Avery Dennison Monarch Tabletop Printer 2 Reference Manual

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TCADTP2PR Rev. AD 8/18
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

GETTING STARTED .................................................................................................... 1-1

About This Manual ........................................................................................................1-1

Before You Begin .........................................................................................................1-1

Creat ing an MPCL II Format Pac ket ...............................................................................1-1

Sam ple Batc h P ac ket .................................................................................................1-2

Des igning a For m at ......................................................................................................1-2

RFID Form at Des ign Ti ps ...........................................................................................1-3

Deter m ining the Pr int Area ............................................................................................1-4

Non-P rint Zon es ........................................................................................................1-4

Using Supply Layo ut Grids .........................................................................................1-4

About Field Types ......................................................................................................1-5

CONFIGURING THE PRINTER ................................................................................... 2-1

Setting S erial C om m unic ation Par am eters .....................................................................2-1

About the ACK/ NAK Protoc ol ........................................................................................2-1

Using MPCLII C onvent ions ...........................................................................................2-1

MPCL I I Punctuation ...................................................................................................2-1

Standard S yntax Gui delin es .......................................................................................2-2

Using O nline Configur ation Pac kets ..............................................................................2-3

Configur ation Pac ket Head er......................................................................................2-3

Configur ation Sy ntax Guide lines ................................................................................2-5

Making P rin t A djus tm ents .............................................................................................2-5

Defining the System S etup Pac ket ................................................................................2-5

Defining the S u pply Setup P ac ket .................................................................................2-7

Defining the P rin t Contr ol Pac ket ..................................................................................2-9

Defining the Monetary For m atting P ac ket .................................................................... 2-10

Defining the C ontr o l Char ac ters P ac ket ....................................................................... 2-11

Res etting C ontr ol Char ac ters ................................................................................... 2-12

Using Imm ediate C omm ands .................................................................................... 2-12

Enabling Imm ediate C om m ands ............................................................................... 2-12

Sending Imm ediate C om m ands ................................................................................ 2-12

Using the ACK/ NAK Pr otoc ol .................................................................................... 2-14

Uploading R F ID Data .................................................................................................. 2-15

Defining the C om m unic ation S ettings Pac ket ............................................................... 2-16

Defining the B ac kfee d C ontrol P ac ket ......................................................................... 2-17

Spec ial Cons ider ations W hen Us ing Bac kfeed .......................................................... 2-18

Defining the Mem ory C onfigurat i on Pac ket .................................................................. 2-19

Chec king Cur rent B uffer Siz es ................................................................................. 2-20

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About Mem ory Buf fers ................................................................................................ 2-20

Buffer Al loc ation Cons ider ations .............................................................................. 2-21

Memor y Cons iderat io ns wit h Dow nloaded Tr ueTy pe Fonts ......................................... 2-21

About Flas h Memory ................................................................................................... 2-21

Form atting F las h Memory......................................................................................... 2-21

Chec king Availab le F las h Mem ory ............................................................................ 2-21

Flas h Memor y Guidelines ......................................................................................... 2-22

Clearing P ac kets from Memory.................................................................................... 2-22

Defining the Tim e/ Date P ac ket .................................................................................... 2-23

Using the Font P ac ket ................................................................................................ 2-24

Uploading For m at Header Inform ation ......................................................................... 2-27

Defining a Netw ork Cons ole P ac ket ............................................................................. 2-28

Defining the R F ID Set up Pac ket .................................................................................. 2-29

Perfor m anc e Consider ations wit h RFID..................................................................... 2-31

DEF IN ING F IE LD S ...................................................................................................... 3-1

Defining the For m at Header ..........................................................................................3-1

Defining Text Fields .....................................................................................................3-2

Defining B ar C ode Fie lds ..............................................................................................3-7

Defining Non-Printable Text Fields .............................................................................. 3-22

Defining C ons tant Text Fields ..................................................................................... 3-23

Defining Li ne F iel ds .................................................................................................... 3-27

Line Types .............................................................................................................. 3-27

Defining B ox F ields .................................................................................................... 3-29

Defining the R F ID D ata Fiel d ...................................................................................... 3-31

DEF IN ING F IE LD OP T IO NS ........................................................................................ 4-1

Applying F ield O ptions..................................................................................................4-1

Com bining Field O ptions ............................................................................................4-1

Restrictions ...............................................................................................................4-1

Using O ption 1 (Fixed D ata) ..........................................................................................4-2

Using O ption 2 (D ata Ty pe R es tric t ions ) ........................................................................4-2

Using O ption 3 (D ata Ent ry T em plates ) .........................................................................4-3

Using O ption 4 (C opy Data) ..........................................................................................4-4

R F ID A S CI I H ex D ata C onvert to ASCI I Decim al E xample ...........................................4-5

Merg ing Fie lds ...........................................................................................................4-6

Sub-Fields.................................................................................................................4-6

Using O ption 5 (D efine D ata Ent ry Sour c es ) ..................................................................4-6

Using O ption 6 ( Uploa d Field D ata) ...............................................................................4-7

Using O ption 7 Pr int T im e/D ate .....................................................................................4-9

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Using O ption 20 (D efin e D ata Ent ry Pr om pts ) ................................................................4-9

Using O ption 21 (D efin e E xtend ed Fiel d Nam es ).......................................................... 4-10

Using O ption 30 (P ad Data) ........................................................................................ 4-10

Sam ple Use for Padding .......................................................................................... 4-10

Using O ption 31 (C alc ulate C hec k Digit) ...................................................................... 4-11

Using O ption 42 (P ric e Fiel d) ...................................................................................... 4-11

Using O ption 50 (B ar C ode Dens ity) ............................................................................ 4-12

Using O ption 51 (P DF417 S ec urity/T runc atio n) ............................................................ 4-14

Using O ption 52 (P DF417 Widt h/Lengt h) ..................................................................... 4-14

Using O ption 53 (O ption al S ettin gs f or Aztec ) .............................................................. 4-15

Using O ption 60 ( Incr em enting/D ec rem enti ng Fields ) ................................................... 4-16

Fixing th e Firs t Number in t he Increm ent ing Sequenc e .............................................. 4-17

Using O ption 61 (R e-im age Fie ld) ............................................................................... 4-17

Using O ption 65 (S eria liz ed E PC Data) ....................................................................... 4-18

RFID Dat a Field wi th Serializ ed E PC Data O ption ..................................................... 4-18

Using Chec k D igits ..................................................................................................... 4-19

Sum of Pr oduc ts Calc ulat ion .................................................................................... 4-20

Sum of D igits Calc ulat ion ......................................................................................... 4-21

CREATING GRAPHICS ............................................................................................... 5-1

Overview of Bit m apped Images .....................................................................................5-1

Deter m ining a Method ................................................................................................5-1

Des igning Bit m apped Images ........................................................................................5-2

Spec ial Cons ider ations ..............................................................................................5-2

Using the Hex Method................................................................................................5-3

Using the Run Le ngt h Enc oding Method .....................................................................5-4

Deter m ining How to Stor e the Image .............................................................................5-5

Using Flas h ...............................................................................................................5-5

Using Volatile R AM ....................................................................................................5-5

Using Tem porar y Stor age ..........................................................................................5-5

Creat ing a Grap hic Pac ket ............................................................................................5-6

Positioning the Graphic Image ...................................................................................5-6

Defining the Graphic H eader .........................................................................................5-7

Creat ing Bitm ap Fields .................................................................................................5-8

Creat ing Next-Bit m ap Fields .........................................................................................5-9

Creat ing Duplic ate F iel ds ..............................................................................................5-9

Sam ple Hex Graphic P ac ket........................................................................................ 5-10

Sam ple Run Lengt h Grap hic Pac ket ............................................................................ 5-10

Plac ing the Graph ic in a For m at .................................................................................. 5-11

Defining the Graphic Field .......................................................................................... 5-12

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Sam ple Bitm ap Graphic Image .................................................................................... 5-12

About the C om pres s ed Graphic s P acket ...................................................................... 5-13

Dot to R un Length E nc oding Char t .............................................................................. 5-14

ON (Blac k) Dots ...................................................................................................... 5-14

Off (White Dots) ...................................................................................................... 5-14

PRINTING .................................................................................................................... 6-1

Dow nloading Fil es ........................................................................................................6-2

About Batch P ac kets (P rint Jobs ) ..................................................................................6-3

Defining the B atc h Header ............................................................................................6-3

Defining the B atc h C ontrol Field ....................................................................................6-4

Defining B atc h Dat a Fields ...........................................................................................6-5

Merg ed or S ub-Fields ................................................................................................6-5

Increm enting Fie l ds ...................................................................................................6-5

Creat ing Gen2 R FID Dat a .............................................................................................6-6

Lock C ode Methods : ..................................................................................................6-6

Entering B atc h D ata for Q R Code..................................................................................6-9

Struc t ured Append Mode .......................................................................................... 6-10

Struc t ured Append QR Code P ac ket ......................................................................... 6-11

Using Spec ial Char ac ters in B atc h D ata ...................................................................... 6-11

Sam ple Batc h D ata w ith Spec ial C harac t ers ............................................................. 6-11

Dow nloading Met hods................................................................................................. 6-11

Sequential Method ................................................................................................... 6-11

Batc h Method .......................................................................................................... 6-11

Batc h Q uantity Zer o Method ..................................................................................... 6-11

Modif yi ng Form ats ...................................................................................................... 6-12

Optional E ntry Method ............................................................................................. 6-12

Creat ing Batc h Files f or D ownloading .......................................................................... 6-12

STATUS POLLING ...................................................................................................... 7-1

Inquiry Reques t (ENQ )..................................................................................................7-1

Inquiry Res pons e.......................................................................................................7-1

ENQ R eferenc e Table - Byte #2 ....................................................................................7-2

ENQ R eferenc e Table - Byte #3 ....................................................................................7-4

Job Reques t .................................................................................................................7-6

Job Res pons e ...........................................................................................................7-6

Job Status R es pons es ...............................................................................................7-8

Status P olling Cons ider ations for S c ript Mode ...............................................................7-9

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DIAGNOSTICS & ERRORS ......................................................................................... 8-1

Printing a T es t Labe l ....................................................................................................8-1

Clearing an E rr or ..........................................................................................................8-2

If the PC and Pr inter Are Not Com m unic ating ................................................................8-2

Res etting t he Print er ....................................................................................................8-2

Calling Tec hnic al S upport .............................................................................................8-3

Data Errors ...............................................................................................................8-3

Form at E rrors ............................................................................................................8-3

Batc h Er ror s ..............................................................................................................8-5

Option E rr ors.............................................................................................................8-5

Online C onfigurat i on Er rors........................................................................................8-6

Chec k Digit Err ors .....................................................................................................8-8

Graphic E rr ors ...........................................................................................................8-8

Comm unic ation Er ror s ...............................................................................................8-9

Data For m atting Failur es ............................................................................................ 8-11

Machine Fault s........................................................................................................... 8-12

RFID Errors................................................................................................................ 8-12

Flas h Memor y Err ors .................................................................................................. 8-15

Script Errors .............................................................................................................. 8-16

Hard Printer Fa ilur e Err ors .......................................................................................... 8-17

“W aiting f or Host ” Mes s age......................................................................................... 8-17

PRIN T ER OP T IMIZATION ........................................................................................... 9-1

Adjusting the P rint Q uali ty ............................................................................................9-1

Reduc ing Imaging T im e ................................................................................................9-2

General Form at Tips and Hints .....................................................................................9-3

SAMPLES .................................................................................................................... A-1

Sam ple Aztec P ac ket ................................................................................................... A-1

Sam ple Codabar Pac ket .............................................................................................. A-1

Sample C ode 16K P ac ket ............................................................................................ A-1

Sam ple Code 39 P ac ket............................................................................................... A-1

Sam ple Zero Batc h Pac ket ........................................................................................ A-2

Sam ple Code 93 P ac ket............................................................................................... A-2

Sample C om plianc e Pac ket ( Code 128 and C odabar B ar C odes ) ................................... A-3

Sam ple Batc h P ac ket ................................................................................................ A-4

Sam ple Dat a Matr ix Pac kets ........................................................................................ A-4

Square D ata Matrix Pac ket ........................................................................................ A-4

Rectangular D ata Matrix Pac ket ................................................................................ A-4

Sam ple Dat a Matr ix w ith Func tion 1 .......................................................................... A-5

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Sam ple EAN Packet .................................................................................................... A-5

Sam ple GS1 Dat aBar P ac kets ...................................................................................... A-5

GS1 DataB ar w ith Func tion 1 .................................................................................... A-5

GS1 DataB ar EA N13 with C om pos ite ......................................................................... A-5

GS1 DataB ar 14 St ac ked Om ni D irec tional ................................................................ A-5

GS1 DataB ar Expanded w ith C C ............................................................................... A-5

GS1 DataB ar Expanded ............................................................................................ A-6

GS1 DataB ar Expanded ( no c om pos ite) ..................................................................... A-6

Sam ple Interl eaved Two of Five ( I 2of 5) Pac ket ............................................................ A-6

Sam ple Intellige nt Mail® Packet ................................................................................... A-6

Sam ple MaxiCode Pac kets ........................................................................................... A-7

Mode 0 ( O bs olete) S am ple ........................................................................................ A-8

Mode 2 S am ple ........................................................................................................ A-9

Mode 3 S am ple .......................................................................................................A-10

MaxiC ode Com pr es s ion Sam ple ...............................................................................A-11

Sam ple MSI Packet ....................................................................................................A-12

Sam ple PD F417 Pac ket ..............................................................................................A-12

Sam ple PO ST NET Pac ket ...........................................................................................A-12

Sample Quic k R es ponse Pac kets ................................................................................A-12

Sam ple Q R C ode Packet..........................................................................................A-13

Sam ple Q R C ode wit h URL Pac ket ...........................................................................A-13

Struc t ured Append QR Code P ac ket .........................................................................A-13

Sam ple UPCA Form at P ac ket......................................................................................A-13

Sam ple Batc h P ac ket ...............................................................................................A-13

Sam ple Dat a Entr y Form at P ac ket (UPCA Bar C ode) ...................................................A-14

Sam ple RF ID Data Fields ............................................................................................A-15

RFID Dat a Field wit h a Copy O ption .........................................................................A-15

AS CI I HE X ..............................................................................................................A-15

ASCII HE X Incr ementing Field..................................................................................A-15

SSCC96 ..................................................................................................................A-16

SGTIN 96 ................................................................................................................A-17

Pas swor d Loc k ........................................................................................................A-18

Perm aloc k and Pas sw ord Loc k .................................................................................A-18

RFID Dat a Field wi th Serializ ed E PC Data O ption .....................................................A-18

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FONTS .........................................................................................................................B-1

PaxarSym bols Font 56 Char ac ters............................................................................. B-4

Paxar Font 70 and Font 7 1 Char ac ters ...................................................................... B-4

NAFT A Font 72 an d Font 73 C harac ter s .................................................................... B-5

Bitm ap Font In form ation .............................................................................................. B-6

Monos pac ed F ont Magnific ation ................................................................................... B-7

Propor tional Fon t Magnific ati on .................................................................................... B-7

Sc alable Font Inform ation ............................................................................................ B-8

TrueType Font Inf orm ation ........................................................................................... B-8

Dow nloading TrueT y pe Fonts .................................................................................... B-8

Using Internat ional F ont s ............................................................................................. B-9

Selecting a S ymbol S et ............................................................................................. B-9

International Font Sam ple ....................................................................................... B-10

Arabic Font S am ple ................................................................................................ B-10

Licens ing F onts ......................................................................................................... B-10

Locat ing the Font Num ber in a Font P ac ket ................................................................ B-10

SYMBOL SETS/CODE PAGES ...................................................................................C-1

Supported S ym bol Sets and C ode Pages...................................................................... C-1

Selec ting a Sym bol S et or C ode Page ....................................................................... C-1

Using Code 128 F u nc tion C odes .................................................................................. C-1

Entering E xtend ed C harac ter s ..................................................................................... C-2

Using Internat ional C harac ter Sets /C ode Pages ......................................................... C-2

Internal S ymbol S et .................................................................................................. C-2

AS CI I to Hexadec im al C onvers ion C hart ....................................................................... C-5

FORMAT D ES IGN TOOL S ..........................................................................................D-1

Online C onfigurat i on W or ksheet ................................................................................... D-2

Supply La yout Gr ids (E nglis h) ...................................................................................... D-3

Supply La yout Gr ids (Metr ic )........................................................................................ D-4

Supply La yout Gr ids (D ots ) .......................................................................................... D-5

GLOSSARY .................................................................................................................G-1

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GETTING STARTED

1

This m anual provides the nec es s ar y inform ation t o des ign, wr ite and pr int a
Monarc h® Printer Control Language II (MPCLII) form at on t he Avery D ennis on® Monarch®
Tabletop Pr inter 2 (ADTP2). R eview the pr inter inf orm ation in the O perator’s Handbook and
System Administrator’s Guide. This manual als o inc ludes basic infor m ation for the Avery
Dennis on® Monarch® Ec oC ut™ Tabletop P rinter 2. For detailed infor m ation about the E c oCut
printer, refer to the EcoCut Operating Instructions on our W eb s ite.

About This Ma nual

You do not need t o be a progr am m er to use this m anual, but you m us t be familiar w ith c reat ing
text files and us ing bas ic com m ands . This c hapter des c ribes how to

♦ cr eate and dow nload a s am ple MPCLII pac ket.
♦ design an MPCL II pac ket w ith or w ithout an R FID field.

See “D efining Text Fields” in Chapt er 3 for a lis t of available fonts for the printer . S ee Chapter 4,
“Defining Field O ptions,” for a lis t of available options for the printer.

Befor e You B e gin

1. Connec t the pr inter to t he hos t. R efer t o the System Administrator’s Guide for m ore
information.

2. Load s upplies in the print er. Refer to the Oper ator’s H andbook for more information.

3. Turn on the pr inter.

4. Set the c om m unic at ion par am eters and c onfigur e the pr inter. The c om m unic at ion parameters

at the print er m us t matc h those at the hos t . See C hapter 2, “C onfiguring the P rinter
information.

