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Mona rch 9400 ™ Ser ies Therm al Printe r TC94 00P M R ev. A 8 /9 0 © 1 990 M o nar ch M ark ing S yste m s, I nc. All r igh ts res erv ed. Pr ogrammer ’ s Manual.
Eac h p roduct and prog ram carries a r es pectiv e w ritten war rant y , t he onl y warra nty on w hich the c us tome r can rely . Mon arch res erv es the right to mak e chang es in the pr odu ct and t he programs and their availability at a ny time a nd without no tice.
T a b le of C o nt e nts 1. Introduction ..................................................................... 1-1 2. Overview .......................................................................... 2-1 3. Communication Require m ents..............
5. Using Graphics................................................................ 5 -1 Defini ng Grap hic Im age Dat a .....................................5-1 Pl ac ing the I mage in a Form at ................................... 5-8 Clear Imag e Buff e r .
Appendix A: Sample Data Strea ms ................................... A-1 Format s, T ext and Bar Code Field s ........................... A -1 Line Fields .................................................................. A-2 Graphic Image s .........
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1. In trodu ction This manua l tell s y ou how to enter onl i ne for m ats and batc h data fo r downl oa ding to Monarc h 9400™ s eri es print ers . The fo llowi ng pr inte rs ar e cover ed by t his man ual.
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2. Ove rvi ew The 94 00 Ser ies The rmal Prin ter can receiv e print da ta online fr om a h os t co mput er . Dur i ng onl ine comm uni cation , the ho st compu ter treats t he pri nter as an RS -23 2 type pri nt er . Fo r the pr inter to communicat e online, you will need an RS -232 c able.
Ea ch d ata typ e h as it s ow n dat a strea m s tru ctur e. R e fer t o "Me ssag e Str uctur es" i n t his m anual . 9400 Series Programmer’s Manual 2-2.
3. Com munic ati on Requi rement s T o ena ble comm unicat ions b etw een the pr inte r and the compu ter , the print er com m uni c ati ons setup must matc h the set up for t he host comput er .
The re are th ree main buff ers: b atch, forma t, and gr aphic . T he pr inte r al so ha s a 1024 byt e in put bu ffer w hich holds dat a u ntil it is p roc ess ed into t he res pect ive buffer( s) . Data Flow Contro l The pr inte r use s Xo n/Xoff or data ter minal read y (D TR) fo r da ta fl o w cont rol.
Sett ing Com municatio n V alues T o s et th e c ommu nic atio n p aram eter s, fo llow th e in st ruc ti ons bel ow . For more informa tion on operat ing th e print er , refer to the Ope rator ’s Han dboo k . 1. Fro m the mai n menu, pr es s to di splay Prin ter Co nf ig ur a ti o n .
4. Sel ec t the pari t y you need an d press . Y ou ’ll see Ent er Word Lengt h [7- 8]: 8 5. Sel ec t the wo rd l ength yo u need and pres s . Y ou’ ll see Ente r S top Bi ts [ 1 -2]: 1 6. Sel ect th e stop bits you need and pres s . Y ou’ll see Ent er Start (XON) charac ter : 17 7.
Cable In terface The pr inte r accep ts s tanda rd RS-2 32C electr ica l signa l tr ans mis sions when it i s c onne cted to a DB- 25S conn ec tor conf igur ed as Data T erminal E quipme nt (DTE ).
The cable interface for PC nu ll modems is show n below . 9400 PC FG 1 1 FG TD 2 2 TD RD 3 3 RD RTS 4 4 RTS CTS 5 5 CTS DSR 6 6 DS R CD 8 8 CD DTR 20 20 DTR SG 7 7 SG 9400 Series Programmer’s Manual.
4. Me ssag e St ru ctur es This chapt er has infor mati o n and mes sage struc tures for • Format s • Bat ch Da ta Gr aphi c image da ta is di scus sed in C hapt er 5. Creatin g Online Data Strea ms Cre ate data stre ams for your 9400 serie s prin ter usi ng a sta ndar d tex t edi tor , su ch a s EDLI N or T SO.
