code 39, Interleaved 2 of 5, Codabar, Code 128 and MSI bar codes, create a separate text field. However, using this method with UPC or EAN bar codes may not correctly print the bar code. A new format with the same ID number as a previously defined format overwrites the old format. However, the old format is not overwritten until all batches queued to use the old format are completed. End records with a record separator ( p ). End the last record i