5. Design the f orm at. S ee “Des igning a F orm at” for m or e inform at ion.

6. Download the for m at to the pr inter. S ee Chapter 6, “ Printing,” for more information.

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Cr eat ing an MPC LII Form at Packet

A form at defines whic h f ields appear and w here the fields ar e printed on t he label. The pr inter
requires this inf orm ation in a s pec ial f orm , us ing Monarch® Print er C ontrol Language II ( MPCL).
This section describes how to create a sample MPCLII format packet.

MPCLII formats designed for another MPCLII printer s uc h as the 9855® or 9825® printer c an be
printed on this printer .

For detailed information about the form at header, text, cons tant text, and bar code fields, see
Chapter 3, "D efining Fields." For inform at ion about batc h pac kets , s ee Chapter 6, “ Printing

1. Type the following form at header in any text editor:
{F,25,A,R,E,200,200,"FMT-25" |

2. Type the following c onstant text field:

.”

C,140,40,0,1,2,1,W, C, 0 ,0, " S AM P LE FOR MA T " ,0 |

3. Type the follow ing bar code field:
B,1,12,F,85,40,1,2,40,5,L,0 |

4. Type the following text field:
T,2,18,V,5 0, 50 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,B, L ,0 ,0 ,1 | }

This is an MPCLII for m at pac ket. Next, create a batc h pac ket befor e printing the for m at.

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5. Type the following batch header, after t he t ext field line:
{B,25,N ,1 |

6. Type the following bar c ode dat a:
1," 02802 8 11111 " |

7. Type the following text field data:
2,"TEXT FIELD" | }

8. Save the fil e as SAMPLE.FMT.

9. Type MOD E C O M1:9600,N,8,1 at the Command prompt when us ing s er ial c om m unic ations .

This sets the communication parameters at the hos t. Thes e c om m unic at ion param eter s m us t
match those at the printer . See “ Setting Serial Communication Parameters
the host’s doc um entation for m ore infor m ation.

10. Type C OP Y SAMP LE.FMT C O M1. The follow ing 2 inc h by 2 inch
label prints :

{F ,25,A ,R , E ,200, 200, " F m t 25" |
C,140,40,0,1,2,1,W, C, 0 ,0, " S AM P LE FOR MA T " ,0 |
B,1,12,F,85,40,1,2,40,5,L,0 |
T,2,18,V,5 0, 50 ,1 ,3 ,1 ,1 ,B, L ,0 ,0 ,0 | }

,” in Chapter 2, or

Sample Batch Packet

{B,25,N ,1 |
1," 02802 8 11111 " |
2,"TEXT FIELD" | }

Designing a Format

Before des igning a form at, ans w er thes e ques t ions . How large is the s upply, w hic h fonts should
be used, s hould a bar c ode be included, what about a graphic ? Ther e are s ever al s teps to
designing a custom format:

Determine the label s iz e. Labels are available fr om Avery Dennison in a w ide variety of s iz es .
The application and the am ount of printed dat a determ ine the s upply s iz e. Contac t your Ac c ount
Manager or Tec hnic al Suppor t for m ore inform ation.

1. Draw a r ough s ketc h of the label. Note any areas that are preprinted on the label, suc h as a
logo.

2. Identify the field types that appear on the label. See “About Field Types
information.

3. Dec ide w hic h fonts to us e. W hen wor king with f onts, there are thr ee c ons iderat ions : font
appearanc e, font s iz e (sc alable or bitm apped) , and font s pac ing (m onos pac ed or
proportional) . The Tr ueType® s c alable font , EFF Sw is s B old™ ( font 50) is s tandard on the
printers . See Appendix B, “Fonts

At this point, send the des ign t o the printer . To do this :

4. Create a form at pac ket. S ee Chapt er 3, “ Defining F ields

5. Download the format packet to the printer . See C hapter 6, “Printing,” f or m ore inf orm ation.

Keep backup copies of the for m at, batc h data, c hec k digit, and gr aphic pac kets .

,” for sam ples of each f ont.

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RFID Format Design Tips

Di e C ut

Aperture

Black M ar k

Measure this

Do not print

Measure this

Measure this

This s ec tion provides s om e tips about des igning f orm ats on large-gap R FID s upplies .
Printing over t he RFID inlay may cause printing irregularity.
Do not use skip index wit h RFID supplies. Unexpected res ult s may occ ur .

1. Determine the label length. Measure the supply according to the supply type:

♦ Die c ut s upplies : ♦ Measur e from the leading edge of one label to the leading

edge of the next label accounting for the die cut gap in the
form at header .

♦ Blac k m ark s upplies : ♦ Measur e from t he top of one blac k m ark to the top of t he

next blac k m ark.

♦ Aperture s upplies: ♦ Measure f rom the top of one aper ture hole to the top of the

next aperture hole.

The leading edge is t he edge of the label that exits the pr inter fir s t; r egardles s of how the for m at
is des igned on the label.

Us e the Monarch® R FID Print er Set up Utility t o c onfigure the printer (r ead and wr ite power,
position settings, etc.) for t he RF ID supplies . F ind this W eb-based utility at

http://printers.averydennison.com/en/home/resources/service-and-support/rfid-printer-setup­utility.html

distance

distance

in the gap!

distance

2. Enter the label length for parameter f6. length in the for m at header. See “D efining the

Form at Header” for more information.

3. Determine the label width. Measure t he w idth of the printable area of the supply. Do not

include the liner (bac king paper ) in this dim ens ion.

4. Enter t he label w idth for par am eter f7. width in the for m at header. S ee “

Header” for more inf orm ation.

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Defining t he Form at

Determining the Print Area

Unit of

Max. Supply

Max. Print Area

Min. Supply

Min. Print Area

English

432 x 1750

409 x 1600

75 x 32

75 x 32

Dots (300)

1296 x 3750

1248 x 3600

225 x 96

225 x 96

The “bottom ” (or leading edge) is t he edge that exits t he printer firs t . The 0,0 point is at the
bottom left corner of the label. The print area is center jus t ified.

Measure

Metric 1080 x 4445 1038 x 4064 191 x 81 191 x 81
Dots (203) 877 x 3553 832 x 3248 152 x 65 152 x 65

Longer im ages can be c reated by reallocating memory to increase the im age buffer . S ee
"D efining the Memory Configuration Packet

(Wid x Len)

(Wid x Len)

" in Chapter 2 for m or e inform at ion.

(Wid x Len)

(Wid x Len)

Non-Print Zones

The following non-print zones are recommended
Left and R ight 0.025 inc hes ( 0.6m m or 5 dots) on either edge of the label.
Top and Bott om 0.025 inc hes ( 0.6m m or 5 dots) on the leading and trailing edge of the label.
The leading edge is t he edge of the label that exits the pr inter fir s t; the t railing edge is the edge

of the label that exits the print er las t; regardles s of how the f orm at is des igned on t he label.
Use the following form ulas to convert inches to dots and m etric:

Dots = inches x 203 (or 300 dot s per i n c h )
Metr i c ( 1/ 10m m ) = i n ch es x 254
En gl i sh ( 1/ 100 i n ch ) = 100 x (dot s/203 ) or (dot s/300 )
Dots = Metric (1/ 10 m m) x 799/1000 (or 1181/100 0 )
300 dpi depends on the printer.

Using Supply Layout Grids

A s upply layout grid c ontains m eas urem ent markers .
Thes e m arkers help ac c ur ately pos ition infor m ation
on the label.

Dec ide w hether to des ign for m ats using Englis h, Metric ,
or Dot m eas urem ents . Choos e from the following gr ids :

English The Englis h gr id is m eas ured in 1/100 inc hes .
Metric The Metr ic grid is m eas ured in 1/10 m illim eters

(mm).
Graphic The printer us es dots to print im ages on a label.

The printhead has 203 dots per inc h (dpi) or an
optional 300 dots per inc h printhead.

Choos e Englis h or Metric units w hen des igning for m ats
to us e with differ ent pr inters . E nglis h or Metric units
allow m or e direct us e of for m ats on printers wit h
different dens ity printheads .

Supply layout gr ids are in Appendix D , “

Tools.”

Format Design

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About Field Types

Field Type

Description

Examples

Decide what infor m ation to pr int on the for m at fr om the follow ing c ategor ies .

Text Contains lett ers , num ber s , or sym bols . item num ber , item des c ri ption,

departm ent num ber , pric e, dat e

Non­Printable
Text

Bar C ode Used for print ing bar c odes that c an be

Constant
Text

Line or Box Highlights or separates items. line mar king out the regular pric e,

Graphic Contains a bitm ap im age or a

RFID Contains the R FID data to pr ogram into

All of the above field types except graphic s are disc uss ed in Chapter 3. See Chapter 5,
“Creating Graphic s

Holds data for us e later, such as for
mer ging into another field. The pr inter
does not print non-pr intable text fields .

scanned.
Prints f ixed c harac ter s t hat do not

change.

compliance label overlay.

the RFID inlay.

” for inf orm ation on inc luding gr aphic s in the format.

cit y, s tate, and z ip c ode to be
included in a bar c ode

item or s erial num ber s , zip c odes ,
information not visible to c us t om ers

com pany nam e, com pany addres s

border ar ound the s upply
logos

EPC Class 1 Gen2 data

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CONFIGURING THE PRINTER

2

This c hapter dis c us s es how to

♦ set communication parameters.
♦ upload the print ers c onfigur ation or f ont inform at ion.
♦ conf igure the printer us ing online configur ation packets .
♦ use im m ediat e c om m ands t o cont rol the pr inters oper ation at any tim e.

Setting Serial Communication Parameters

For s erial c om m unic at ions , the communication settings at the printer m ust m atc h those at the
host. Us e t he Communication Settings Packet to s et these parameters.

Us e th e MOD E c om m and (from the C om m and prompt) to set communication values on the PC.
For exam ple

MODE COM1:9600,N,8,1

This command sets the host to thes e c om m unic ation values: 9600 baud, no par ity, an 8 bit w ord
length, 1 s top bit.

About the ACK/NAK Protocol

Using vers ion 1.10 or greater firm w are, t he printer s upports the ACK/NAK pr otoc ol. S ee
“Sending Imm ediate C om m ands

” for more information.

Using M PCLII Convent ion s

Here are some guidelines to follow when using MPCLII.

MPCLII Punctuation

Use the follow ing s ym bols when cr eating MPCLII pac kets :

Default
Character

{ (left brac ket) 123 st art of header
} (r ight brac ket) 125 end of header
| (ver tic al bar) 124 field s eparator*
, (comma) 044 param eter s epar ator
"ABC" (quotation

marks)
‘comment’

(s ingle quotation
marks)

* The field s epar ator is the s plit ver tic al bar ( |). The dec im al value is 124. T o enter this

char ac ter, use the Shift key plus the S plit Vertic al Bar key on the computer’s keyboard.
Depending on the text edit or, it may appear as a solid ver tic al bar or as a split verti c al bar.

Decimal
Value

034 Quotation marks enclose character s tr ings . Empty quotes ( " ")

039 Grave accents enclose comments. Any data enclosed in grave

Description

identify null st rings or unused f ields .

acc ent s is ignored. D o not em bed c om m ents within a quoted
st ring. Grave ac c ents are als o us ed to rejec t m ainf ram e data.

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Standard Syntax Guidelines

When creating MPCLII packets:

♦ Begin eac h pac ket w ith a star t of he ader ({).
♦ End eac h pac ket wit h an end of header (}).
♦ Define no more than 1000 fields in a form at . Eac h | indic ates one field. However, opt ions are

not c ounted as fields. T he ac tual num ber of fields a f orm at c an have m ay be les s , becaus e the
number of fields is lim ited by the available m em ory.

♦ The field num ber ( 0 to 999) m us t be unique. Start at 1, ins t ead of 0.
♦ Do not us e a field num ber m ore than onc e per form at.
♦ Define all f ields in the or der to im age/pr int them . The printer does not pr int in field num ber

order.

♦ Separate all par am eters w ith a Parameter Separator (,).
♦ End eac h field with a Fie ld S e parator (|).
♦ Enter all inform ation in CAPITAL letter s, except wor ds or phr ases wit hin quotation marks .
♦ Include all param eters for a field unless docum ented as optional.
♦ Define non-print able text fields before the field to whic h they apply.
♦ Define options im m ediately aft er the f ield to w hic h they apply.
♦ Multiple opt ions c an be us ed with m os t fields. O ptions can be us ed in any c om bination exc ept

as not ed with eac h definition. Options ar e proc es s ed in the or der they ar e rec eived.

♦ Keep in m ind that pr oportionally s pac ed fonts need w ider fields t han m onos pac ed fonts. For

variable field data, us e a letter W to determine the maxim um field siz e.

♦ Do not plac e a new line ( retur n) or any ot her non-printing char acter within a field definition.

However, a car riage r eturn or line break af ter eac h | m akes form ats easier to read.

T,1,20,V,3 0, 30 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,B, C,0 ,0 ,0 |
T,2,10,V,5 0, 30 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,B, C,0 ,0 ,0 |

♦ Spac es are ignored, exc ept w ithin c harac ter s trings .
♦ Indenting options improves readability of form ats.

T,1,18,V,30,30,1,1,1,1,B,C,0,0,0 |
R,42,1 |

♦ Use a tilde ( ~) follow ed by a 3-digit ASCII c ode in a quot ed s tring t o s end func tion c odes or

extended c harac ter s or send the 8-bit ASCII code.

Modify for mats and fields with the optional entry m ethod. See “Optional E ntry Method

” in C hapter

6 for m ore inf orm ation.

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Using Onl ine Configur ation Pac ke ts

{

I,

Configur ation Header

1 - 10 optional r ec ords

A, par am et er 1 .. .p arameter 5 |

System Setup

B, par am et er 1... p arameter 6 |

C, par am et er 1... p arameter 7 |

Print C ontr ol

D, par am et er 1 .. .p arameter 3 |

Monetary Formatting

E, parameter 1...parameter 9 |

F, parameter 1...parameter 5 |

Communication Settings

G , par am et er 1...paramet er 3 |

M, parameter 1...parameter 3 |

Memor y Configur ation

T, parameter 1...parameter 5 |

Y, parameter 1 parameter 5 |

RFID Setup

}

End of Header

Use online c onfigur ation pac kets to change the print er’s s et tings . Send an individual
conf iguration pac ket or a s ingle pac ket c ontaining all the configur ation packets . Supply all
param eters for eac h pac ket. Leave the par am eters blank t hat do not need to c hange. For
example,

{I,A,,,,1 | }

prints a slashed zero and uses the last sent online System Setup parameters.
Make a c opy of the online c onfigur ation w orks heet in Appendix D , “Format Design Tools

save the or iginal. All online configur ation packets are lis t ed on the w orks heet.
When turning off the printer, all the inform ation in the online configur ation packets is saved and

used w hen the pr inter is t urned bac k on. After c hanging the printer’s c onfigur ation, r es end the
form at, bat c h, or gr aphic to the pr inter befor e the changes take effec t.

,” and

Configuration Packet Header

Always inc lude an I, immediat ely after t he left br ac ket { and before the pac ket ident ifier (A, B, C ,
etc.). The I param eter identifies the data stream as a configur ation packet.

Note: Include the I param eter w ith eac h pac ket if s ending t hem individually. Include it only at

the beginning of a data s tr eam if s ending m ultiple pac kets .
Us e this s yntax to create online c onfiguration pac kets:
Syntax

Start of Header

Supply Setup

Contr ol Char ac ters

Bac kfeed Cont rol

Time/Date

Syntax for single pac ket
{ Start of Header

I, Configur ation Header

A, par am et er 1 .. .p arameter 5 | System Setup
} End of Header

Add a c onfiguration to R AM or s pec ify units for s upply, pr int, m ar gin, and c ut positions . If us ing
the optional param eter s with the I packet, any online configur ation packets f ollowing the split
vertic al bar (|) mus t s pecify dis tanc es using the s el ec ted units . However, the tes t labels dis play
the units in dots , even if entered in Englis h or Metrics units .

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Syntax {header,ID#,action,device | }

1. header Constant I.

2. ID# ID . Us e 0.

3. ac tion Action. O ptions:
A Add configuration.

U Upload Us er C onfigurat ion.

4. dev ic e Storage D evic e. Use R (Volatile RAM).

5. units Units. ( O ptional param eter .) O ptions :
E English

M Metric
G Dots

Example {I,0,A,R,E |

C,0,25,0,0,0 | }

Adds a c onfigurat ion to volatile RAM and s pec if ies English units . It also uses the default c ontras t,
moves print 0.25 inc hes clos er to the bottom of t he s upply and does not c hange the m ar gin
adjust ment, prints at the default print speed, and uses the default pr inthead width.

If optional param eters are not used, the s yntax for the online c onfigurat ion pac kets does not
change. For exam ple,

{I,C,0,50,0 ,0 ,0 | }

uses the default contras t, m oves pr int 50 dots (0.25) inc hes c loser to the bottom of the supply
and does not change the mar gin adjustm ent, prints at the default print s peed, and uses the
default printhead w idth.

Example {I,0,U,R | }

Uploads the printer c onfiguration from volatile RAM and retur ns t he following to the hos t.

A,0,0, 0, 0,0 |
B,1,1, 0,0,0,0,0 |
C,0,0, 0, 0,0,0 |
D,1,0,2 |
E,"~123~044~034~124~125~126","","~013~010" |
F,3,1,0,0,1 |
G ,0, 65,65 |
M,R,30715,23995,N,0,0|
M,R,R,0|
M,T,R,0|
M,I,R,3300|
M,D,R,640|
M,F,R,1500|
M,V,R,0|
T,0, 0,0,0,0 |
Y ,0, 1,18,12,1 , 0 ,120,2 20,0,1,0,0 |

The param eter s for eac h pac ket ( A-Y) ar e dis played. In the firs t line that begins w ith M, 30715 is
the total volatile memory available, 23995 is the mem ory available in volatile R AM. There is no
non-volatile RAM available. The remaining lines beginning with M lis t the buffer s iz es in 1/10K for
the Image, Downloadable Fonts, and Formats Buffers.