Send dat a to th e p rint er jus t as y ou w ould s end any prin t data to a pri nter from y our comput er . For examp l e, i f y ou have a file nam ed FOR M A T 1.D A T on an MS-DO S syst e m, yo u cou l d sen d the da ta to you r pri n ter with thes e comm ands : MODE COM1:2400,N,8,1,P MODE LPT1:=COM1 PRINT FORMAT1.
Error Noti fication Dat a hand li ng and err or ch ec king ar e res iden t in the prin ter . If an er ror in tra nsmiss ion oc curs , an er ror i s dis pla yed o n the pr inte r k eypa d d isp la y . How ever, no mess age is sen t to th e host c om p ute r and proces sing c onti nues until t he end of the trans mis sion.
Mon etary S ymbols The defau l t m onet ary sym bo ls are the U.S. doll ar and cen ts. The ASC II c harac te rs $ ( 24 h ex) an d ^ (5E hex) repr esent th e dol lar and cent symbols . If yo u cha nge your prin ter setting s to use int erna tion al pri c ing symbols, these cha ract ers will then represent the n ew sy mbols.
Comman ds The fol lowing char ac ters are used in 9400 s er ies on line data strea ms. Com mand C har act er s Pr og ra mmi ng C onve nti ons Al l onl ine com m ands from t he hos t comput er fo llow thes e rul es. • Al l da ta af ter the TERM INA TO R char ac ter ( } ) and before the next LE ADI N char ac ter ( { ) is ignor ed.
Forma t Data For mat dat a conta ins t he follo wi ng. • For mat iden tif ica tion nu mber and na me • Suppl y size • Onl ine fie ld d efin ition s fo r te xt, b ar code, line an d graphi c f ields The follow i ng offl i ne for m at el em ents are not sup port ed onl i n e.
Exam ple This exam pl e has thr ee text f ields a nd one bar code fi el d. { F1, 05 58,0 50 7;ON LI NE T00, I, 000, 0475 ,0 050, 1, 1,0, 0,B T01, I, 000, 0406 ,0 050, 1, 1,0, 0,B T02, I, 000, 0017 ,0 .
WIDTH One to fo ur di gits to defi ne t he width of the supply in t enths of millime ters (across the pr inth ead) . V al ues: 9425 1 91-6 34 (0.75 to 2. 5 inch es ) 9445 1 91-1 078 (0.75 to 4.25 inc hes ) 9465 1 91-1 078 (0.75 to 4.25 inc hes ) 9474 1 91-1 078 (0.
• Make s ure your fo rmat nam e b egins w ith a sem i - c olon (;). • Make sure th e rec ord end s with a record separat or ( ). Message Structures 4 .
T e xt F ield Recor d The text field record i s c ons tr uc ted as sh ow n bel ow. Syn ta x T##, IF LAG, IV ALUE ,R OW,C OL ,MAG ,T FONT ,C -ROT ,F -ROT ,C OLOR Field Contents T## Mus t be gin wi th th e le tt er ‘ T’ for a text fi eld. The T is f o l l ow ed by one or two di gi ts for the fiel d nu mber .
ROW One to four digi ts to de fine t he row loc ation of the field on the su pply . This is the di s tance f r om the the guide edge zero po int at t he bottom of t he su pply a nd the bo ttom o f the fiel d. The zero po int is 1. 5 mm or 0. 060 i nche s fr om the bo tt om o f the s uppl y .
MAG One to two dig its as th e ma gnif icati on fac tor for the font of t ext fie lds . V al ues: 1 - 10 NOTE: Fon t magnif ic atio ns crea ting gr eater tha n 30% blac k p rint on a format may result in lower p rint qual ity . TFONT One di gi t as the font f or the T EX T f i eld.
Exam ple T05, I, 0,23 0, 30,1 ,1 ,0,0 ,B This text fiel d has the fo llow ing attrib ute s: • T ex t field numbe r is T05 . • Thi s field do es no t change val ue wit h suc ces si ve t icket s (IFLAG = I , increm en t va l u e = 0 ). • Fiel d be gins 23 millime te rs fr om the bottom of the prin t area.
