Avery 9906 User Manual

MLI QUICK REFERENCE

Avery Dennison’s MONARCH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER™ (MLI™) and this Quick Reference are intended to help you use the MONARCH® 9906 printer, which was set up for use with ZIH Corp.’s ZPL II®. If you have any questions about using a MONARCH® printer with these data streams, please contact your Monarc h representative.

This Quick Reference lists the ZPL II® commands (with any applicable notes) that the 99 06 printer can interpret.

Note: Information in this document supercedes information in previous versions. Check our

Web site (www.monarch.com

Selecting the Interpreter

) for the latest release a nd documentation information.

Overview of Differences

When you turn on the printer, you must set the interpreter to MLI or MPCL to print no nMLI data streams.

To change this setting from the Main Menu, select Setup.

1. Press  or  until Interpreter is on the display.

SETUP

 Interpreter 

MPCL

CHANGE BACK

2. Press CHANGE then press  until MLI

is on the display.

MAIN MENU

Interpreter

 MLI 

SET CANCEL

3. Press SET to save the change.

 ZPL II® formats have a reference point at

the upper left-hand corner of the printed label. The MONARCH 9906 printer’s reference point is at the lower left-han d corner of the printed label.

 The MONARCH 9906 printer is inside

edge-justified, maximum supply width is

4.2 inches wide, and the maximum image size is 4.09 inches.

 The MONARCH 9906 printer calibrates

when it receives the first byte of data from the host or whenever the printhead is closed.

 The MONARCH 9906 printer, using the

MLI™, only reports the following errors: 409-426; 497, 499, and 703-793. Refe r to your printer’s Operator’s Handbook or the 9906 Packet Reference Manual for descriptions of these errors.

 The printer reboots automatically after

selecting an interpreter. This process may take several seconds.

 When you print test labels with MLI

set as the interpreter, the model number appears as M9906MLI.

ZPL II is a registered trademark of ZIH Corp. ZIH Corp. and Avery Dennison are not related in any way, and ZIH Corp. has not licensed or otherwise sponsored the MONARCH® printers or the MONARCH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER™.

MONARCH , MONARCH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, and MLI are trademarks of Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC. Avery Dennison is a trademark of Avery Dennison Corp.

Interpreted ZPL II® Commands

The following lists the ZPL II commands interpreted by the MONARCH 9906 printer’s MLI™.

Imaging

ZPL II Cmds

^A ^DF We only support

^A@ ~DG No rotation of graphics. ~JA ^B2 ~DY No rotation of graphics. ^LH ^B3 ~EF ^LL ^B7 If the number of rows or

^B8 No interpretation line

^B9 No interpretation line

^BA ^FH ^MU ^BB Supports CODABLOCK F ^FN ^PO ^BC ^FO ^RT Does not read an RFID

^BD Supports modes 2, 3,

^BE No interpretation line

^BK ^FT The X and Y coordinates

^BL ^FV This command works the

^BM The printer only uses

^BU No interpretation line

^BX The bar code size is

^BY ^GF No rotation of graphics. ^CF ^ID ~DB No support for double-

Notes:

columns are not specified, the bar code size is different.

(human readable characters) when narrow element is wider than 4 dots.

and 4.

(human readable characters) when narrow element is wider than 4 dots.

one mod-10 check digit.

(human readable characters) when narrow element is wider than 4 dots.

different. Only use the value of 200 for th e error correction level, no rectangular symbols or custom formats.

wide character fonts.

ZPL II Cmds

~EG Graphics cannot be

^FB Use only for text

^FD ^LT

^FR ^SF

^FS ^XA

^FW ^XZ

^FX

^GB No support for rounded

^IL

Notes:

downloading to RAM.

erased from within a format.

justification.

must be specified.

same as the ^FD command.

corners.

ZPL II Cmds

^IS

^LR

^LS

^XF

^XG No magnificatio n.

Notes:

tag, but is required if an ^HV command is us ed.

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