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Configuration Syntax Guidelines

W hen cr eating a printer c onfiguration packet:

♦ Follow the S tandard S yntax Guidelines lis ted at the beginning of this m anual.
♦ The firs t c har ac ter after the start of header ({) is the configuration he ade r (I).
♦ Dow nload m ultiple c onfigur ation pac kets w ithin one pac ket or dow nload a s ingle c onf iguration

packet.

♦ If changing any of the online c onfiguration pac kets , res end the for m at pac ket to the pr inter, s o

the configuration changes take effect.

♦ Include the firs t five ANSI c odes, at a m inimum , in the contr ol charac ters packet.
♦ Send c onfigurat ion pac kets onc e per s es s ion (each t im e the printer is tur ned off and then bac k

on), not w ith every f orm at or batc h pac ket.

♦ The printer us es the s ettings from the print er c onfigur ation pac kets until a new c onfigurat ion

packet is s ent ; or a s ett ing is adjusted thr ough the print er’s m enu.

Making Pr int Adjustme nts

Horizontal and ver tical adjustm ents c an be made by adjusting the supply, pr int, or mar gin
posit ions. However, keep in m ind the following:

♦ Supply adjus tments acr oss the width of the supply, s uc h as the m ar gin pos ition, ar e bas ed in

dots- either 203 dpi or 300 dpi, depending on the printhead dens ity.

♦ Supply adjus tments for the length of the s upply, s uc h as s upply pos ition or print adjus tm ent ,

are always m eas ur ed in 1/203 of an inc h, regardles s of the printhead dens ity.

Defini ng the S ystem Setup Packet

Use the s ys tem setup pac ket ( A) t o s elec t the pow er up m ode, dis play language, pr int s eparat ors
between batches, print a slashed zero, and select the symbol set.

Syntax {I,A,powup_mode,language,sep_on,slash_zero,symbol_set | }

A1. A System Setup Packet
A2. powup_mode Pr inter ’s power up m ode. 0 is the def ault. O ptions :

0 online m ode. P rinter is ready to r ec eive data and pr int.

1 of fline mode. Oper ator c an s elec t a form at and enter data
t o print.

A3. language Dis play Language. 0 (English) is the default. Options
0 E nglis h

1 Français 8 Español-MX
2 Deutsch 9 Dansk
3 Español-ES 10 Nederlands

4 ニホンゴ 13 Polski
5 Português 14 Türkçe
6 Italiano 15 简体中文
7 Svenska 16 Français-CA

A4. s ep_on Batc h Separ ators . 0 is the default. Do not us e batch s epar ators

with c ontinuous ( non-indexed) supply.Options:

0 D oes not print a separ ator

1 P rints a s epar ator
2 Double-length s eparator – print 2 tags

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A5. s las h_zero Slas h Zero. 0 is the default. Options:
0 P rint a s t andard zero

1 P rint a z er o wit h a s las h through it
A6. s y m bol_s et Symbol S et. 0 is the default. Options:
0 Internal

1 ANSI

2 C ode Page 437 ( Latin U.S.)

3 C ode Page 850 ( Latin 1)

4 C ode Page 1250 ( Latin 2)

5 C ode Page 1251 ( Cyrillic )

6 C ode Page 1252 ( Latin 1)
7 C ode Page 1253 ( Greek)
8 C ode Page 1254 ( Turkis h)
9 C ode Page 1255 ( Hebrew)
10 C ode Page 1256 ( Arabic)
11 C ode Page 1257 ( Baltic )
12 C ode Page 1258 ( Vietnames e)
13 D OS Code Page 852 (Latin 2)
14 D OS Code Page 855 (R us s ian)
15 D OS Code Page 857 (IBM T urkis h)
16 D OS Code Page 860 (P ortugues e)
17 Wingdings
18 Macintosh
19 Unicode
20 BIG5
21 GB2312
22 SJIS to SJIS (C P 932, Japanes e)
23 GB2312 to GB2312 ( CP 936, Sim plified C hines e)
24 BIG5 t o BIG5 (C P 950, T raditional C hines e)
25 KSC5601
26 Unicode UTF-8

The Standar d, R educ ed, Bold, O C RA and HR fonts only s uppor t

the Internal S ymbol S et (0) . The C G Trium virate™ typefac es only
suppor t the ANSI (1) and D O S Code Page 437 (2) and 850 (3)
Sym bol Sets . T he s c alable font (f ont#50) does not s upport C ode
Page 1256 Arabic (10) . C ode pages 13-16 and 4-12 ar e for
downloaded Tr ueType fonts or the s c alable font . Code pages 19­26 r equire a downloaded International TrueType font. Tr ueType
fonts are des igned t o be regionally s pec ific ; therefor e, all c ode
pages m ay not be s uppor ted in a given font. See Appendix C ,
“Symbol Sets/ Code Pages

” for mor e inform ation.

Example {I,A,0,0,1,1,0 | }

Power s up the print er in the online m ode, dis plays pr om pts in English, pr ints a s eparator after
each bat c h, prints z er os with slas hes through them , and us es the internal s ym bol set.

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Defining the Supply Setup Packet

Use the supply setup packet (B) to sel ect supply type, ribbon, feed mode, su pply position, cut
position, skip index mode, and cut mode.

Syntax {I,B,supply_type,ribbon,feed_mode,supply_posn,cut_posn, skip_index,cut_mode,

non index len | }

B1. B Supply Setup Packe t
B2. supply_type Supply Type. 1 is the default. Options:
0 Center Black mark

1 Edge Die Cut

2 Continuous (non-indexed). This is the default fo r Avery

Dennison® Monarch® EcoCut™ printers. EcoCut printers

feed 1.5 inches of suppl y when calibrating or whenever Fe ed

is pressed.

3 Center Aperture

4 Reserved

5 Tag Edge Aperture (c ommonly with RFID)

6 Center Tag Edge

7 Edge Black Mark

8 Center Die Cut

Use continuous supply in continuous mode.

If the supply has black marks, always use black mark sensing

whether or not the supply has attacher holes.

B3. ribbon Ribbon. 1 is the default. Options:
0 Ribbon not installed

1 Ribbon installed

2 High Energy Ribbon. Use a print speed of 2.5 IPS with the

high energy ribbon. Serial bar codes cannot be printed with

the high energy ri bbon.
Settings for ribbon and supply type must match the supplies

loaded in the printer; otherwise, an error occurs. To clear the

error, change the configuration packet and resend it.

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B4. feed_m ode Feed Mode. 0 is the default. Options:
0 Continuous oper ation (not rec om m ended for Ec oC ut).

1 On-dem and m ode. Thi s is the default for E c oCut printers .
2 Liner take-up

B5. s upply _pos n S upply Position. Adjusts the position of the s upply relative to

the index m ar ks in the feed direc t ion. Range: -300 to 300 in
1/203 inc h. 0 is t he default. Incr eas e the s upply pos ition t o
move pr int up, dec r eas e to m ove print dow n on the label. This
adjustment accounts for mechanical tolerances from machine
to m ac hine. The s upply pos ition adjus tm ent only needs to be
made on t he initial m ac hine s etup.

The s upply pos ition c annot be c hanged w hile the pr inter is

act ive. Changing t he s upply pos ition effects the pr int pos ition,
dispens e pos it ion, and bac kfeed dis tanc e. Onc e the supply
posit ion is set, us e the pr int c ontr ol pac ket and bac kfeed
cont rol pac ket to adjus t printing and the dis pens e pos it ion.

B6. c ut_pos n Cut pos it ion. Range: -300 to 300 in 1/ 203 inc h. 0 is the

default. Adjust s wher e the tag is c ut. The printer adjusts the
cut pos ition ac c ording to t he index marks on the supply.
Aperture s upplies m ay need adjustments. Incr eas e to m ove

the c ut up, dec r eas e to move the c ut down.
B7. skip_index Skip index m ode. 0 is t he default. Options:
0 Disable s kip index m ode

1 Enable s kip index m ode. Allows the pr inter to s kip (ignor e)

a sense mark and pr int an im age over m ultiple labels .
Note: D o not us e s kip index w ith R FID supplies . Unexpected r es ults m ay oc c ur!

B8. cut_mode E nables or dis ables the opt ional c utter . 0 (does not c ut) is the

default. We do not recommend cutting die cut label supply.

Options:
0 Does not cut.

1 Cuts each tag. This is the default for EcoCut printers.
2 Cuts in strips, not each tag. We do not recommend this

m ode w ith Ec oC ut printers .

B9. non_index _len Spec ifies the feed length for EcoCut continuous/non-indexed

(no index marks for sensing) supplies. When this par am eter is
a non-zer o value, the printer uses it, ins tead of the length in the
form at header . R ange: 1218 to 3248 in 1/203 inc h f or 203 dpi
or 1800 to 4800 in 1/300 inc h for 300 dpi. The default is 1218
(6.0 inches at 203 dpi) , 1800 (6.0 inc hes at 300 dpi ), or the las t
used for m at length. 0 indicates the value is not set (the printer
uses the length in the format header). This value is ignored on
non-Ec oCut pr inters .

Example {I,B,0,0,1,10,50,0,1,0 | }

Indicates blac k m ark and therm al dir ec t s toc k has been loaded, c aus es the printer to oper ate in
on-demand m ode, f eeds the s upply approxim ately .05 inc hes up befor e printing the f orm at on
each label (10/203 inc hes), feeds the supply .25 inches (50/203 inc hes) before c utting, disables
skip index m ode and c ut s each tag. No value is s et for non-indexed length.

Example {I,B,2,0,2,0,0,0,1,609 | }

Using the E c oCut™ printer, c ontinuous ther m al direc t E c oCut supply is loaded; the pr inter
operates in liner take-up m ode; values ar e not s et for s upply or c ut pos ition or s kip index m ode.
The Ec oC ut printer c uts after eac h tag and eac h tag is 3. 0 inc hes long (609 dots ) .

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Defini ng the P r int Cont r ol P ack et

Print Speed

Printhead Density

Minimum Bar Code Narrow E lement

2.5 ips

203/300 dpi

Less than 3 dots

4.0 ips

203 dpi

3 dots

Use the pr int c ontrol pac ket ( C) to set the c ont ras t, print, and m ar gin adjus tm ent, pr int s peed,
and im age rotation.

Syntax {I,C,contrast,print_adj,margin_adj,speed_adj,ph_width,bat_volt, rotate_img | }

C1. C Print Cont rol Packet
C2. c ontr as t Print C ontr as t. R ange: -699 to 699. 0 is the default. Us ing 399 or

higher dis plays a warning mes sage and trac ks high ener gy
inches. S olid blac k print c annot exc eed 30% of any given s quar e
inch of the s upply.

C3. pr int_adj Print adjus tm ent (pos it ion). Adjus ts the im age’s pos ition on t he

supply in t he feed direc t ion. Range: -450 to 450 in 1/ 203 inc h for
203 dpi or 1/300 inc h f or 300 dpi. 0 is the default . Increas e the
print pos ition t o m ove print up, dec r eas e to m ove print dow n.

C4. m ar gin_adj Margin adjust m ent (pos iti on). Adjusts w here the f orm at pr ints

side t o s ide on the s upply. Range: -99 to 99 in 1/203 inc h or
1/300 inc h for 300 dpi pr inters ) . 0 is t he default. Increas e the
mar gin pos ition to m ove pr int to the r ight, dec r eas e to m ove print
to the left. Margin and pr int pos ition ar e for m at adjustm ents .
They do not af fec t the s upply pos ition, dis pens e pos ition, or
backfeed dis tance.

C5. s peed_adj Print Speed in inc hes per s ec ond (ips). 0 is the default. The

maxim um print s peed us ing TuffMark® s upply is 2. 5 ips. Options:

0 pr int at 6. 0 ips , form at s with s er ial bar c odes print at 2.5 ips

25 2.5 ips ( us e for high ener gy ribbon)
40 4.0 ips ( rec om m ended for supply lengt hs les s than 1.2”)
60 6.0 ips
80 8.0 ips

The R FID s ettings in t he Eas y Setup Menu and t he RFID P rinter

Setup Utility are bas ed on enc oding 96-bits of EPC data w ith a
lock c ode. If your R FID data is m ore com plex than 96-bits of
EPC data w ith a loc k c ode, you m ay need to dec reas e the
printer’s s peed in non-s top enc ode m ode. S ee “

RFID Data” for m or e inform at ion about us ing a loc k c ode.

Serial bar code printing information:

Creat ing Gen2

6.0 ips or great er 203 dpi 4 dots or m ore

Serial bar c odes with an 8-dot narrow elem ent do not

C6. ph_width W idt h of the print head in dots . Use 0.
C7. bat_v olt Battery voltage. Use 0.

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autom atic ally print at 2.5 ips . S erial bar c odes printed at s peeds
greater t han 2.5 ips may not scan properly.

C8. r otate_im g Image r otation. R otates the pr inted im age 180° . Design formats

as needed, s o image rotation is not r equired. 0 is the default.
Options:

0 No rotat ion
1 180° rotat ion

Note: The im age length and width must exactly match the loaded

supply or the rot ated im age does not pr int c orr ec tly.

Example {I,C,0,-20,-10,0,0,0,1 | }

Uses the default c ontr as t, moves print 0. 1 inc h c los er to the bottom of the s upply ( 20/203 inc hes )
and .05 inc h to the lef t on the s upply ( 10/203 inc hes ), prints at s ix inc hes per s ec ond, uses the
default printhead w idth, the battery voltage is ignored, and r otates the im age 180° .

Def ini ng t he M onetary Form atting Packet

The m onetary for m atting pac ket ( D) s elec ts the m onetar y sym bols to print for a pric e field. Use
the m onetary for m atting pac ket to s elec t prim ary and s ec ondary monetar y s ymbols , and
designat e the num ber of digits to appear at the r ight of a dec im al.

Syntax {I,D,cur_sym,secondary,decimals | }

D1. D Monetary F orm atti ng Pac ket
D2. c ur _s y m Cur renc y Sym bol. 1 is t he default. Selec t the internal s ymbol

set to us e t hes e s ymbols . Options:

0 No s ymbol 9 F inland ( , Markka)

1 USA ($, D ollar) 10 Austria ( , Shilling)
2 UK ( £, Pound) 11 India (Rs, Rupee)
3 Japan ( ¥, Yen) 12 Russian ( , Ruble)
4 Germ any ( , Deuts c he Mark)
5 F ranc e (F , Franc ) 13 K orean ( , Won)
6 Spain (P, Peseta) 14 Thai ( , Baht)
7 Italy ( L., Lir a) 15 Chines e ( ¥, Yuan)

8 S weden ( Kr , Kr ona) 16 E uro ( )

D3. s ec ondar y Sec ondary Sign. Sec ondary sym bols only pr int if at least one

decim al plac e is used. 0 is the default. Options:

0 No s ec ondary s ign

1 P rint s ec ondar y s ign

D4. dec im als Number of digits to t he right of the dec im al. 2 is the def ault.

Options:

0 No digits

1 O ne digit
2 T wo digits
3 T hree digits

Example {I,D,1,1,2 | }

Prints t he dollar s ign, us es a sec ondar y sym bol, and plac es t wo digits t o the right of the dec im al.

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Defini ng the Contr ol Characters Packet

Code

Description

Character

~123

Start of header

{ ( left bracket)

~044

~034

~124

~125

End of header

} (r ight brac ket)

~126

defined

Immediat e comm and

^ ( c aret ~ 094) is

Up to any 3 c har ac ters in the 0 to 255 decimal range. The

Use the c ontr ol c harac ter s packet (E ) to c hange the MPCLII c ontr ol c harac ter s , enable and
disable the im m ediat e c om m ands , and change the default ter m inator c har ac ter f or job reques t s
and ENQs .

Changes take eff ec t wit h the firs t c harac ter following t he end of header c harac ter of the
conf iguration pac ket. Eac h c ontr ol c harac ter must be unique and c annot appear anywhere els e in
a pac ket, except within quotation m arks. Customize the trailer c haracters to w ork with the host.

Note: W ait two s ec onds for the new c harac t ers to take eff ec t before s ending pac kets using the

new c harac t ers .

If us ing s ym bol s et 110 (Unic ode UTF-8) to pr int International char ac ters , set the MPCL c ontrol
characters (start of header, etc .) to dec im al values between 0 and 128; otherw is e, err ors m ay
occ ur with the Unicode dat a entered.

Use the follow ing s yntax for the c ontr ol c harac ter s packet. Notice all but t he firs t par am eter is
within quotat ion marks .

Syntax {I,E,"ANSI_cd","string1","str ing2" | }

E1. E Control Characters Packet

E2. “A NS I_c d”

Parameter separator , (comma)
Quoted s t rings “ (quotes)
Field s eparator* | vertic al bar

Data es c ape character
(optional)

character

character must be defined before this c om m and can be us ed.

The field s eparator is the s plit vert ic al bar ( |). The dec im al value

is 124. To enter this c harac ter , use the Shif t key plus the Split
Vertical B ar key on the computers keyboard. Depending on the
text editor, it m ay appear as a solid ver tic al bar or as a split
vertic al bar.

E3. “s t ring 1" Term inat or for s tatus requests and E NQ reques ts . Up to any 3

characters in the 0 to 255 decimal range. The default is “013".
Sending "" dis ables this s equenc e.

E4. “s t ring 2" Term inat or for job reques ts and data uploads . Up to any 3

characters in the 0 to 255 decimal range. The default is none.
Sending "" dis ables this s equenc e.

After changing thes e par am eters , all pac kets , inc luding any future c onfigur ation pac kets , m us t
use t he new c ontr ol c harac ter s . Use the tilde and ASCII char acter code sequenc e when s ending
this pac ket m ultiple tim es . Also, s et the pac ket delim iter s to c harac t ers within the 21 hex to 7E
hex range.

character (optional).

~~ (double tilde)

norm ally used

Send the c ontrol c har ac ters packet to enable t he im m ediate c om m ands . An im m ediate com m and
executes imm ediately, even if it is embedded within quotation m arks, and all data following the
com m and in the st ring is ignored.

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Example {I,E,"~123~063~034~124~125~126~094" | }

Changes the par am eter s epar ator c har ac ter fr om , to ?. T he other c ont rol c harac t ers remain
unchanged. It als o enables the im m ediate c om m ands by defining the ^ s ym bol as the c om m and
identifier.