Bar Code F ield Record The ba r cod e fiel d rec or d is cons truct ed as sho wn b elow . Syn ta x B##, IF LAG, IVAL UE ,ROW ,C OL,D ENSI TY ,BFO NT,F -R OT,H EIGH T, HR Field C ontents BARCODE Must be the lett er ‘ B’ for a bar code fie ld. The B is f oll owe d b y one or tw o di gits for the fiel d nu mber .
ROW One to four digi ts to de fine t he row loc ation of the field on the su pply . This is the di s tance f r om the the guide edge zero po int at t he bottom of t he su pply a nd the bo ttom o f the fiel d. The zero po int is 1. 5 mm or 0. 060 i nche s fr om the bo tt om o f the s uppl y .
DENSITY One digit f or the ba r cod e dens ity for Inte rleav ed 2 of 5, C ode 128, MS I, Co de 39, and U PC/ EA N barc ode s. V al ues: 1-5 Som e bar c odes do not support all 5 valu es. For t he ac tual dens ities for t hese val ues, see "Q ui c k Referen ce s.
HR (Hu man read abl e c haract ers ) O ne di gi t for the locati on of human read able char ac ters prin ted wit h a U PC or EAN bar code . If no value i s giv en, n o hum a n readab le c har acte rs ar e p rint ed.
• No huma n reada ble charac ters appear wit h this bar code ( 0 ). Syn tax Chec kli st • Make s ure th i s recor d is prec ed ed by a form at header recor d. • Make s ure th e firs t par am et er (fie ld number ) begins wi th B . • Make sure t he row and c olumn locations in this record are l ess than the suppl y le ngth a nd width .
UPCA Y ou mus t se nd a l eadi ng z ero, 1 1 d igits of da ta and a check dig it (13 digit s t otal ). UPCE The pr inter automatically prints a leading zero for this bar c ode. Y ou must send da ta and a check dig it (7 digit s to tal) . EAN13 Y ou mus t se nd 12 digit s of data and a chec k d igi t (13 dig its tot al) .
• batc h data wh en printi ng. T o send th e Fu ncti on C odes , us e a t il de (~) follo wed b y a t hree digit ASC II code as show n i n th e f ollowi ng t able . For ex ampl e, to pr int a string of bar code da ta w ith func tio n c ode F2 as the fourt h char ac ter .
Lin e Fi eld The message structure below tr ansmits a line f ield . This data str eam def i nes the bit map t o form a grap hic line field. Use the line f ield to em phas ize data by p ri nting a li ne o r b ox. Y ou can hav e up to 100 li ne image s.
COLUMN One to fo ur di gits to defi ne t he colu mn loc ation of the field on the su pply . This is the di s tance f r om the guide edge zero po int at t he left e dge of the suppl y a nd the lef t edg e of the fiel d. The zero po int is 1. 5 mm or 0.
THICKNESS One or tw o di gi ts for the line thic knes s in do ts . 9425 1 dot = 1/ 192 i nch 944 5 1 dot = 1/ 192 inch 9465 1 dot = 1/ 192 i nch (hor izo nta l line ) 1 dot = 1/ 264 inch (v erti ca l line) 9474 1 dot = 1/ 192 i nch V al ues: 1-1 5 NOTE: Hor izo ntal and v er tical l ine w idth s on the 9465 pr i nter d o n ot match exac tly .
• Make sure t he row and c olumn locations in this record are l ess than the suppl y le ngth a nd width . • Make s ure your end point doe s not make t he l i ne run off th e sup ply .
Exam ple This exampl e dra ws a simp le 1-i nc h box start ing at row 50 and col umn 50 on a 2" x 2.5" ta g, as sho wn b elow. (L ine width value s are for the 94 25/45/ 74.) Format {F 1,63 5, 508; BOX L0,5 0, 50,0 ,304 ,3 L1,5 0, 50,1 ,304 ,3 L2,5 0, 304, 0,30 4, 3 L3,3 04 ,50, 1,31 6, 3 } Bat ch {B1, 1,0, 1,1, 1, C;BO X.
Batch Da ta The ba tch data s tream cont ains : • Batc h inf orm at ion: - fo rmat nu mber (layou t for t he print i mage) - prin t quanti t y - supply defini tio n - it em d es cript ion ( ba t ch .
QUANTITY One to fo ur digi t s for the qua ntit y to pri n t in a given bat ch. V al ues: 1 -999 9 CUT/TAKEUP On pri nte rs with a kni fe: One di gi t to contro l how ticket s ar e cut .
REP One to fo ur digit s for the s uppl y repe tit i on for cu tting, an d in crement /d ecremen t field . V al ues: 1 -999 9 PARTS One di gi t for the num ber of parts ac ross the su pply . V al ues: 1-5 RESERVED Ent e r 0 . MODE One ch aract er to define th e mode of pr i ntin g, or batc h separat or .
;BATCH_NAME One to ei gh t charac ters for the nam e of the b atc h. A prior i ty bat ch nam e m ust begi n with a dec i m al . For exam pl e: .SO CKS 12. NOTE: Eac h b atch shoul d ha ve a uniq ue na m e, or y ou can om i t the name for aut omat ic batc h naming.
Syn tax Chec kli st • Make s ure th i s recor d begi ns with an ope n brac e ({). • Make s ure th e firs t par am et er (bat c h h eade r) begi n s wi th B . • Mak e s ure th e n umber in th e firs t param eter matc hes th e num ber of t he fo rmat you are using .
If the re is a tex t field yo u don’t wan t to use, en ter t hat field nu mber and a sem i-col on w it h no p ri nt da ta. Exam ple This exam pl e c ontai ns data to print the label s hown belo w . Y ou’ll find the data stream for this forma t in the section "Fo rmat Da ta.
• If the field i s an inc reme ntin g field, you can ent er any type of cha racte rs; howev er , on ly th e n umeric dat a wil l increment. • Make sure the print data begins wit h a semi-colon ( ;). • Make s ure each rec or d ends wi t h a rec ord s epar ato r ( ).
For ex ampl e, bat ch 1 be low p ri nts a dat e in te xt fi eld T0 1. Si nce batc h 1 and bat ch 2 ar e pr i nt ed on the s am e day , batc h 2 c an leave out fiel d T 01. S inc e T0 1 was d efin ed in th e preceding batch, it will automatically print in batch 2.
{ S TYPE } Field C ontents S Mus t be the lett er ‘ S’ to i dent ify the batc h sepa rator selec tion . TYPE A sin gle di gi t to t urn the bat ch sepa rat or sel ect ion on or off. T he result ing sepa rat or depe nds o n t he ty pe of s tac ker you are using.
Exam ple For mat dat a strea m . { F 1 2, 560 , 508; SM ALL2 IN T1, I, 0, 300, 5 0, 1 , 1, 0 , 0, B T2, I, 0, 200, 5 0, 1 , 1, 0 , 0, B T3, I, 0, 150, 5 0, 1 , 1, 0 , 0, B T4, I, 0, 100, 5 0, 1 , 1, 0 , 0, B T5, I, 0, 050, 5 0, 1 , 1, 0 , 0, B } Batc h data st rea m.
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5. Us ing Graphi cs The re are two stages to print ing a grap hic : • Cre ate the data s tream fo r the gra phic i ma ge • Pl ac e the image into a forma t. T o prin t a forma t with a grap hic image, tr ans mit dat a to the pr inte r in t his order: 1.
This exampl e s hows how bla ck dot s and whit e dots form an imag e of the lett er A. T o cr eate a d ata s tr eam for thi s im age, s tart wi th th e b ott om row . Count the num b er of whi t e dots and bl ac k dots , in order of appea rance i n eac h row .
The da ta stre am use s let ter s to i den tif y do t count s. • CA PIT A L lette rs re presen t bla ck d ots . • lowe rcas e le tters repre se nt whi te dots .
The gr aphic data s tream cont ains a gr aphic head er record fol lowed by dat a st reams for ea ch ro w of dots in the im age. Syn ta x { G## ,0 ,0,0 ,0 ;... do t co de s. .. ;... do t co de s. .. ;... do t co de s. .. . . . } Field C ontents G## Mus t be gin with th e le tter "G" to i dent ify thi s as a gr aph ic dat a st rea m.