Resetting Control Characters

Change the c harac ter s in the previous exam ple bac k to their original s ett ings by downloading this
packet:

{I?E?"~123~044~034~124~125~126~094" | }

Notice that the param et er s eparat or is ? in this pac ket. T his is the param eter s eparator that w as
set before this pac ket. O nc e the packet is received by the pr inter, the new param et er s eparat or
(a comma, in this case) is valid.

Be c areful w hen us ing this feat ure. If you forget what the c ontrol c har ac ters were c hanged to,
print a test label. (The test label lists the c urrent c ontrol c haracter s.) See “Pr inting a T es t Label
in Chapter 8 for m or e inform at ion.

,”

Using Immediate Commands

Immediat e comm ands effec t printer operation as soon as t he printer rec eives them , even if they
are inc luded w ithin a pac ket or us ed ins ide quotat ion marks .

Us e im m ediate c om m ands to change im m ediate c om m and or stat us polling c ontrol c har ac ters ,
res et the pr inter, or c anc el and repeat bat c hes .

Enabling Immediate Commands

W hen the print er is firs t turned on, t hes e c om m ands ar e not available. To us e thes e c om m ands ,
send t he c ontrol c har ac ters packet and def ine the im m ediate c om m and contr ol c harac ter . The
imm ediat e c om m and c ont rol c harac t er is saved in non-volatile RAM s o it is not los t after turning
off the pr inter. O nc e the imm ediate c om m and contr ol c harac ter is defined, the im m ediate
commands are enabled.

Sending Immediate Commands

Immediate commands consist of a three- or f our-c harac ter s equenc e sent in a pac ket or
embedded in an application. Each command must be sent separately.

Syntax control character_immediate command

The printer c an ac c ept only one im m ediate com m and at a time. S ending a c om m and before the
previous one is c om pleted res ult s in an err or.

Example ^CB

Immediat ely c anc els the batch c urr ently printi ng unles s an error exis ts in the printer . This
example as s um es that the defined im m ediate com m and control c har ac ter is the c ar et (^).

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The table repr es ents the defined im m ediate c om m and contr ol c harac ter as ^ and the defined

Command

Description

^CA
^CB

Canc els only the c ur rent batch being pr inted unles s an er ror exis ts .

^CT

Cut c om m and.

^DD or

^EA

Aborts an er ror c ondition. This c om m and is the s am e as pr es s ing ENTER to
^ER

Resets the error. This command is the same as pressing ENTER to

^FD

Feeds a label when pr inter is idle. S im ulates the operat ion of pres s ing FEED
^FF1

Formats flash memory

^FF2

Retur ns the am ount (in bytes ) of the available flas h m em or y.

^ID or
^LCx

^LE

^MC

^MD

^MI

Retur ns the c ustom er ID or RPQ revision level to t he hos t. ( 00 to 99)

^MM

Returns the m odel num ber to the hos t . M49 = ADTP2

^MP

^MR

Retur ns the r evision number to the host. (00 to 99)

^MV

Retur ns the vers ion num ber t o the hos t. ( 00 to 99)

^NR

Perfor m s a network fac tory r es et.

^PR

Res ets the printer. This c om m and takes five s ec onds to com plet e and then the

status polling control character as d. Thes e c har ac ters can be redef ined i f nec es s ary.
To us e the im m ediate c om m and control c har ac ter or the s tatus polling c har ac ter w ithin data, us e

the tilde s equenc e.

Canc els all the batc hes in t he printer 's queue unles s an er ror exist s on the
printer. This does not c anc el batches in the pr inter' s rec eive buffer .

Dis ables the MPCL data esc ape c harac ter (the tilde) and inhibits MPCL from

^DCd

act ing on ANY data es c ape sequenc e fr om the hos t. Sets the MPCL data
esc ape char ac ter to t he ASCII value given by the d param eter. The value can

be any ASC II c harac ter .

clear an error. May need to be sent multiple tim es. Use ^R B to reprint bat ch.
CAUTION: This c om m and caus es the curr ent batc h to s t op and the c ondition

that c aus ed the error to r em ain uncorrected.

acknow ledge an error. Norm al operation res umes .

^ICd

and dispens es the next label if printer is in the on-dem and m ode. The printer
ignores this c om m and if printing.

Disables the Immediate Command featur e by turning off the Immediat e
Command escape character. Sets the Immediate Command escape character
to the ASCII value given by the d par am eter. T he value c an be any ASCII
char ac ter. Use ^IE to enable im m ediate c om m ands .

Adjusts the LCD contrast. X range is 1 to 9; the default is 3. Must us e Version

1.9 or gr eater fir m war e.
Uploads the las t s uc c es s f ul E PC encoded data in ASCII Hex form at to the las t-

used communication port/channel.
Note: If the c om m and is s ent before pr inting is c om plete, the previous E PC
data (if any) is returned

Retur ns the c us tom er ID or RP Q version to t he hos t. (00 t o 99)
Retur ns the pr inthead dot density to the host. 00 = 203 dpi 01 = 300 dpi

Retur ns the protot ype num ber to the hos t. (00 to 99)

printer is ready t o rec eive data. It has the s am e effect as tur ning off and then
turning on the printer. This command should be used only when the pr inter is
not printing.

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Command

Parameter

^RB

Repeats the las t printed bat c h, printing the s am e number of labels as

spec if ied in the original batc h. This c om m and does not wor k if us ing batc h

^RM

Chec ks the RFID har dwar e vers ion.

^RS

Res ync hroniz es supply w hen s upply roll is c hanged. The pr inter ignores this

^SD or

Dis ables the status polling feature by turning off the stat us polling c ontrol

^SFa

Loads s c r ipt with hos t response.

^SFb

^SFc

^SFd

Disables script.

^SFe

^SFf

Deletes s c r ipt.

^SFg

^SFh

^SFi

Turns on im m ediate c om m ands before it reac hes the sc r ipt.

^SFj

Turns off im m ediat e c om m ands bef ore it r eac hes the sc ript.

^TC

^TP

Prints a t es t label. The pr inter ignor es this c om m and if print ing.

^UPD

^UPE

^VLC

Only clears the data that has been uploaded, not all the logged data. D ata is

^VLU

Uploads the log f ile to the las t port that rec eived hos t data ( s erial, USB, or
be clear ed after it has been uploaded.

separators. The printer ignor es this c om m and if print ing.

command if printing.

^SCd

char ac ter. Sets the s tat us polling c ontrol c har ac ter to the ASCII value given by
the d param eter . The value of d c an be any ASCII c harac t er.

Loads s c r ipt without hos t r es pons e.
Enables s c ript.

Uploads script version information.

Turns on ENQ s tatus polling befor e it r eac hes the sc ript.
Turns off E NQ s tatus polling befor e it r eac hes the sc ript.

Prints a s er ies of three tes t labels : pr inter, MNet2, and MPCL.

Disables ACK/NA K protocol.
Enables ACK/NAK pr otoc ol.

clear ed wit h this c om m and after a suc c es s f ul upload. Clear the log f ile after
uploading.

Ethernet ). R epeat this c om m and until data is s uc c es s fully uploaded. D ata c an

Using the ACK/NAK Protocol

Enable ACK/NAK with the ^UPE com mand.
The pr inter sends the log message (saved in RAM) to the hos t and waits for an ACK character

(hex 06) before the message is removed. Upon rec eipt of the ACK , the pr inter r eturns t he next
pending log mes sage, with the above sequenc e repeating until no m ore mess ages exist.

ACK/NAK E rror Handling

If five consecutive messages have been kept in RAM without rec eiving an ACK r es pons e, the
printer stops with the err or m es s age “Waiting for Hos t”. The operator c annot c lear this er ror and
no printer buttons are ac tive.

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ACK/NAK E rror Recover y (“Waiting for Host” Message)

Depending on the hos t’s condition, the hos t m us t s end either an ACK or a NAK (hex 15) t o clear
the printer’s “Waiting for Hos t” mes sage and r estart the ACK/NAK proc ess . Once the printer
rec eives an ACK or a NAK, it autom atic ally pr oc es s es any pending print jobs . If no
unacknow ledged log m es s ages are saved, t he printer res ponds with a NAK t o any hos t ACK or
NAK m essage.

Uploading RFID Data

W hen the printer encodes an RFID inlay, the enc oded data is temporar ily s tored in the printer
until the next RFID inlay is encoded.

To upload the R FID EPC encoded data, s end im m ediat e c om m and ^LE.

Retrieving EPC Encoded Data

After the print er rec eives the im m ediat e c om m and, ^LE, the last successful EPC encoded data is
returned in ASCII Hex form at to the last-used communication port/channel.

The ^LE com m and mus t be s ent after a s uc c es s f ul enc ode and pr int. If the c om m and is s ent
before pr inting is c om plete, the previous EP C data ( if any) is r eturned.

Example

{F,1,A,R,E,300,150,”RFID”|
X,1,24|
R,60|}
{B,1,N,999|
1,”30345678901234567890AB01”|}
^LE

The printer retur ns :

30345678901234567890AB01

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Def ini ng t he C om muni cation S etting s Packet

Use the c om m unic ation sett ings pac ket (F) to s et the baud r ate, w ord lengt h, s top bits , parity,
and flow c ont rol for s erial c om m unic ations . Changing the communication settings takes
approxim ately tw o s ec onds . Comm unic ations sent during this inter val will be los t. The hos t
communication values must matc h the values on the pr inter. The hos t m us t be capable of
communicating at the selected printer speed.

Do not add any c har ac ters , s uc h as a c arr iage retur n/line feed, in the communication settings
packet or c om m unic ations errors may oc c ur.

Syntax {I,F,baud,word_length,stop_bits,parity,flow_control | }

F1. F Communication Settings Packet
F2. baud Baud Rat e. Options:
0 1200 2 4800 4 19200 6 57600

1 2400 3 9600 (def ault) 5 38400 7 115200

F3. word_length Word Length. Options:
0 7-bit w ord length

1 8-bit wor d length (default)

F4. s top_bits Stop Bits . Opt ions :
0 1-s top bit (def ault)

1 2-s top bits

F5. parity Parity. Options:
0 None (default )

1 ODD parity
2 E VEN parity

F6. flow _c ontrol Flow C ontr ol. If us ing t he CO PY c om m and to download f orm ats ,

set Flow Control to DTR (not XON/XOFF).Options:

0 None 2 (CTS)

1 DTR (default) 3 XON/XOFF

Example {I,F,3,1,0,0 ,1 | }

Uses 9600 baud, an 8-bit w ord length, one st op bit, no parity, and the DTR mode.

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Def ini ng t he B ackfeed Cont ro l P acket

Use the bac kfeed c ontr ol pac ket (G) t o enable or dis able t he bac kfeed option, s et the dispens e
posit ion and the bac kfeed dis tanc e. Bac kfeed wor ks by advanc ing eac h pr inted label to the
desir ed dis pens e pos ition. O nc e that label is rem oved, the next label t o be printed is backed up
underneath the pr inthead.

In c ontinuous m ode, only the las t label in the batc h is advanced to t he dis pens e pos ition. Adjust
the dis pens e pos ition to allow labels to be r em oved, die c ut labels to be r em oved easily, or to
prevent them from falling off. W hile the print er is ac tive, t he bac kfeed dis tance cannot be
changed.

Do not us e bac kfeed w ith s upplies les s than 0. 75 inc hes . Use 0.5-inch gap s uppl ies in peel m ode
when backfeed is disabled.

The dis pens e pos ition and bac kfeed distanc e are opt ional param eters that do not have to be
spec if ied. However, t hey allow for great er prec is ion w hen pos itioning t he s upply.

Syntax {

Example {I,G,1,50,20 | }

Enables bac kfeed and s ets the dis pens e pos it ion to 0.25 inc hes ( 50/203) and t he backfeed
dist anc e to 0.10 inc hes (20/203).

I,G,action,dis_pos,bkfd_dis | }

G1. G B ac kfeed Contr ol Pac ket
G2. ac t ion Action. If us ing one-inc h R FID s upplies , do not us e bac kfeed.

Options:

0 dis able bac kfeed ( default)

1 enable bac kfeed

G3. dis _pos Dis pense Position. Adjusts the stopping point of the label.

Range: 50 to 200 dots (default 65 dots).

G4. bk f d_dis Backfeed D is tanc e. Amount t o m ove label bac kw ards . 10 to 200

dots (default 65 dots ). This dis tanc e c annot be gr eater t han the

dispens e pos it ion.
The bac kfeed dis tanc e s hould equal the dis pens e position.
W hen tearing s upplies ( ins tead of peeling) , the bac kfeed

dist anc e m us t be 30 dots (.150 inc hes ) less than the dis pens e

position. The 30-dot diff erenc e ac c ounts for im proper t earing of

butt c ut supplies to prevent exposed adhes ive under the

printhead. However, that adds a 30 dot non-pr int zone on the

supply.

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Special Considerations When Using Backfeed

Make a note of the following items :

♦ Be c areful w hen tear ing s upplies , bec aus e the adhes ive c an adher e to the pr inthead or platen

roller.

♦ Bac kfeed affec ts eac h label in the on-dem and m ode or t he firs t and l as t label of the batc h in

cont inuous m ode.

♦ W hen backfeed is enabled and m ultiple bat c hes are s ent, t he printer m ay not bac kfeed

between each batch.

♦ Bac kfeed s hould only be us ed to advanc e labels to the des ir ed dis pens e point.
♦ Bac kfeed does not inter fere w ith the set s upply, print, or m argin pos itions .
♦ If the supply inter-label gap is not bet ween .07 inc h t o .15 inc h (14 to 30 dot s ), adjus t t he

dispens e pos it ion and bac kfeed dis tanc e accordingly.

See the follow ing gr aphic for a r epres entation of the f ollowing adjus t m ents : dis pens e position,
backfeed dis tance, supply pos ition, print position, and m argin posit ion.

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Def ini ng t he M emor y Configuration Packet

To reallocate (in K)

Enter this amount

229.5

2295

Use the memory configuration packet (M) to c ustom ize the size of the printer’s buffers.
Memor y m us t be allocated in 1/2K inc rem ents . The mem ory configuration pac ket does not ac c ept

decimals, so enter whole num ber s . Multiply the am ount to r ealloc ate (in K ) by 10. For example,

2.5 25
153 1530

Eac h buffer ’s alloc at ed m em ory remains in effect until that buff er is reallocat ed. For this reas on,
realloc ate all the buffers when realloc ating any buffer. Reallocating more memory than what is
available causes an err or.

Syntax {I,M,buff er,device,buff er_size | }

M1. M Memor y Configur ation Packet
M2. buffer Buf fer type. O ptions :
D D ownloadable Fonts

F Format

I Image

M3. dev ic e Stor age type. Use R for volatile RAM. Packets stored in volatile

RAM ar e delet ed when the printer is turned of f.
M4. buffer s ize Buffer s iz e in 1/10K ranges. T he following table lists the

conf igured buff er s iz es and min-m ax values for the printer . The

printer’s c onf iguration i s st ored in non-volatile R AM and saved

when the pr inter is t urned off .
The m aximum value for eac h buffer is lis ted; however, the sum of

all the buffer s c annot exc eed the m axim um available m em ory of

the printer .

Buffer Type Default Range

Image Volatile 330K 41.5K – 3047K
Downloadable Fonts Volatile 64K 8K- 3014K
Formats Volatile 155K 16K- 1126.4K

Note: The printer has a tr ans m it, receive, and s c alable font s buffer that

are s et to the m axim um amount. T hes e buffers c annot be

changed.

Example {I,M,I,R, 15 3 0 | }

Stores the im age buffer in volatile R AM and alloc ates 153K for it .

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Checking Current Buffer Sizes

Send a c onfigur ation upload pac ket to c hec k the s iz es of the buf fers . S ee “Configur ation Packet

Header” for m ore infor m ation. After c hec king t he c urrent buffer s iz es , begin realloc ating mem ory.

To inc r eas e the im age buffer and not use downloaded fonts , add that m em ory into the image
buffer.

Example

{I,D,R,80 | Downloa da ble fonts buffer 8K
M,I,R,4400 | } Image buffe r 440K

Make s ur e m em ory is available before adding m em or y to a buffer . In the above exam ple, if t he
image buffer (M,I,R,4400) was defined before the downloadable fonts (M,D,R ,80) buffer, an er ror
would have oc c urr ed.

About Me m or y Buffer s

Image Buf fe r

Format Buffe r

Used to im age the c ur rent f orm at. T he printer s upports two 4-inc h by 8-inch
buffers. Images up t o 16 inc hes long can be defined without reallocating
memory. The im age buffer is c lear ed after a printer res et.

Use the for m ula below t o c alc ulate the appr oximat e im age buffer s iz e.

21K x Lengt h ( for 203 dp i ) OR
46K x Lengt h ( for 300 dp i )

Length is the length of the label in inc hes.

203 DPI Example

21K x 25 = 525

(Multiply by 10 and r ound up to t he next whole num ber if nec es s ar y)

525K x 10 = 5250

Enter 5250 for the Image buffer.

300 DPI Example

46K x 26.75 = 1230.5

(Multiply by 10 and r ound up to the next w hole num ber if nec es s ar y)

1230.5 x 10 = 12305

Enter 12305 for the Image buffer.
Used to store form ats, batch data, and graphic s. Us e the following form ula to

calc ulat e the requir ed form at buffer s iz e:

Li n ecoun t x 50/ 1024

Linecount is the num ber of lines in the form at pac ket inc luding the for m at
header and all the options.

The res ult of the above c alc ulat ion is in kilobytes . For m ats remain in m em ory
when the print er is tur ned off.

Downloadable
Fonts Buffe r

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Us ed to s tor e downloaded ( bitm apped or T rueType) font s . To deter m ine the
size of the downloadable font s , s end a font pac ket. For TrueT ype fonts , the f ile
siz e, in bytes , is the m inim um amount needed in this buf fer. S ee “

Font Pac ket” for m or e inform ation. Fonts s tored in t his buffer ar e deleted

when the pr inter is t urned off . Store downloaded fonts into flash memory.

Using the

Buffer Allocation Considerations

Keep thes e item s in m ind w hen alloc ating m em or y.