NOTE: The paramet ers ROW , COLUMN, LIN ES a nd DOT S ex is t to main tain the 9420 /94 40 dat a str uctur e. The se par amet ers ar e no t us ed by the 9425/ 9445 /9465/ 9474 pri nters , bu t m us t be in the data st ream . The value s can be val i d 9420 va l u es , or c a n b e s e t to 0.
Exam ple This grap hic data s tream genera tes t he let ter A from the grid e arlier in this sec tio n. T he fo rmat and batc h data s treams to prin t a sample t ag follow t he gr aphi c data st ream .
The graphic has the fo llow i ng attri b ute s: • This grap hic is a ssign ed a num ber of 1 . • This graphic is 4 6 dots tall. Syn tax Chec kli st • Mak e s ure th e data str eam begin s w i th an open brac e ({) . • Make s ure th e firs t recor d in the dat a st ream beg i ns wi th G .
Placin g the Im age in a Format The mes sage str uctur e b elow plac es a gr aphic fi eld in a for mat. Y ou ca n h ave u p to 100 graphic ima ges. The gra phic re co rd can be plac ed in a for mat dat a strea m anywh ere fo l l owing th e format heade r r ecord.
This val ue i s meas ur ed in tent hs o f millimeters (TOMMS) and must be less than th e ma ximu m len gth of t he supply . V al ues: 0 -203 2 COLUMN One to fo ur di gits to defi ne t he colu mn loc ation of the field on the su pply .
The fo llowi ng ba tch dat a st ream prin ts t he ta g b elow . { B11, 1, 1,1, 1,0, C; LETT ER -A T0;L ET TE R- A GR APHI C } Exam ple G1,1 00 ,40 The graphic i s ins erted i nt o the form at as follo ws: • Ins ert gr aphic numbe r 1 into the format .
Clea r Im age Buf fer This comm and c lears al l o r sele ct i v e graph ics fro m the image bu f fer . Onc e graphi c da ta i s s ent t o the pr inte r , that g raph ic sta ys in mem ory u ntil a cle ar image buff er comm and is sent .
Comp ressin g th e Data S tre am Im age dat a usual l y c on sist s of a large am ount of repe ti t ive data. Ther efo re, t he pri nt er uses a data com pr es sion alg orithm f or the g raph ic mes sage stru cture . Her e’s h ow it works. 1. Any imag e is defined as a ma tri x o f ce lls.
Long V ersi on Compre ssed V ersi on {G1, 0, 0,0, 0 {G 1,0, 0,0, 0 ;dHs Hd ;3dH sHd ;dHs Hd ;eGs Ge ;dHs Hd ;eHq He ;eGs Ge ;fGq Gf ;eHq He ;2fH oH f ;fGq Gf ;gGo Gg ;fHo Hf ;gHm Hg ;fHo Hf ;3hG MG h .
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6. Q uick Referen ces T ext Fo nt Si zes The 94 25, 94 45, 94 65, an d 9 474 printer s can print usin g 94 25/9445 /94 65/9474 font s, o r u sin g 9420/ 944 0 font s ( 9420/ 944 0 Co mpati ble Mode ) . The font s are selec ted in Pr inte r C onfigura tion in offlin e mo de only .
Par all el Ch arac ter s Rota ted Ch aracte rs V alue/F ont Charac ters/I nch Ch aracter Heig ht (i n.) IM 1/St andard 21.3 12. 0 0.10 2/Red uced 64.0 24. 0 0.07 3/Bol d 19.2 7.1 0.20 5/OC R-A 10.1 10. 1 0.10 6/UPC HR 1 19.2 13.7 0.10 7/UPC HR 2 32.0 19.
9420/94 40 F onts The 94 20/9440 font s are mon ospac ed (ev er y let ter us es the sam e am ount of spac e) . T he f oll owing ta bles show the char ac ters per inch fo r p aralle l an d ser ial cha racte rs .