♦ Do not alloc ate m or e memor y than what is available.
♦ Free m em ory from one buffer befor e adding it t o another buf fer.
♦ Realloc ate all t he buffer s if realloc ating any buffer.
♦ Send all buffer (r e)alloc ations in one pac ket. T he printer evaluates eac h individual buffer

allocation separ ately. If one buffer allocation is invalid, the entir e pac ket is invalid. If a
defined buf fer siz e exceeds the maxim um value, an error occ urs. However, no inform ation is
lost.

♦ W henever the pr inter ac c ept s a memor y configuration pac ket, it takes effec t im m ediately,

caus ing a pr inter r es et. Any inf orm ation c ontained in t he buffers is los t . Res end the formats,
batc hes , graphic s , or fonts to t he printer .

♦ When remapping the im age buf fer, m ake s ure t he length and w idth s pec ified in the format

header are not too large for the c urr ent im age buffer . For exam ple, r em apping for a
4 x 4 inc h label and then pr inting a 4 x 6 inc h label causes an er ror, until the form at header is
changed or the im age buff er is increased.

Memory Considerations with Downloaded TrueType Fonts

Save the fonts t o flas h m em ory for optim al perfor m anc e with downloaded f onts . No m em ory
conf iguration pac kets ar e nec es s ary sinc e flash m em ory cannot be r ealloc ated.

About Flash M em ory

Items s tored in flas h m em or y are s aved when t he printer is turned off . Flash memory cannot be
reallocated.

Flas h m em ory can c ontain form at s , fonts, gr aphic s , ADK s c ript s , and chec k digits . Stor e form at s
in flas h to us e the pr inter of fline (not c onnec ted to a hos t) . W hen form ats , graphics , and chec k
digits are s aved in flas h ( a c opy is automatic ally plac ed in R AM). Any of the packets saved in
flas h c annot exc eed the m em ory available in R AM. For this reas on, store fonts or ADK scripts
in flash memory. (Font s and ADK s c ripts saved in flas h ar e not c opied into R AM.)

Before s ending packets to flash memory, it must be formatted.

Formatting Flash Memory

Form atting f las h m em ory is required once during initial printer setup. From the Main Menu,
selec t S etup, Flash Memory, then For mat Flash. The process takes a few m inutes .

Note: When form atting f las h m em ory, all packets (formats, fonts, graphics, etc.) stored in flash

mem or y are deleted and m us t be resent to t he printer .

Checking Available Flash Memory

To c hec k the am ount of available flas h m em ory in the pr inter, from the Main Menu, S elec t Setup,
Flas h Memor y, then Unus ed Flas h. The num ber ( in bytes ) of available flas h m em or y is shown.
Divide this num ber by 1024 to get the num ber of available kilobytes and m ake s ur e the font or
ADK s c ript files do not exceed this am ount . For exam ple, if t he printer dis plays “Unused Flas h
10223616,” ther e is 9984K ( 9.75 Meg) of available flas h m em ory for fonts or ADK s c ript files.
Flas h m em ory cannot be realloc at ed.

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Flash Memory Guidelines

Use thes e bas ic guidelines for s tor ing files in the pr inter ’s flas h m em ory.

♦ The printer has volatile R AM (pac kets delet ed when t he printer is turned off ) and flas h

mem or y (packets s aved when the pr inter is tur ned off) . Flash memory cannot be
reallocated.

♦ Flas h m em ory mus t be formatt ed before any pac kets can be s aved. S ee “For m atting Flas h

Memor y” for m ore infor m ation.

♦ Form ats , graphic s , and c hec k digits c an be s aved in flas h (a c opy is autom at ic ally placed in

RAM). Any of thes e pac kets s aved in flas h c annot exc eed the m em or y available in R AM.

♦ Pac kets with the s am e number s hould not be added to f las h m em ory. If t wo packets w ith the

sam e number are s tor ed in flas h, only the las t pac ket s ent c an be us ed. For example, if you
send t he following pac kets to f las h m em ory, only the Textiles f orm at c an be us ed.

{F,10,A,F,E,300,200,"UPC" | }
{F,10,A,F,E,300,200,"Textiles" | }

♦ There is not a 1-to-1 ratio betw een the RAM memory (formats, graphics, and check digits) in

the printer and the mem ory in the PC . For example, a file that is 5K in W indow s may require
15-20K to store in the printer.

♦ When using graphics, use the lowest-res olution gr aphic pos s ible. If the print er us es a 203 dpi

printhead, the gr aphics res olution should be 150 t o 200 dpi. 96 dpi m ay w ork. C reate t he
smallest file size possible.

♦ Use tem porar y s torage for graphic s that are only us ed onc e or twic e. However, for a logo that

is us ed on m ult iple form at s , save the graphic in flas h. Create the s m alles t file siz e pos s ible.

♦ Eac h line in a pac ket requir es the s am e amount of m em or y. The s m aller the form at, the les s

mem or y required t o s ave it.

Clearing Packet s f r om Memory

Remove pac kets from the printer to inc r eas e m em ory storage c apac ity or if the for m ats /font s ar e
no longer needed. In s ome cas es, turning the pr inter off may clear the packets from mem ory. If
not, send a format clear packet.

Syntax {header,packet#,action,device | }

1. header Identifies the pac ket. O ptions :
A Chec k Digit Sc hem e

F Format

G Graphic

W Font

2. pac k et# Identific ation num ber of the pac ket to c lear (1 to 999) or font

number (0 to 9999) . 0 is for all fonts .

3. ac tion Action. Ent er C to c lear t he pac ket.

4. dev ic e Storage devic e. O ptions :
F Flash

R Volatile RAM

Example {F,1,C,R | }

Clears Form at #1 fr om volatile RAM.

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Def ini ng t he Ti m e/D ate Packet

Use the tim e/ date pac ket (T) to s et the printer ’s tim e and date. T he printer m us t contain the
optional c loc k. The print er keeps tr ac k of the date and t im e even when the pr inter is turned off.

The c loc k operates on 24-hour t im e. For exam ple, 4:00 pm is 16:00 hours .
See “Us ing O ption 7 Pr int Tim e/D ate” in Chapter 4 to print the c urrent date and time in a form at.

Syntax {I,T,hour,min,day,month,year | }

T1. T T im e/Dat e Pac ket
T2. hour Hour in 24-hour tim e. Range: 0 to 23.
T3. min Minutes. Range: 0 to 59.
T4. day D ay of the m onth. R ange: 1 to 31.

T5. m onth Month of the year. O ptions :
1 January 7 July

2 February 8 August

3 March 9 September

4 April 10 October

5 May 11 November

6 June 12 December
T6. y ear Year (as tw o-digit). Range: 0 to 99. 15 is 2015.

Example {I,T,18,15,12,06,15 | }

Sets the pr inter’s c loc k to 6:15 pm June 12, 2015.

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Using the Font P a cket

Use a font pac ket t o add or c lear downloaded f onts from m em or y, upload the font buf fer, or
upload the c ell s ize inform ation for a partic ular font. T he font pac ket is us eful w hen dow nloading
fonts . If us ing dow nloaded fonts , t he font num ber and the num ber of bytes eac h dow nloaded font
uses is listed.

This pac ket does not lis t the num ber of bytes the s t andard print er font s use.
Use the MONARC H® MPCL Toolbox Font Utility (available on our Web s it e) to c r eate the font

header and data. R efer t o the online help f or m ore inf orm ation.

Syntax {W,font#,action,device,data_length,data_record | }

W1. W W ritable F ont Header.
W2. font# The font identifier f rom 0 to 32000. 0 is for all fonts. 1 - 5 digits is

the font num ber .

Exam ple: 3 is the s tandar d printer font, B old.

W3. action Action. Options:
A Adds the spec if ied font.

C C lears all or s pec if ied fonts , exc ept ones in f las h.

H Uploads font s iz e inform ation.

M Uploads font m em or y us age inform ation.

Note: C does not c lear (er as e) fonts s aved in t he printer ’s flas h

memory. To eras e ALL f onts from t he printer ’s f las h m em ory,

form at flas h.

W4. device Device. Opt ions :
F Flash

R Volatile RAM.

W5. data_length The length of the f ont data. T he range is 68 to 16384. This is

optional. When cr eating fonts , inc lude the font data with this

packet.
W6. data_record Multiple data records define the font. The first character is either

an H (hex) or an R (run-length) , referring to the algorithm . The

res t of the r ec ord is up to 2710 c har ac ters of font data in double

quotes . Separ ate the algor ithm and the dat a with a c om m a, and

end the rec or d with |. This is opt ional.

Example {W ,0,M,R | }

Selec ts all fonts and c hec ks the m em or y usage in RAM. The pr inter r eturns the f ollowing t o the
host:

{W ,0,M,R |
Number of bytes free, Number of bytes used | }

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Example {W,0,H,Z | }

Font Sty le/Number

Spacing

Cell Width

Cell Height

Inter-Charact er Gap
N ominal Width

Baseline

Nominal Height

Type

Symbol Set

Font Name

Selec ts all fonts and uploads the font siz e inform ation for any downloaded fonts .
The printer r eturns t he following to the hos t :

{W,0,H,Z|
0,1,0,"Standard",0,0,0,14,22,14,22,3|
0,1,1,"CGTriBd9",1,0,7,25,31,10,15,0|
0,1,437,"CGTriBd9",1,0,7,25,31,10,15,0|
0,1,850,"CGTriBd9",1,0,7,25,31,10,15,0|
0,10,0,"CGTriBd9",1,0,7,25,31,10,15,0|
0,10,1,"CGTriBd9",1,0,7,25,31,10,15,0|
0,10,437,"CGTriBd9",1,0,7,25,31,10,15,0|
0,10,850,"CGTriBd9",1,0,7,25,31,10,15,0|
0,2,0,"Reduced",0,0,0,7,14,7,14,1|
0,2,1,"CGTriumv6",1,0,5,17,21,5,10,0|
0,2,437,"CGTriumv6",1,0,5,17,21,5,10,0|
0,2,850,"CGTriumv6",1,0,5,17,21,5,10,0|
0,11,0,"CGTriumv6",1,0,5,17,21,5,10,0|
0,11,1,"CGTriumv6",1,0,5,17,21,5,10,0|
0,11,437,"CGTriumv6",1,0,5,17,21,5,10,0|
0,11,850,"CGTriumv6",1,0,5,17,21,5,10,0|
0,3,0,"Bold",0,0,0,24,34,24,34,3|
0,4,0,"OCRA",0,0,0,13,24,13,24,3|
0,5,0,"HR1",0,0,0,12,20,12,20,2|
0,6,0,"HR2",0,0,0,10,16,10,16,1|
0,15,0,"CGTriumv7",1,0,7,21,28,9,14,0|
0,15,1,"CGTriumv7",1,0,7,21,28,9,14,0|
0,15,437,"CGTriumv7",1,0,7,21,28,9,14,0|
0,15,850,"CGTriumv7",1,0,7,21,28,9,14,0|
0,510,0,"CGTriumv7",1,0,7,21,28,9,14,0|
0,510,1,"CGTriumv7",1,0,7,21,28,9,14,0|
0,510,437,"CGTriumv7",1,0,7,22,28,9,14,0|
0,510,850,"CGTriumv7",1,0,7,22,28,9,14,0|
0,16,0,"CGTriumv9",1,0,8,28,35,12,18,0|
0,16,1,"CGTriumv9",1,0,8,28,35,12,18,0|
0,16,437,"CGTriumv9",1,0,8,28,35,12,18,0|
0,16,850,"CGTriumv9",1,0,8,28,35,12,18,0|
0,511,0,"CGTriumv9",1,0,8,28,35,12,18,0|
0,511,1,"CGTriumv9",1,0,8,28,35,12,18,0|
0,511,437,"CGTriumv9",1,0,8,29,35,12,18,0|
0,511,850,"CGTriumv9",1,0,8,29,35,12,18,0|
0,17,0,"CGTriumv11",1,0,9,31,40,13,22,0|
0,17,1,"CGTriumv11",1,0,9,31,40,13,22,0|
0,17,437,"CGTriumv11",1,0,9,31,40,13,22,0|
0,17,850,"CGTriumv11",1,0,9,31,40,13,22,0|
0,512,0,"CGTriumv11",1,0,9,31,40,13,22,0|
0,512,1,"CGTriumv11",1,0,9,31,40,13,22,0|
0,512,437,"CGTriumv11",1,0,9,33,40,13,22,0|

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0,512,850,"CGTriumv11",1,0,9,33,40,13,22,0|
0,18,0,"CGTriumv15",1,0,13,47,59,20,31,0|
0,18,1,"CGTriumv15",1,0,13,47,59,20,31,0|
0,18,437,"CGTriumv15",1,0,13,47,59,20,31,0|
0,18,850,"CGTriumv15",1,0,13,47,59,20,31,0|
0,513,0,"CGTriumv15",1,0,13,47,59,20,31,0|
0,513,1,"CGTriumv15",1,0,13,47,59,20,31,0|
0,513,437,"CGTriumv15",1,0,13,49,59,20,31,0|
0,513,850,"CGTriumv15",1,0,13,49,59,20,31,0|
0,70,0,"Paxar15",1,0,7,32,42,22,42,0|
0,71,0,"Paxar18",1,0,9,34,51,27,51,0|
0,72,0,"Nafta15",1,0,6,32,42,32,41,0|
0,73,0,"Nafta18",1,0,8,48,51,46,50,0|
0,21,0,"ZIAFont",0,0,0,5,9,5,9,1 |
0,22,0,"ZIBFont",0,0,0,7,11,7,11,2 |
0,23,0,"ZICFont",0,0,0,10,18,10,18,2 |
0,24,0,"ZIDFont",0,0,0,10,18,10,18,2 |
0,25,0,"ZIEFont",0,0,0,15,28,15,28,5 |
0,26,0,"ZIFFont",0,0,0,13,26,13,26,3 |
0,27,0,"ZIGFont",0,0,0,40,60,40,60,8 |
0,50,0,"EffSwissBold",1,1,92248 |
0,56,0,"PaxSymbols",1,1,12260 | }

Note: The CG Trium vir ate™ t ypefac es ar e trademarks of Monotype Imaging, Inc.

Fonts 21-27 are only for the MLI™ printer.
Fonts 510, 511, 512, and 513 are t he s am e as fonts 15, 16, 17, and 18.

Spacing
Type
Baseline
Cell Width
Cell Height
Nominal Width
Nominal He ight
Inter-Character Gap
Printhead Density

Monospac ed ( 0) or proport ional (1).
Bitm apped (0) or s c alable ( 1).
Bottom of t he font.
Horizontal num ber of dots to c ontain the w ides t c har ac ter.
Vertical num ber of dots to c ont ain the talles t c har ac ter.
Average w idth for lower -case letters.
Average height for lower -case letters.
Default s pacing between c haracter s in monos paced fonts.
Dis plays whet her a 203 ( 0) dpi or 300 ( 1) dpi pr inthead is us ed. The

sc alable f ont (font 50) does not dis play w hic h printhead ( 203 dpi or
300 dpi) is us ed.

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Uploading For m at Hea der Informati on

Upload format header inform ation from the form ats in mem ory to chec k the supply length and
width for eac h format . Form at s stored in flas h memor y are loaded into RAM w hen the printer
boots . However, the for m ats remain in f lash memory when the pr inter is t urned off .

Syntax {header,format#,action,device | }

F1. header For m at Header
F2. format# Format number from 0 to 999. 0 is for all form at s in m em ory.

F3. ac tion Action. O ptions:
A Adds t he s pec ified form at

C Clears the specified format

H Uploads for m at header inf orm ation

F4. dev ic e D evic e. O ptions :
F Flash

R Volatile RAM

Z All devic es (us e for upload)

Example {F,0,H,Z | }

Selec ts all for m ats in mem ory and retur ns the follow ing:

Example {F,0,H,Z |

Fmt _1,406, 4 06 |
Fmt _10,324,406 |
Fmt _15,812,812 |
Fmt _20,305,609 |
Fmt _25,1218, 4 0 6 | }

Dis plays the for m at num ber, s upply length and s upply w idth ( in dots ) for eac h form at in m em ory.

Example {F,1,H,Z | }

Selects format1 and returns the following t o the host:

{F,1,H,Z |
Fmt _1,406, 4 06 | }

Dis plays the s upply length and s upply w idth ( in dots ) for form at 1.

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Def ini ng a Network C onsol e Packe t

Use the netw ork c ons ole pac ket to s end c ons ole c om m ands direc tly to the wireless module via
the printer ’s s er ial port. If the wireless module does not appear to be c om m unic ating with the
printer, us e the netw ork c ons ole pac ket to c hange t he printer’s SSID, IP Addres s , etc .

Syntax {N,number,act ion ,d ev i ce, " n a me" |

C," con_comds" | }

N1. N Networ k Cons ole P ac ket.
N2. num ber Number f rom 0 to 999 to identify the netw ork c ons ole packet. 1 is

the default.

N3. ac tion Action. Enter A to add a netw ork c ons ole pac ket.
N4. dev ic e St orage devic e. Ent er T to pas s the packet through the printer

and st ore the pac ket in t he wireless module.

N5. “name” Pac ket nam e, 0 to 8 characters , enc lose within quot ation marks .

“” is the default.

C1. C Command field.
C2. “ c on_c om ds ” Cons ole c om m ands . Mus t be enc los ed wit hin quotation m arks.

“” is the default. E ac h c om m and m us t be on a s epar ate line. T he

maximum number of characters per command is 100. Refer to the

list of c ons ole c om m ands in the MonarchNet2 Operating

Instructions for m ore infor m ation.

Note: The maxim um number of c om m ands per packet is twenty five

(25).

Example {N,1,A,T,"m y sto re" |

C,"set ip me static" |
C, "i nit" |
C,"exit" | }

Sends the netw ork c ons ole packet m ys tor e directly to the wireless module (T) and sets the IP
met hod to s tatic for determ ining the IP Addres s es . The Init and E xit c om m ands m us t be us ed to
save c hanges and initializ e the wireless module.

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Def ini ng t he R FID Set up Packet

The printer s upports EPC Clas s -1 Generation-2 UHF (C1Gen2) prot oc ol enc oding.
Use the R FID s etup pac ket (Y) to s et the enc ode mode, singulate m ode, wr ite power , read pow er ,

tag saver, firs t TID pos ition, star t enc ode position, enc ode z one, enc ode pos ition, tag verify, tag
verify pos ition, and retry enc ode. R efer to t he System Administrator’ s Guide for more detail
about eac h of thes e par am eters .

We recommend using the printer’s Easy Setup Menu to c onfigure RFID s ettings or the Monarch®
RFID Pr inter S etup Utility. Find t his W eb-based utility at

http://printers.averydennison.com/en/home/resources/service-and-support/rfid-printer-setup­utility.html

Note: Printing over t he RF ID inlay m ay caus e print ing irr egularity.

Do not use skip index wit h RFID supplies. Unexpected res ult s may occ ur .

Syntax {I,Y,stop_to_encode,singulate,write_power,read_power,tag_saver, first_TID_pos,

start_enc_pos,encode_zone,encode_pos,tag_verify,tag_verify_pos,retry_encode,
verify_power | }

Y1. Y RFID Setup P ac ket.
Y2. stop_to_encode Stop-to-Enc ode m ode. T he printer operates in S top-to-Encode

mode or Non-s top enc ode m ode. Stop-to-enc ode m ode m us t be

used f or s erializ ed E PC data. S ee “

EPC Data)” for m or e inform ation. Options:

0 No. The pr inter oper ates in non-stop enc ode m ode

(default). The printer does not paus e ( or s top) while

enc oding the R FID inlay.

1 Yes . The pr inter oper ates in s top-to-enc ode mode. The

pr inter paus es (or s tops ) while enc oding the R FID inlay.

Y3. singulate Singulate mode. R ead and us e the TID field to only pr ogram that

specific inlay. Enabling s ingulate m ode dec reas es throughput

but m ay prevent adjac enc y is s ues . If enabled, set first_TID_pos.

Singulate m ode m us t be enabled to upload TID data. See “

Option 6 (Upload Field Data)” for m or e inform ation. Options:

0 D is abled (def ault)

1 Enabled

Y4. write_power The am ount of power to w rite ( program ) an RF ID inlay. Use the

RFID Pr inter S etup Utility to determ ine t his value. The range is

-15 to 23 and the default is -15.

Y5. read_power The am ount of pow er to r ead an R FID inlay. Use the R FID

Printer Setup Utility to determ ine t his value. The range is

-15 to 23 and the default is -15.

Y6. tag_s av er Tag saver (us e only in non-s top enc ode m ode) . Enabling t ag

saver moves the supply bac kw ards before enc oding the fir s t inlay

in a batc h, w hic h prevents w as te. Options :

0 dis able tag s aver (default). The print er does not m ove the

f irs t tag in the bat c h bac kwards before enc oding.

1 enable t ag saver. The printer m oves the first tag in the

bat c h bac kwards to the proper position bef ore encoding.

Y7. first_TID_pos First TID Position (us e only in non-s t op enc ode m ode with

singulat e m ode enabled). The firs t TID pos ition moves the

‘hots pot’ of the firs t inlay over the antenna so the TID order c an

be calc ulat ed. Use t he RFID P rinter Setup Utility to determine

this value. The range is 0 to 2000 in 1/203 inch. 0 is t he default.

Using O ption 65 (Serializ ed

Using

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Y8.start_enc_pos Start enc oding pos ition (us e only in non-s top enc ode m ode) . The

printer us es this initial st arting position to look for the RFID inlay

to program w hile m oving the s upply to pr int. Measure fr om the

leading edge of the s upply to the beginning of t he RF ID inlay

encoding ar ea in 0.01 inches . Use t he RF ID Printer Setup Utility

to deter m ine this value. The range is 10 to 2000 in 1/203 inc h.

100 is the default.

Y9. enc ode_zone Enc ode z one (us e only in non-s top enc ode m ode) . The enc ode

zone is t he area w here the ant enna and inlay c ommunicate with

each other during program ming as the inlay m oves over the

antenna. It is the lengt h in dots of the pr ogram m ing zone ( area).

Use the R FID Print er Set up Utility t o determ ine this value. The

range is 50 to 2000 in 1/203 inc h. 200 is the default.

Y10. encode_pos Encode Position (us e only in s top-to-encode m ode) . Measure

from the leading edge of the supply to the best program ming

posit ion within the inlay. The Enc ode Pos ition is different for

each t ype of inlay. Use the R FID Pr inter S etup Utility to

determ ine this value. The r ange is 0 to 2000 in 1/203 inc h. 0 is

the default.
When using a 0 enc ode pos ition, the print er enc odes w hen the

label is at the defined top-of-form pos it ion – no extra s upply
movement is required.
When using a non-zero encode pos ition, t he printer
autom atic ally bac kfeeds betw een labels , ther eby decreasing
throughput.

Y11. tag_verify Tag verify. The printer confirm s the read value mat ches the

program med value after writing the RFID data. Options :

0 D isabled (default). The pr inter does not verify the

programmed value.
1 Internal. Confirms the read EPC data matches the

programmed E PC data us ing the inter nal antenna.
2 External. Confirms the read EPC data matches the

pr ogram m ed EPC dat a us ing the optional exter nal verifier.
R equires s et ting the tag ver ify pos ition tag verify pos ition.
3 B oth. Confirms the read EPC data matches the
programmed EPC data us ing the internal antenna and
opt ional external verifier. R equires s etting t he tag verify
position.

Note: Enabling internal or both may decreas e throughput .

Y12. tag_verify_pos Tag verify pos ition ( us e only when verify is 2 - exter nal or

3 - both). Sets the position for when the label’s leading edge
reac hes t he external verifier . Use the RFID Pr inter S etup Utility
to deter m ine this value. The range is 10 to 2000 in 1/203 inc h.

100 is the default.

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Y13.retry_encode The printer tries t o reprint and progr am a label wher e a s upply

Stop-to-encode mode

Non-stop e ncode mode

error occurred. The printer uses the same EPC data from the

error ed label on t he next label. Options :

0 Disabled. T he printer does not r eprint or re-progr am the

EPC data. Once EPC data is already programmed into an

inlay, the pr inter w ill not pr ogram the same EPC data.

1 E nabled (default). The printer reprints and r e-programs the

E PC data from a label when a supply err or oc c urs .

Retry_enc mus t be used with inc r em enting batc hes . If dis abled,

the printer does not r eprint a label us ing the E PC data from the

label with a s upply er ror . For exam ple, pr inting a batc h of 100

labels pr ints 99 labels ( or les s ) if a s upply error oc c urs .

Y14. v erif y _power The am ount of pow er to r ead an RF ID inlay. Use the R FID

Printer Setup Utility to determ ine t his value. The range is

-15 to 23 and the default is -15.

Example {I,Y,0,1,18,12,1,0,120,220,0,1,0,1,12 | }

Uses the default non-s top enc ode m ode, enables singulate mode (1), sets the wr ite power to 18,
the read power to 12, enables tag s aver (1), does not s et a TID pos ition ( 0), s et s the s tart encode
posit ion to 120, s et s the encode z one to 220, does not set an enc ode pos ition (0) , uses the
internal r eader ( 1) to verif y the R FID data, does not s et a t ag verify pos ition (0) , enables retry
encode ( 1), and s ets the verify pow er to 12.

Performance Considerations with RFID

Using the pr inter’s inter nal or both R FID verific at ion s etting m ay dec reas e throughput.
Improving data ac c urac y may also dec r eas e throughput. To im prove data ac c ur ac y:

♦ enable TID singulation.
♦ use a Lock Code for the EPC data. See “C reating Gen2 R FID Data” for more inf orm ation.
♦ selec t external for t he RFID tag v er ify.

The printer has tw o RFID m odes of operation: stop-to-encode and non-stop encode:

♦ The printer pauses (or stops) while

encoding the R FID inlay.

♦ The am ount of pr ogram m able EPC data,

user memory, access password, and
lock c ode data varies by R FID c hip.

♦ The printer error s if it cannot program

all the RFID data within the allot ted
time.

♦ Stop-to-encode m ode m us t be us ed for

ser ializ ed EP C data. See “

Using O ption
65 (Serialized EPC Data)” for m or e

information.

♦ The printer does not paus e (or s t op)

while enc oding the R FID inlay.

♦ Some RFID chips encode faster than

others.

♦ The fas ter t he print s peed, the les s time

the printer has to enc ode data.

♦ The am ount of pr ogram m able EPC

data, user memory, access password,
and loc k code dat a varies by print
speed and R FID c hip.

♦ The printer error s if it c annot program

all the RFID data while the inlay is
within t he enc ode z one.

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DEFINING FIELDS

3

This c hapter pr ovides a r eferenc e for defining

♦ the form at header  bar c ode fields
♦ text and c ons tant text fields  line and box fields
♦ non-printable text fields  RF ID fields

De fining the Fo rmat Header

A Form at Header begins a f orm at file.

Syntax {F,format#,action,device,measure,length,width,"name" |

F1. F Form at Header.
F2. format# Unique number from 1 to 999 to identify t he form at. 1 is the

default.

F3. ac tion Action. E nter A to add t he form at t o the print er.
F4. dev ic e F orm at s tor age device. R is the default. Options:

F Flas h (s aved when t he printer is turned off .) For m at flas h

bef ore us e. S ee “For m atting Flas h Memory
f or m ore information.
R Volatile RAM (deleted w hen the print er is tur ned off) .

F5. m eas ure Unit of m eas ur e. G (dots) is the default.
E (English - in 1/100 inc hes )

M (Metric -in 1/10 m m )
G (Graphic - in dots )

F6. length Pr intable length of the supply in selec ted units. 600 is the

default.

English 32 – 1600

Metric 81 – 4064
203 Dots 65 – 3248
300 Dots 96 – 3600

The m aximum length with optional 300 dpi is 12. 0” (305 m m ) .

The length m ay requir e adjus tm ent for RF ID supplies . S ee “

Format Design Tips” for mor e inform at ion.

Reallocat e m em ory (inc r eas e im age buffer) to print longer labels .
See "

Defining the Memory Configuration Packet" in C hapter 2 f or

mor e inform at ion.

F7. width Print width, from left to right, in s elec ted units. D o not include

the liner ( bac king paper) in this dim ens ion. 400 is the default.

English 75 – 409

Metric 191 – 1038
203 Dots 152 – 832
300 Dots 225 – 1248

F8. “nam e” Format name (optional), 0 to 8 characters, enclose within

quotation m arks. “” is the default. The range is 1 to 256
characters for the X ML -enabled printer.

” in C hapter 2

RFID

Example {F,1,A,R,E, 30 0 ,2 00," TEXTI LES " |

Adds Form at 1 (“TEXTILES” ) to the pr inter. It us es a three inc h long by tw o inc h wide label.

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Defini ng Text Fi elds

Creat e a s eparate def inition for eac h text field. If t ext falls on tw o lines , eac h line of text r equires
a separ ate definition.

Syntax T,field #,# of char,f i x/var,row,c ol u m n ,gap,font,hgt ma g, wid mag,color , a l i gn m ent ,cha r

rot,f ield rot,sym set |

T1. T Text Field.
T2. field# Unique number from 1 to 999 to identif y t his field. 1 is the

default.

T3. # of c har Maximum num ber of printed c har ac ters (0 to 2710) in t he field.

30 is t he default.

T4. fix/var Fixed or variable lengt h field. V is the default. Options:

F Fixed length

V Variable length

T5. row Row location – dis tanc e f rom the bott om of print ar ea to the pivot

point.
10 is the default . For m onos pac ed fonts , dis tanc e f rom bottom of
print area to the pivot point. The pivot point varies depending on
how text is justified..

For propor tionally s pac ed fonts , dis tanc e from bottom of pr int

area to bas eline of characters in field.

English 0 – 1599

Metric 0 – 4063
203 Dots 0 – 3247
300 Dots 0 – 3599

T6. c olum n C olum n loc ation - dis tance from the left edge

of the print area to the pivot point to find the
column location. 10 is the default.

English 0 – 409

Metric 0 – 1039
203 Dots 0 – 831
300 Dots 0 – 1247

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T7. gap Number of dots between characters in 203 dpi (or 300 dpi).

For m onos pac ed fonts , t he additional s pac ing is added to the

Any number other than 0 affects the field width. Default spacing:
Standard 3 dots

Note: HR1 and HR2 ar e only us ed wit h the UPC bar c ode fam ily and

T8. font Style of font. 1 is t he default. Options:
1 Standard 10 CG Trium vir ate™ Typefac e Bold

Or a valid downloaded f ont selec tor num ber.

T9. hgt m ag Height magnifier, 1 to 7 times ( 4 to 255 points for

T10. wid m ag W idth m agnifier , 1 to 7 times (4 to 255 points f or

Range: 0 to 99. 0 is the default.

existing int er-c har ac ter gap. Thi s is als o true for propor tionally
spaced fonts; however, the inter-c harac t er gap varies w ith
character combinations.

Reduced 1 dot
Bold 3 dots
OCRA-like 3 dots
HR1 3 dots
HR2 3 dots
CG Trium vir ate™ Typefac e B old varies w ith each letter
CG Trium vir ate™ Typefac e varies with each letter
EFF Swiss Bold varies with each letter

must be numeric.

2 Reduced 11 CG Tr ium virate™ T ypefac e
3 Bold 15 7 pt. C G Trium virat e™ Typefac e
4 OCRA-like 16 9 pt. CG Tr ium virate™ T ypefac e
5 HR1 17 11 pt. C G Trium virat e™ Typefac e
6 HR2 18 15 pt. C G Trium virat e™ Typefac e

50 EFF S wis s Bold (Tr ueType® S c alable)
56 PaxarSymbols

Fonts 5 and 6 are f or num eric dat a only. The CG Tr ium virate™
typefac es s upport only the ANSI and DO S Code Page 437 and
850 Sym bol Sets . The s c alable font does not s uppor t C ode Page
1256 (Arabic ). S ee Appendix C

sc alable/downloaded Tr ueType fonts). 1 is t he default. Use a
magnif ier of 1 w ith pr oportionally s pac ed fonts , bec aus e
characters lose smoothness at higher m agnific at ions . See
Appendix B, “ Fonts

sc alable/downloaded Tr ueType fonts). 1 is the
default.Pr oportional ly s pac ed fonts do not have a s et w idth. To
est im ate the s iz e of the f ield, us e the lett er “ W ” for the w ides t

field or an “ L” for an average w idth field. Find the s elec ted font
and the des ired w idth in Appendix B , “Fonts

,” for m ore infor m ation about font s .

for more information.

.”

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Line field

Line field

T11. c olor Field c olor overlay attributes . B is the default .
Transparent T he overlay field (text or c ons tant text) does not

bloc k out ( or “erase”) existing fields .
Opaque The overlay field blocks out (or “erases”) existing

fields.
Options f or s tandar d printer fonts :
B O paque, Norm al, B lac k, Norm al

D/R/W O paque, Norm al, White, Normal

O Trans parent, Normal , Blac k, Norm al

Options f or s c alable fonts :
A O paque, Norm al, B lac k, Bold

B Opaque, Normal, B lac k, Normal

E O paque, Italics , B lac k, Bold

F O paque, Italic s , Blac k, Norm al

N Transparent, Norm al, Blac k, B old

O Transparent, Norm al, B lac k, Norm al

S Transparent, Italics , Blac k, B old

T Transparent, Italics , B lac k, Normal

blocked out
by opaque
field using

attribute B

not blocked
out by
transparent
field using
attribute O

Field plac em ent in the pac ket is an im portant c ons ideration w hen

using field color attributes. If a line field is def ined before the

overlay (text or cons tant text) field, the line field is blocked out

by the overlay field, depending on the overlay field’s c olor

attribute. If a line field is defined after the overlay field, the line

field is not bloc ked out by the overlay field, regardles s of the

overlay field’s color attribute.

Note: Solid blac k pr int s hould not exc eed 30% on a given s quar e inc h

of the label, or the printhead life m ay be decr eased.
T12. alignm ent Alignm ent of text in the field. L is t he default. Options:
L Align on left s ide of f ield

C C enter text w ithin field ( monospaced fonts only)

R Align on r ight s ide of field ( m onos pac ed fonts only)

B Align at m idpoint of field

E Align at endpoint of the f ield

Use L, B, or E for any font.
The red dot indicates the field origin and the line indicates the

column position for eac h field in the following graphic .

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T13. c har r ot C harac ter rotation. 0 is the def ault. The field or s upply does not

rotate, only the c har ac ters do. Options :
0 Top of c harac t er points to top of field

1 Top of c harac t er points to left of field

2 Top of c harac t er points to bottom of field

3 Top of c harac ter points to right of field

Note: Font 50 and dow nloaded TrueT ype fonts do not s uppor t c harac ter

rotation.
T14. field r ot Field rotation. 0 is t he default. Field rotation rotates the whole

field, not jus t the c harac ter s . Rotation is affec ted by t he pivot

point, w hic h varies depending on how text is justified. Lower left

cor ner of f ield is the pivot point. O ptions :

0 Top of field point s to top of s upply

1 Top of field point s to left of s upply

2 Top of field point s to bottom of s upply

3 Top of field point s to right of s upply

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T1 5 . sym set Sym bol s et. 0 is t he default (Internal Sym bol Set) .

For s c alable or T rueType® fonts , us e:
1 ANSI Sym bol S et

100 Macintosh

101 Wingdings

102 Unicode ( user input) for particular mapping

103 BIG5 (us er input ) for Unicode m apping

104 GB2312 (us er input) for Unicode m apping

105 SJIS (us er input ) for Unicode m apping (CP 932, Japanese)

106 GB2312 (us er input) for GB2312 mapping (CP 936,

Sim plified Chines e)

107 BIG5 (user input) for BIG5 mapping (CP 950, Traditional

Chinese)

108 KSC (us er input) f or KS C mapping ( CP 5601 Korean)

110 Unicode UTF-8

437 DO S Code Page 437 (D om es tic )

850 DO S Code Page 850 (International)

852 DOS Code Page 852 (Latin 2)

855 DO S Code Page 855 (R us s ian)

857 DO S Code Page 857 (IBM Tur kis h)

860 DO S Code Page 860 (MS-D O S Por tugues e)

1250 Code P age 1250 (Lat in 2)

1251 Code P age 1251 (C yrillic )

1252 Code P age 1252 (Lat in 1)

1253 Code P age 1253 (Greek)

1254 Code Page 1254 ( Turkis h)

1255 Code P age 1255 (Hebrew )

1256 Code P age 1256 (Arabic )

1257 Code P age 1257 (B altic )

1258 Code P age 1258 (Vietnam )

The Standar d, R educ ed, Bold, O C RA and HR fonts only s uppor t

the Internal S ymbol S et (0) . The C G Trium virate™ typefac es only

suppor t the ANSI (1) and D O S Code Page 437 (2) and 850 (3)

Sym bol Sets . T he s c alable font (f ont#50) does not s upport C ode

Page 1256 Arabic (10).