Par allel Ch aract er Wi dth ( in Dots) for the 94 25, 9445 , and 9 474 The fo llowi ng t able show s t he w idth o f the 94 25, 9445, an d 94 74 ch aract ers in do ts. Up percas e I i s t he narr owes t char acter (f ewest dots per charac ter). Upperc ase M is the wide st c ha racte r ( most dot s per char ac ter ).
Par allel Ch aract er Wi dth ( in Dots) for 9465 *In ter -chara cter gap The tabl e belo w s hows the char ac ter w idth (in dot s) f or the 9420/ 9440 font s.
Ser ial C harac ter W idt h (in Dots) f or 9420/9 440 Font s Bar Codes The table belo w lis ts bar code s electi o ns and valu es . V alu e/Font Dots Wid e 1/St andard 24 2/Red uced 14 3/Bold 48 5/OCR.
Bar Code Densities Bec ause the 9465 print hea d has mor e d ots per hor izonta l inch, p aralle l ba r cod es on the 9465 onl y have a highe r dens ity than s erial bar codes. (Bar co de densit ies ar e the s am e on the 9425 , 9445 , and 9474 pr i nt ers for all bar c odes, an d on the 9465 print er for s er ial b ar co des.
Bar Code Dens ities ( 942 5/9445/9 474) * For more inf ormati on on C ode 1 28, s ee A ppendix B. ** T his dens it y is not su pported on th e 9474 p rint er . V alue Ba r Code Densit y ( Char /in) 1 Co de 39 I 2 of 5 Co de 128 * MSI UPC/EAN 6.63 12.02 8.
Bar Code Dens ities ( 942 0/9440) * For more inf ormati on on C ode 1 28, s ee A ppendix B. V a lue Bar Code Density (Char / in ) 1 Code 39 I 2 of 5 Code 12 8* MSI 6. 63 12.0 2 8.7 4 (alp hanu mer ic ) 17.4 8 (numer ic only) 6. 87 2 Code 39 I 2 of 5 Code 12 8* MSI 3.
Bar Code Dens ities ( 946 5, Par allel Prin t) * For more inf ormati on on C ode 1 28, s ee A ppendix B. V alu e B ar Cod e Density (Char /in) 1 Code 39 I 2 of 5 Cod e 128* MSI UPC/EAN 6.63 12.02 8.74 ( al pha numer i c) 17.48 ( num e ric on ly ) 6.87 87% st anda rd densi ty 2 Cod e 39 I 2 of 5 Cod e 128* MSI UPC/EAN 3.
Bar Code Dens ities ( 946 5, Ser ial P rint ) * For more inf ormati on on C ode 1 28, s ee A ppendix B. V alue Ba r Code Densit y ( Char /in) 1 Co de 39 I 2 of 5 Co de 128 * MSI UPC/EAN 6.63 12.02 8.74 (al phanume ric) 17.48 (nu meric onl y) 6.87 80% st and ard dens ity 2 Co de 39 I 2 of 5 Co de 128 * MSI UPC/EAN 3.
Li ne Widt h The fo llowi ng t ables sh ow t he hor izo nta l an d ver tic al l ine widt hs. On the 9425/ 9445 /94 74 and 942 0/9 440 prin ter s, the line widt hs a re the same fo r horiz ontal and vert ica l line s. On the 9465 , horiz on tal and verti c al line wid ths are diffe rent .
Horizo nt al Lin e W idths (9 465) The fo llowi ng t able show s t he hor izo nta l line wi dths for th e 9465. Line Widt h Line Num ber App earan ce Inch es M M 1. 0 0 5 . 1 3 2. 0 1 0 . 2 6 3. 0 1 5 . 4 0 4. 0 2 1 . 5 3 5. 0 2 6 . 6 6 6. 0 3 1 . 7 9 7.
V erti cal Lin e Wi dths (94 65) The fol lowing t able s hows the vert ical line widt hs f or th e 9 465. Line Width Line Num ber Ap pe aran ce I nches M M 1. 0 0 3 . 0 7 6 2. 0 0 8 . 1 7 7 3 .01 1 .27 9 4. 0 1 5 . 3 8 1 5. 0 1 9 . 4 5 7 6. 0 2 3 . 5 5 8 7.
Spe cial Chara cters The fo llowing tab le show s t he AS CII code f or spe cial char ac ters avai lab le in the stand ard font. Code 1 28 Fun ction Codes The fo llowi ng tab le s hows the ASC II c ode for th e Cod e 12 8 fun ct ion co de s.
9420/94 40 Ho rizonta l Print Locatio n If the pr inte r is se t for 94 20/ 9440 c ompa tibl e m ode, th e fi eld locat ion star ts a t the ne arest 8th dot (neare st 0 .
Of fline Onl ine inch e s mm t omm s 1.6 4 041 .8 402 1.6 9 042 .9 412 1.7 3 043 .9 423 1.7 7 045 .0 433 1.7 7 045 .0 433 1.8 1 046 .0 444 1.8 5 047 .1 455 1.8 9 048 .2 465 1.9 4 049 .2 476 1.9 8 050 .3 486 2.0 2 051 .3 497 2.0 6 052 .4 507 2.1 0 053 .
ASCII Character s The followi ng table s how s the chara cters av ailabl e in each font . HR1 and HR2 are hum an read able fo nts for bar c od es. Character Std Red uced OCRA Bold HR1 HR2 yes yes no n.
Printable Charact ers by Font Foll o wi ng are th e print able c hara cters (not at ac tua l siz e). Huma n Re adab le 1 and H uman Reada ble 2 a re not avai la ble offl ine. Sta nd ar d Reduced Bold OCR-A Human Readab le (HR2) Human Readable (HR1) Quick References 6.
English /Metric Conv ersion Inche s TOM M I nches T OMM Inch es TOMM I nches TO MM - - 0. 06 0 15 0. 07 5 1 9 0. 10 0 2 5 0.125 3 1 0.150 3 8 0.175 4 4 0.200 5 0 0.225 5 7 0.250 6 3 0.275 7 0 0.300 7 6 0.325 8 2 0.350 8 9 0.375 9 5 0.400 101 0.425 108 0.
English /Metric Conv ersion (co nt.) Inche s TOM M Inches T OMM Inch es TOMM I nches TOM M 4.425 1 124 4.450 1 130 4.47 5 1 13 7 4.500 1 143 4.525 1 149 4.550 1 156 4. 575 1 162 4. 600 1 168 4.625 1 175 4.650 1 181 4. 675 1 187 4. 700 1 194 4.725 12 00 4.
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Appendi x A: Sample Data Strea ms This appe ndix con tains s ampl e dat a strea ms for forma ts, batches, and graphics. The illustrations s how the tags that are pr inte d fr om thes e d ata s tr eams. For mats, T ext and Ba r Co de Field s This exampl e s hows a sta ndar d forma t with th ree te xt and one bar c ode f ield.
Lin e Fi elds This exampl e s hows how to us e lin e fields to c reat e a box . Sam ple For mat Dat a St rea m { F2, 05 50,0 50 7;BO X L0,5 0, 50,0 ,304 ,1 0 L1,5 0, 50,1 ,304 ,1 0 L2,5 0, 304, 0,30 4.
Grap hic Imag es This Graphi c d ata s tr eam pr ecedes the form at t hat u ses it. Sam ple Gra phic D ata St ream { G3, 0, 0,0, 0 ;dHs Hd ;dHs Hd ;dHs Hd ;eGs Ge ;eHq He ;fGq Gf ;fHo Hf ;fHo Hf ;gGo .
Sam ple For mat Dat a St rea m { F3, 05 50,0 50 7;GR AP HIC T0,I ,0 ,400 ,100 ,1 ,1,0 ,0 ,B G3,2 00 ,200 } Sample Batch Da ta Stream { B3, 1, 1,1, 1, 0,1; LE TTER -A T0;L ET TE R A GR AP HIC } Sam ple.
Comp ressed Graph ic Data This exampl e s hows the s am e grap hic da ta stre am in comp ress ed fo rm at . Sa mpl e C ompr ess ed G rap hic Dat a S tr eam { G3, 0, 0,0, 0 ;3dH sH d ;eGs Ge ;eHq He ;f.