Code pages 852-860 and 1250-1258 are for downloaded

TrueType font s or the s c alable font . C ode pages 102-110 require

a downloaded International Tr ueType font. TrueType fonts ar e

designed to be r egionally spec if ic ; therefore, all c ode pages m ay

not be s upported in a given font. See Appendix C , “

Code Pages” for m ore informat ion.

If us ing s ym bol s et 110 (Unic ode UTF-8), s et the MPCL c ontrol

char ac ters (s tart of header, etc . ) to dec im al values betw een 0

and 128; ot herw is e, err ors m ay occ ur with the Unicode data

entered. S ee Chapt er 2, "C onfiguring the Printer" for m or e

inform ation about the MPCL c ontrol charac ters.

Sym bol Sets /

Example T,2,10,V ,2 50 ,8 0 ,0 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,B,C,0 ,0 ,0 |

Defines a text field ( field #2) w ith a variable length of up to 10 c har ac ters . The field begins at
row 250, c olum n 80. There is no additional gap betw een c har ac ters , and t he Standar d font is
used w ithout any addit ional magnif ic ation. The pr inting is blac k on w hite and c enter ed. No field
or c harac ter rotation is us ed. The inter nal sym bol set is us ed.

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Defini ng Bar Code Fields

Eac h bar c ode field r equires a s eparat e definition.
The printer c an s hift s om e bar code f ields to avoid bad dots on t he printhead.
Shiftable bar c odes inc lude: C odabar ( NW7) , Code 128, Code 39 ( w/ or w/o C D ) or MOD43,

Code 93, E AN13, EAN13+Pric e C D, Interleaved 2 of 5/Interleaved 2 of 5 wit h Barr ier B ar, MSI,
UPCA, UPCA+Price CD, and UPCE.

The printer cannot shift the follow ing bar c odes : Aztec , Code 16K, Data Matrix, EAN13+2,
EAN13+5, EAN8+2, EAN8+5, GS1 DataB ar, Intelligent Mail, MaxiCode, PDF417, POSTNET,
Quick Response (QR Code), UPCA+2, UPC A+5, UPCE +2, or UPC+ 5.

Syntax B,field#,# of char,fix/var,row,column,font,density,height, text,alignment,field

rot,type,sep_height,segment |

B1. B Bar C ode Field.
B2. field# Unique number from 1 to 999 to identify this field. 1 is the

default.
B3. # of c har Maximum num ber of c harac ter s . If the bar c ode uses a c hec k

digit, allow an extra char acter for the chec k digit. T he actual

maxim um number of c harac ter s is lim ited by the siz e of the label

and bar c ode dens ity. R ange: 0 to 2710. 30 is the default.

Bar Code Number of Characters
Azte c

Codabar (NW7)
Code 16K

Code 39 (w/ or w/o CD) or MOD43
Code 93

Code 128
Data M at ri x

EAN8
EAN8+2
EAN8+5
EAN13
EAN13+2
EAN13+5

0 - 2710
0 – 2710

0 – 2710
0 – 2710
0 – 2710
0 – 2710
0 – 2710 numer ic; 0 – 2335 alphanumeric
8

10
13
13
15
18

EAN13+Price CD

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13

Bar Code

Number of Characters

Intelligent Mail

MaxiCode*
MSI

PDF417

GS1 DataBar Bar Code Type (B13)

1 - GS1 D ataBar 14 13 - no check digit input
2 - GS1 D ataBar 14 Trunc ated 13 - no c heck digit input
3 - GS1 D ataBar 14 Stac ked 13 - no c heck digit input
4 - GS1 D ataBar 14 Stac ked O m ni

directional
5 - GS1 D ataBar Lim ited 13 - no c heck digit input
6 - GS1 Dat aBar Expanded Refer t o the GS1 General Specification for

7 - UPCA 11 - no c heck digit input
8 - UPCE 10 - no c heck digit input
9 - EAN13 12 - no c heck digit input
10 - EAN8 7 - no c heck digit input
11 - UCC/EAN 128 and CC A/B If not enough charac ters are enter ed, the bar
12 - UCC/EAN 128 and CC C

13 - no c heck digit input

mor e inform at ion.

code pads t o the left w ith z er os . If too m any
char acters are entered, unpredic table res ults
may oc c ur .

If FNC1 ( func tion 1) is s uppor ted, us e the pound s ign ( #) in the bat c h data to invoke it.

31

Refer to the USPS® Intelligent Mail® Specification for more information.

Interleaved 2 of 5 or
Interleaved I 2 of 5 with Barrier Bar

POSTNET™
Quick Response (QR) Code Data

Type

Numeric D ata 1167 2710
Alphanumeric data 707 2710
8-byte data 486 2710
Kanji data 299 1817

0 - 2710

0 to 93 (alphanumeric)
0 to 128 (numeric)

0 – 14
0 – 2710
9 or 11

Model 1 Model 2

Note: T he m aximum number of c harac ter s depends on the s elec ted level of er ror

cor rec tion. When increasing the error correction level, the maximum number of
characters decreases. See “Entering B atc h D ata for Q R Code
data for t he QR Code.

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” in C hapter 6 to ent er

Bar Code Number of Characters

Bar Code

Fixed or Variable

Bar Code

Fixed or Variable

Aztec*

Fixed or Variable

Intelligent Mail®*

Fixed

or MOD43

Code 128

Fixed or Variable

POSTNET™

Fixed

Data Matrix*

Variable

Quick Response*

Variable

EAN8+2

Fixed

UPCA+2

Fixed

EAN8+5

Fixed

UPCA+5

Fixed

EAN13

Fixed

UPCA+Price CD

Fixed

EAN13+Pric e C D

Fixed

UPCE+5

Fixed

GS1 DataBar

Fixed or Variable

UPCA
UPCA+2
UPCA+5
UPCA+Price CD
UPCE
UPCE+2
UPCE+5

B4. fix/v ar Fixed (F) or var iable (V) length field.

Codabar (NW7) Fixed or V ariable Interleaved 2 of 5 or

Code 16K Variable MaxiCode* Fixed or Variable
Code 39 (w/ or w/o CD)

Fixed or Variable MSI Fixed or Variable

12
14
17
12
7
9
12

Fixed or Variable
Interleaved I 2 of 5
with Ba rrier Bar

Code 93 Variable PDF417 Fixed or Variable

EAN8 Fixed UPCA Fixed

EAN13+2 Fixed UPCE Fixed
EAN13+5 Fixed UPCE+2 Fixed

* For m or e inform at ion about the tw o-dim ens ional bar codes, see Appendix A, "Samples.”

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B5. row Row location -distanc e f rom bottom of t he print ar ea to the pivot

1

11

31

2

UPCE

12

UPCE +2

32

PDF417

3

Interleaved 2 of 5

13

UPCE +5

33

MaxiCode

4

14

35

5

Codabar

15

E AN8 + 5

36

Quic k R es pons e

6

EAN8

16

EAN13 +2

37

Aztec

7

EAN13

17

EAN13 +5

38

GS1 DataB ar

8

22

40

9

MSI

23

Code 93

41

UPCA & Price CD

10

24

44

50

Interleaved 2 of 5 w ith Bar rier Bar

Left/Center/Right-Justified Fields

Balanced Fields

End- Justified Fields

point of the field. The pivot point varies , depending on how t he
field is jus tified. 10 is the defaul t. Rem ember to include t ext or

number s that m ay appear w ith the bar c ode for the r ow
measurement. P ivot points

English 0 – 1599

Metric 0 – 4063
203 Dots 0 – 3247
300 Dots 0 – 3599

B6. c olum n Colum n loc ation - dis t anc e from the low er lef t
edge of the pr int area t o the pivot point. 10 is

the default.
English 0 – 409

Metric 0 – 1039
203 Dots 0 – 831
300 Dots 0 – 1247

Allow a m inim um of 1/10 inc h betw een the s c an

edge of bar c ode and label edges or other data.

B7. font Bar c ode. 4 is t he default. Options:

UPCA

Code 39 ( no c hec k digit)

Code 128

UP CA + 2

UP CA + 5

E AN8 + 2

POSTNET

Intelligent Mail

Code 16K

Data Matrix ( EC C-200)

Code 39 ( MOD 43 c hec k digit)

EAN13 & Price CD

B8. dens ity Bar c ode dens it y. The default varies by bar c ode type. Us e the

following tables.

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203 DPI Bar Code Densities

Bar Code

Density

Density

Narrow

Narrow

Data

Appearance

Char
2

UPCE+2/+5

2

76%

2/9.9

N/A

6 or 7

1, 5, 6, 7 or

0 to 9

EAN8+2/+5

2

76%

2/9.9

N/A

7 or 8

1, 5, 6, 7 or

0 to 9

EAN13+2/+5

2

76%

2/9.9

N/A

12 or 13

1, 5, 6, 7 or

0 to 9

Interleaved2

1

1.1

21/103.4

1:3.0

0 to 2710

8

0 to 9

Code 128 or

20

3.5/7.0

5/24.6

N/A

0 to 2710

8

00H to

Type

UPCA +2/+5
Pric e C D

Pric e C D

of 5or
I2of5with
Barr ier Bar

Selector

4

4

4

4

2
3

4
5
6

7
8
9

10
11
12

13

(% or cpi)

76%
114%

114%

114%

114%

2.1

3.2

4.2

5.6

6.3

7.5

8.8

9.6

11.2

11.0

12.7

14.5

Element
(dots/mils)

2/9.9
3/14.8

3/14.8

3/14.8

3/14.8

12/59.1
7/34.5

6/29.6
4/19.7
4/19.7

3/14.8
3/14.8
3/14.8

2/9.9
2/9.9
2/9.9

2/9.9

to Wide

Length

Ratio

N/A 11 or 12

14/17

9/12

10/13

15/18

1:2.5
1:3.0

1:2.5
1:3.0
1:2.5

1:3.0
1:2.3
1:2.0

1:3.0
1:3.0
1:2.5

1:2.0

Codes

Set

1, 5, 6, 7 or 8 0 to 9

8

8

8

(Code 39 or
MOD43
(Extended
Code 39)

1
2
3
4
6
7
11
12
20

Codabar
(NW7)

2
3
4
5
7
8

9

Code 16K

4
6

8

Note: The start (*) and stop (+) characters are automatically added for Code 39. Code 93,

densi ty 12, produc es a one-dot narrow bar. This dens it y is int ended for s peci al U.S .P. S.
ACT-t ag appl icat ions only . Synt heti c s upplies are rec ommended t o produce s cannable bar
codes.

1.4

1.7

3.5

4.2

6.3

7.0

3.9

12.7

3.0

2.1

3.0

4.6

5.1

8.4

9.2

10.1

4.4/8.7

5.8/11.7

8.7/17.5

10/49.3
8/39.4
4/19.7
3/14.8
2/9.9
2/9.9
4/19.7
1/4.9
5/24.6

8/39.4
6/29.6
4/19.7
4/19.7
2/9.9
2/9.9
2/9.9

4/19.7
3/14.8
2/9.9

1:2.5
1:2.5
1:2.5
1:3.0
1:3.0
1:2.5
1:2.0
1:3.0
1:2.2

1:3.0
1:2.5
1:2.5
1:2.0
1:3.0
1:2.5
1:2.0

0 to 2710 8 SPACE

0 to 26 8 $+-./

$%*+-./
0 to 9
A t o Z

0 to 9
a to d

7FH

Classification: Avery Dennison – Public Defining Fields 3-11

Bar Code

Density

Density

Narrow

Narrow

Data

Appearance

Char

MSI

4

4.2

4/19.7

1:2.0

0 to 14

8

0 to 9

0,5,6,9 or

0,5,6,9 or
MaxiCode

7

N/A

N/A

N/A

99 8 00H to

Bar Code

Density

Element

Row

Aspect

Data

Appearance

Char Set

Bar Code Ty pe

Density

Data Le ngth

Quic k R es pons e

0

Model 1: 0 - 1167 Numeric ; 0 - 707 Alphanum eric;

Type

CODE 93 3

POSTNET 0 (fixed

Intelligent
Mail

Selector

4
5
7
10

5
7

at 4.3
cpi)

0 (fixed
at 4.3
cpi)

(% or cpi)

3.7

4.5

5.6

7.5

11.2

5.6

7.2

24/118.2 10/49.3 4/19.7

24/118.2 10/49.3 4/19.7

Element
(dots/mils)

6/29.6
5/24.6
4/19.7
3/14.8
2/9.9

3/14.8
2/9.9

to Wide
Ratio

N/A 0 to 2710 8 00H to

1:2.0
1:2.5

(5 dot
gap)

(5 dot
gap)

Length

11

11

Codes

8 0 to 9

8 0 to 9

Set

7FH

FFH

Type

PDF417 1

203/300 DPI Bar Code Densities

(QR Code) Models 1
and 2

Selector

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Width
(dot/mils)

2/9.8
2/9.8
2/9.8
3/14.8
3/14.8
3/14.8
4/19.7
4/19.7
4/19.7

Selector

Note: Values in bold indicate the default.

Height
(dots/mils)

2/9.8
4/19.7
6/29.6
3/14.8
6/29.6
9/44.3
4/19.7
8/39.4
12/59.1

0 - 486 (8-bit) ; 0 - 299 (Kanji)
Model 2: 0 - 2710 Numeric , Alphanumeric and 8-bit;
0 - 1817 Kanji

Ratio

1:1
1:2
1:3
1:1
1:2
1:3
1:1
1:2
1:3

Length

0 to 2709 8 00H

Codes

toFFH

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203/300 DPI Bar Code Densities

Bar Code

Size

Density

Max. Data Le ngth

Appearance

Char

Data Matrix

10 x 10

1

6 x 3

8

00H to

0 default (bar code siz e autom atically determined by data)

Bar Code

Size

Density

Max. Data Le ngth

Appearance

Char

8

0 default (bar code siz e autom atically determined by data)

Square
symbols

Row x Col.

12 x 12
14 x 14
16 x 16
18 x 18
20 x 20
22 x 22
24 x 24
26 x 26
32 x 32
36 x 36
40 x 40
44 x 44
48 x 48
52 x 52
64 x 64
72 x 72
80 x 80
88 x 88
96 x 96
104 x 104
120 x 120
132 x 132
144 x 144

Selector

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24

Num. X Alphanum.

10 x 6
16 x 10
24 x 16
36 x 25
44 x 31
60 x 43
72 x 52
88 x 64
124 x 91
172 x 127
228 x 169
288 x 214
348 x 259
408 x 304
560 x 418
736 x 550
912 x 682
1152 x 862
1392 x 1042
1632 x 1222
2100 x 1573
2608 x 1954
2710 x 2335

Codes

Set

FFH

Data Matrix
Rectangular
symbols

Row x Col.

8 x 18
8 x 32
12 x 26
12 x 36
16 x 36
16 x 48

The printer s s upport pr inting a Data Matrix s ym bol w ith an X-

Selector

25
26
27
28
29
30

dimens ion of 13 m ils or greater ( 3 dots @203 dpi). If using a

denser bar c ode, m ake s ur e the bar c ode sc ans in that particular

applicat ion. Avery Dennison “pr em ium ” supplies and inc reas i ng

the print contrast are recommended for denser bar codes.

Depending on the applic ation, addit ional dens ities are available.

Num. X Alphanum.

10 x 6
20 x 13
32 x 22
44 x 31
64 x 46
98 x 72

Codes

Set

00H to
FFH

Classification: Avery Dennison – Public Defining Fields 3-13

203 DPI Bar Code Densities

Bar Code Ty pe

Density

Narrow Ele ment

Data

Char Set

GS1 DataB ar

2

2/9.9

0 to 2710

00H to FFH

2

Selector

Aztec

3
4
5
6
7
8

3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Note: Values in bold indic ate the def ault.

(dots/mils)

3/14.8
4/19.7
5/24.6
6/29.6
7/34.5
8/39.4

0.0099

0.0148

0.0197

0.0247

0.0296

0.0345

0.0394

0.0444

0.0493

0.0542

0.0592

0.0641

0.0690

0.0740

Length

0 to 2710 00H to FFH

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300 DPI Bar Code Densities

Bar Code

Density

Density

Narrow

Narrow

Data

Appearance

Char
2

UPCE+2/+5

2

77%

3/10

N/A

6 or 7

1, 5, 6, 7 or

0 to 9

EAN8+2/+5

2

77%

3/10

N/A

7 or 8

1, 5, 6, 7 or

0 to 9

EAN13+2/+5

2

77%

3/10

N/A

12 or 13

1, 5, 6, 7 or

0 to 9

Interleaved2

1

1.1

31/103.4

1:3.0

0 to 2710

8

0 to 9

Code 128 or

4

4.5

6/20.0

N/A

0 to 2710

8

00H to

Type

UPCA +2/+5
Pric e C D

Pric e C D

of 5 or I2of5
with B arrier
Bar

Selector

4

4

4

4

2
3

4
5
6

7
8
9

10
11
12

13

(% or cpi)

77%
103%

103%

103%

103%

2.1

3.3

4.2

5.6

6.2

8.3

9.4

9.9

11.1

11.1

13.0

14.3

Element
(dots/mils)

3/10
4/13.3

4/13.3

4/13.3

4/13.3

18/60.1
10/33.4

9/30.0
6/20.0
6/20.0

4/13.3
4/13.3
4/13.3

3/10
3/10
3/10

3/10

to Wide
Ratio

N/A 11 or 12

1:2.5
1:3.0

1:2.4
1:3.0
1:2.5

1:3.0
1:2.5
1:2.3

1:3.0
1:3.0
1:2.3

1:2.0

Length

14/17

9/12

10/13

15/18

Codes

1, 5, 6, 7 or 8 0 to 9

8

8

8

Set

(Code 39 or
MOD43
(Extended
Code 39)

Codabar
(NW7)

Code 16K

1
2
3
4
6
7
11
12
20

2
3
4
5
7
8

9

6
8

20

1.4

1.7

3.4

4.7

6.2

7.1

3.8

11.5

3.1

2.3

3.4

5.0

5.6

9.1

10.4

11.1

6.8

9.1

3.9

Note: The star t (* ) and s top ( +) charac ter s are automatic ally added

for C ode 39. C ode 93, densit y 12, produc es a one-dot nar row
bar. This dens ity is intended f or s pec ial U.S.P .S. ACT-tag
applicat ions only. Synthet ic s upplies are rec om m ended to
produc e s c annable bar c odes .