Sam ple For mat Dat a St rea m { F3, 05 50,0 50 7;GR AP HIC T0,I ,0 ,400 ,100 ,1 ,1,0 ,0 ,B G3,2 00 ,200 } Sample Batch Da ta Stream { B3, 1, 1,1, 1, 0,1; LE TTER -A T0;L ET TE R A GR AP HIC } Sam ple.
Appendi x B: Code 128 Inform ation The 12 8 bar c ode i s div ided i nto 3 charac ter s ets (Cod e A, Cod e B , and Cod e C) . Dep endin g o n the chara cter se t us ed, the sam e bar pat tern c an be on e o f thr ee charact ers. T abl e 1, at t he end of thi s a ppen dix, list s t he ch aract ers i n ea ch char ac ter s et.
Bar C ode 2 is not as wide as Bar Code 1 bec au se all of it s char acter s are pr inte d with bar s ymb ols from code C. Onl y 6 of B ar C ode 1’s charac t ers are pri nt ed in co de C.
Her e’s wh y bar c ode 1 is wide r: • The 8 numbers in each examp le a ppea r in groups of four or m ore, and the y appear i n ev en-num ber ed quantit ies , therefore , all 8 numbers will use code C. • The 6 alph abetic char acter s will u se code B .
The tabl e bel ow shows the c har acter s per in ch for C ode 128. The table show s the v al ues for nu meric data , and fo r alp hanum eric d ata at e ach o f the t hree de nsi ties avail able on the printer .
Quiet Z one When you e stimat e the area y ou’ll ne ed for the bar code, re member to add the len gth of t he quie t zone. Th e qu iet zone is a n ar ea of white sp ace r equi r ed at th e beginn ing and end of ea ch ba r cod e. Th e min imum siz e of th e q uiet zone is 0.
Func ti on C ode s Cod e 128 has four func tio n cod es (f 1-f4). Th ese s pecial char acter s can be ent ered as: • fix ed ch ar a ct ers wh en de f i ni n g a co de 12 8 fi e l d ( F or m a t En try) • da ta w hen pr inti ng a ba tch (Dat a En try ).
T a ble A-1 . 128 Bar Code Ch aracter Sets Any of t he fol lowi ng c haract ers can b e u sed i n on lin e com mun ication w ith t he prin ter by sending t he ch aract er ’s sta ndar d dec imal valu e.
Code Code Code Bar P attern Value A B C B S B S B S 2 3 7 7 2 3 31213 1 2 4 8 8 2 4 31122 2 2 5 9 9 2 5 32112 2 2 6 : : 2 6 32122 1 2 7 ; ; 2 7 31221 2 2 8 2 8 32211 2 2 9 = = 2 9 32221 1 3 0 3 0 2121.
Code Code Code Bar P attern V a l u e A B C BSBSB S 6 7 E T X c 6 7 14112 2 6 8 E O T d 6 8 14122 1 6 9 E N Q e 6 9 11221 4 7 0 A C K f 7 0 11241 2 7 1 B E L g 7 1 12211 4 7 2 B S h 7 2 12241 1 7 3 H .
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Si vous n'avez pas encore acheté Monarch 9400 Series c'est un bon moment pour vous familiariser avec les données de base sur le produit. Consulter d'abord les pages initiales du manuel d'utilisation, que vous trouverez ci-dessus. Vous devriez y trouver les données techniques les plus importants du Monarch 9400 Series - de cette manière, vous pouvez vérifier si l'équipement répond à vos besoins. Explorant les pages suivantes du manuel d'utilisation Monarch 9400 Series, vous apprendrez toutes les caractéristiques du produit et des informations sur son fonctionnement. Les informations sur le Monarch 9400 Series va certainement vous aider à prendre une décision concernant l'achat.
Dans une situation où vous avez déjà le Monarch 9400 Series, mais vous avez pas encore lu le manuel d'utilisation, vous devez le faire pour les raisons décrites ci-dessus,. Vous saurez alors si vous avez correctement utilisé les fonctions disponibles, et si vous avez commis des erreurs qui peuvent réduire la durée de vie du Monarch 9400 Series.
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