15/50.0
12/40.0
6/20.0
4/13.3
3/10.0
3/10.0
6/20.0
2/6.7
7/23.4

12/40.0
9/30.0
6/20.0
6/20.0
3/10.0
3/10.0
3/10.0

4/13.3
3/10.0
7/23.4

1:2.5
1:2.5
1:2.5
1:3.0
1:3.0
1:2.5
1:2.0
1:3.0
1:2.2

1:3.0
1:2.5
1:2.5
1:2.0
1:3.0
1:2.5
1:2.0

0 to 2710 8 SPACE

$%*+-./
0 to 9
A t o Z

0 to 26 8 $+-./

0 to 9
a to d

7FH

Classification: Avery Dennison – Public Defining Fields 3-15

300 DPI Bar Code Densities

Bar Code

Density

Density

Narrow

Narrow to

Data

Appearance

Char Set

MSI

4

4.2

6/20.0

1:2.0

0 to 2710

8

0 to 9

7

Bar Code

Density

Element

Row He ight

Aspect

Data

Appearance

Char Set

Type

CODE 93 3

POSTNET 0 (fixed at

Intelligent
Mail

MaxiCode

Type

Selector

4
5
7

10

5
7

4.3 c pi)
0 (fixed at

4.3 c pi)

Selector

(% or cpi)

3.7

4.8

5.6

8.3

11.1

6.2

7.5

24/118.2 10/49.3 6/20.0

24/118.2 10/49.3 4/19.7

N/A N/A N/A 99 8 00H to

Width
(dot/mils)

Element
(dots/mils)

9/30.0
7/23.4
6/20.0
4/13.3
3/10.0

4/13.3
3/10.0

(dots/mils)

Wide R atio

N/A 0 to 2710 8 00H to

1:2.0
1:2.3

(5 dot gap)

(5 dot gap)

Ratio

Length

0, 5, 6, 9
or 11

0,5,6,9 or
11

Length

Codes

7FH

8 0 to 9

8 0 to 9

FFH

Codes

PDF417 1

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

3/10.0
3/10.0
3/10.0
4/13.3
4/13.3
4/13.3
6/20.0
6/20.0
6/20.0

3/10.0
6/20.0
9/30.0
4/13.3
9/30.0
12/40.0
6/20.0
12/40.0
18/60.0

1:1
1:2
1:3
1:1
1:2
1:3
1:1
1:2
1:3

0 to 2709 8 00H to

FFH

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300 DPI Bar Code Densities

Bar Code Ty pe

Density

Narrow Ele ment

Data Le ngth

Char Set

2

Aztec

2

0.0100

0 to 2710

00H to FFH

GS1 DataB ar

Selector

3
4
5
6
7
8

3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

(dots/mils)

3/9.8
4/13.1
5/16.4
7/23
8/26.2
10/32.8
11/36.1

0.0133

0.0167

0.0233

0.0266

0.0333

0.0366

0.0433

0.0466

0.0533

0.0566

0.0633

0.0666

0.0733

0 to 2710 00H to FFH

Note: Values in bold indicate the default.

Classification: Avery Dennison – Public Defining Fields 3-17

B9. height Bar c ode height, in 1/ 100 inc hes , 1/10 m m , or dots . Minimum

Height

Bar Code Ty pe

Description

0

Thes e bar c odes have a fixed height. Use 0.

0

Data Matrix

The printer determ ines t he s iz e of the s ym bol, but the

0

GS1 DataB ar

The printer determ ines t he height of t he s ymbol bas ed

20

Code 93

20 is t he default for C ode 93.

40

40 is the default for UPCA/UPCE/EAN, I 2of5,

values:

English 19

Metric 48

203 Dots 38

300 Dots 57

Aztec
Code 16K
Intelligent Mail
PDF417
PostNet
MaxiCode

QR Code

EAN/UPCA/UPCE
I 2of5
Codabar
Code 39
Code 128
MSI

user’s scanner determines the functional size
(m inim um height) of the s ym bol. Sm all D ata Matrix
and QR Codes may not be s c annable. The Dat a
Matrix and QR Code’s height depends on the number
entered for this param et er. For exam ple, 80 means
the s ymbol c ould be s m aller than 0.80," but it will not
be greater than the am ount s pec ified in this
param eter. The s ym bol arranges t he data ac c ording
to row s and c olum ns within the s pec ified height.

on the dens ity. Use 0 f or all GS1 D ataBar types.

Codabar, Code 39, Code 128, and MSI.

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B10. tex t Appearanc e of t ext with bar c ode. O ptions :

0

1

2

3

Text Bar Code Ty pe Description Sample

5

6

MaxiCode
QR Code

EAN/UPC
Code 39

EAN/UPC
QR Code

MaxiCode
QR Code

MaxiCode MaxiCode Mode 3 (Alphanumeric Postal

EAN/UPC Number s yst em at bottom, no c hec k digit

EAN/UPC Chec k digit at bott om , no num ber s ys tem

MaxiCode Mode 0 (obsolete)
QR Code Model 2

default
No c hec k digit or num ber s ys tem

No c hec k digit or num ber s ys tem
QR Code Model 1

MaxiCode Mode 2 ( Numeric P os tal C ode)
QR Code Model 2

Code)

7

8

EAN/UPC Chec k digit and num ber s ys tem at bottom

MaxiCode

All other bar codes

(default)

MaxiCode ( auto detec t m odes 0, 2, 3, or
for compressed data) default

No text, bar c ode only (default)

Classification: Avery Dennison – Public Defining Fields 3-19

B11. alignm ent Choose L, R, C, B or E to align the bar code data corr ectly in t he

Alignment

Bar Code Ty pe

Description

L

C

Code 39, C odabar,

Center within f ield.

R

Code 39, C odabar,

Align on right s ide of field.

B

All except wher e not ed.

Align at m idpoint of f ield; centers variable

E

All except wher e not ed.

Align at endpoint of the f ield; r ight justifies

field. L is the default .

All
Aztec , D ata Matrix,

GS1 DataB ar, Intelligent
Mail, MaxiCode,
QR Code (Quick
Response)

I 2of5, MSI

I 2of5, MSI

The red dot indicates the field origin and the line indicates the

colum n pos ition for each field in the following graphic .

Align on left s ide of f ield.
Must us e L for t hes e bar c odes .

width bar c odes , which m ay not allow pad­character centering.

variable-width bar codes .

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B12. field r ot Field r otation. Field rotation r otates the whole field, not just the

char ac ters . Rotation is af fec ted by the pivot point, w hic h varies

depending on how text is justif ied. Low er left c or ner of field is

the pivot point. 0 is the default. Options:

0 T op of field point s to top of s upply (use for MaxiCode)

1 T op of field point s to left of s upply

2 T op of field point s to bottom of s upply

3 T op of field point s to right of s upply

Note: Serial bar c odes with an 8-dot nar row elem ent do not

autom atic ally print at 2.5 IPS. S erial bar c odes printed at s peeds

greater than 2. 5 IPS m ay not s c an properly.

B13. ty pe S elec t fr om the bar c ode fam ily. T his param eter only applies to

the GS 1 Dat aBar bar c ode. 1 is t he default. For other bar

codes , do not inc lude this par am eter. O ptions :

1 GS1 D ataB ar 14

2 GS1 D ataB ar 14 Tr unc ated

3 GS1 D ataB ar 14 S tac ked

4 GS1 D ataB ar 14 Stacked Omni directional

5 GS1 D ataB ar Lim ited

6 GS1 D ataB ar Expanded

7 UPCA

8 UPCE

9 EAN13

10 EAN8

11 UCC/EAN128 and CC A/B

12 UCC/EAN128 and CC C

B14. s ep_height Height of the s epar ator betw een the linear bar c ode and 2D bar

code. This param et er only applies to t he GS 1 Dat aBar bar c ode.

For other bar c odes , do not inc lude this param et er. The value is

1 or 2. 1 is t he default.

B15. s egm ent Width of the s egm ent. This param eter only applies to the G S1

DataB ar bar c ode. For other bar c odes , do not inc lude this

parameter. The range is even num ber s from 2 to 22. 22 is the

default.

Example B,3,12,V ,5 0, 40 ,1 ,2 ,8 0 ,7 ,L,0 |

Defines a bar c ode field (f ield #3) w ith 12 c har ac ters of variable length s tar ting at r ow 150,
colum n 40. A UPCA bar c ode w ith a dens ity of 2 and a height of 80 is us ed. The c hec k digit and
number s ys tem are s how n at the bott om. The bar c ode is left aligned w ithout any field rotation.

Classification: Avery Dennison – Public Defining Fields 3-21

Example B,1,30,V ,5 ,5 ,3 8, 4, 0, 0, L,0 ,1 ,2 ,2 2 |

Defines a bar c ode field (f ield #3) w ith up to 30 c har ac ters of var iable length s tar ting at r ow 5,
column 5. The GS1 D ataBar uses a dens it y of 4. No t ext is shown w ith the bar c ode. The bar
code is lef t-aligned with no field rotation.

Defini ng Non-Print abl e Text Fi elds

Non-pr intable text fields hold entered data w ithout pr inting it in it s entered f orm . Typically, non­printable fields hold dat a that later c om bines with other fields t o form a merged f ield. D efine non­printable text fields before defining the field w here the infor m ation pr ints .

When copying this field int o another field, the m axim um number of c har ac ters for the final field is

2710. Allow only as m any c harac ter s as needed, because extra characters use up space. A lso,
if c opying into a bar c ode f ield, the m axim um number of char acters in the destination bar code is

determ ined by the bar c ode s pec ific ation ( UPCA-12, EAN-13, etc.). Apply field opt ions to
manipulat e the text entered in this field. C opying data from this field into another field is an
example. See “Using O ption 4 C opy Dat a” in C hapter 4 f or m ore inf orm ation.

In the following example, data is entered into four non-printable fields and m erged to for m field 5,
and is then printed as a bar c ode. See “ Merging Fields

Field Data Field Type

1 20374 Non-printable
2 339 Non-printable
3 8 Non-printable
4 15 Non-printable
5 20374339815 Bar C ode

” in C hapter 4 for m ore infor m ation.

Eac h non-printable text f ield requires a separate definition.

Syntax D,field#, # of cha r |

D1. D Non-Pr intable Text Field.
D2. field# Unique number from 0 to 999 assigned t o this field. 1 is the

default.

D3. # of c har Maxim um num ber of c harac t ers in this fiel d: 0 to 2710. 30 is the

default.

Example D,4,20 |

Defines a non-print able text field ( field #4) w ith a m axim um of 20 c har ac ters .

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Defini ng Cons tant Text Fi elds

A c ons tant text f ield is a s et of fixed c har ac ters that prints on all labels . Def ine eac h c ons tant
text field s epar ately. This field is not as s igned a field num ber , but is c ounted as a field ( keep this
in mind, as the print er allow s a m aximum of 1000 fields per for m at). The c harac ter s in t his field
cannot be c hanged by batc h data. F ield options do not apply to c ons tant text fields . Mark the
pivot point of the field, w hich varies depending on the fields ’ justification.

Syntax C,row,c olumn , ga p ,font ,h gt m ag,wi d mag,color , a l i gn m ent ,cha r rot,f i eld rot ,

"fix ed char",sym set |

C1. C Const ant Text Field.
C2. r ow Row location – dis tanc e f rom the bott om of

print area to the pivot point. 10 is t he default.

For m onos pac ed fonts, dis t anc e from bottom

2of print area to the pivot point.

For propor tionally s pac ed fonts , dis tanc e from

bottom of print area to bas eline of c har ac ters

in the field. ( Bott om exits the printer fir s t.)

English 0 – 1599

Metric 0 – 4063

203 Dots 0 – 3247

300 Dots 0 – 3599

C3. c olum n C olum n loc ation - dis tance from the left edge

of the print area to the pivot point to find the

column location. 10 is the default.

English 0 – 409

Metric 0 – 1039
203 Dots 0 – 831
300 Dots 0 – 1247

C4. gap Number of dot s between c har ac ters (203 dots per inc h) . Range:

0 to 99. 0 is the default.

Any number other than 0 affects the field width.

Default s pacing:

Standard 3 dots

Reduced 1 dot
Bold 3 dots
OCRA-like 3 dots
HR1 3 dots
HR2 3 dots
CG Trium vir ate™ Typefac e B old varies w ith each letter
CG Trium vir ate™ Typefac e varies with each letter
EFF Swiss Bold varies with each letter

Note: HR1 and HR2 ar e only us ed wit h the UPC bar c ode fam ily and

must be numeric.

C5. font Style of font. 1 is t he default. Options:
1 Standard 10 CG Trium virate™ Typeface B old

2 Reduced 11 CG Tr ium virate™ T ypefac e
3 Bold 15 7 pt. C G Trium virat e™ Typefac e
4 OCRA-like 16 9 pt. CG Tr ium virate™ T ypefac e
5 HR1 17 11 pt. C G Trium virat e™ Typefac e
6 HR2 18 15 pt. C G Trium virat e™ Typefac e

50 EFF S wis s Bold (Tr ueType® S c alable)
56 PaxarSymbols

Classification: Avery Dennison – Public Defining Fields 3-23

Or a valid downloaded font s elector number .

Line field

Line field

Fonts 5 and 6 are f or num eric dat a only. The CG Trium vir ate™

typefac es s upport only the ANSI and DO S Code Page 437 and

850 Sym bol Sets . The s c alable font does not s uppor t C ode Page

1256 (Arabic ). See Appendix C for more information.

C6. hgt m ag Height magnifier, 1 to 7 ti mes (4 to 255 points f or

sc alable/downloaded TrueType fonts). 1 is the default. Us e a

magnif ier of 1 w ith pr oportionally s pac ed fonts , bec aus e

char ac ters lose s m oothnes s at higher m agnific ations . See

Appendix B, “ Fonts

,” for m ore infor m ation about font s .

C7. wid m ag W idth m agnif ier, 1 to 7 times ( 4 to 255 points for

sc alable/downloaded Tr ueType fonts). 1 is t he default.

Proportionally s pac ed fonts do not have a s et w idth. To es tim at e

the s iz e of the field, use the letter “W” for the wides t field or an

“L” for an average w idth field. Find the s elec ted font and the

desir ed widt h in Appendix B , “Fonts

.”

C8. color Ther e are t wo types of f ield c olor overlay attr ibutes . B is the

default.

Transparent T he overlay field (text or c ons tant text) does not

bloc k out ( or “er as e”) exist ing fields .

Opaque The overlay field blocks out (or “erases”) existing

fields.

Options f or s tandar d printer fonts :
B O paque, Norm al, B lac k, Norm al

D/R/W Opaque, Normal, White, Norma

O Trans parent, Normal , Blac k, Norm al

Options f or s c alable fonts :
A O paque, Norm al, B lac k, Bold

B O paque, Norm al, B lac k, Norm al

E O paque, Italics , B lac k, Bold

F O paque, Italic s , Blac k, Norm al

N Transparent, Norm al, Blac k, B old

O Transparent, Norm al, B lac k, Norm al

S Transparent, Italics , Blac k, B old

T Transparent, Italics, Black, Normal

blocked out
by opaque
field using
attribute B

Field plac em ent in the pac ket is an im por tant c ons ider ation w hen

using f ield c olor att ributes . If a line field is defined before the

overlay (text or cons tant text) field, the line field is blocked out

by the overlay field, depending on the overlay field’s c olor

attribute. If a line field is defined after the overlay field, the line

field is not bloc ked out by the overlay field, regardles s of the

overlay field’s color attribute.

Note: Solid blac k pr int s hould not exc eed 30% on a given s quare inc h

of the label, or the printhead life m ay be dec reased

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not blocked
out by
transparent
field using
attribute O

C9. alignment Alignment of cons tant text in the field. L is the default . Options:
L Align on left s ide of f ield (default )

C C enter text w ithin field ( m onos pac ed fonts only)

R Align on right s ide of f ield (m onos pac ed fonts only)

B Align at m idpoint of field

E Align at endpoint of the f ield

Use L, B, or E for any font.

The red dot indicates the field origin and the line indicates the

colum n pos ition for each field in the following graphic.

C10. c har rot Char ac ter r otation. 0 is the def ault. The field or s upply does not

rotate, only the c har ac ters do. Options :

0 T op of c harac t er points to top of fi eld

1 T op of c harac t er points to left of field

2 T op of c harac t er points to bott om of field

3 T op of c harac t er points to r ight of field

Note: Font 50 and dow nloaded TrueT ype fonts do not s uppor t c harac ter

rotation.

C11. field rot Field r otation. 0 is the default. Field r otation r otates the w hole

field, not jus t the c harac ter s . Rotation is affec ted by t he pivot

point, w hic h varies depending on how text is justified. Lower left

cor ner of f ield is the pivot point. O ptions :

0 T op of field point s to top of s upply

1 T op of field point s to left of s upply

2 T op of field point s to bottom of s upply

3 T op of field point s to right of s upply

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C12. “ fix ed c har” Fixed c harac ter s to appear in the field. Maximum 2710

characters. “” is the default. Enclos e in quotation m arks.

C1 3. sym set Symbol s et . Use 0 for the Internal Sym bol Set. 0 is the default .

For s c alable or T rueType® fonts , us e:

1 ANSI Sym bol S et

100 Macintosh

101 Wingdings

102 Unicode ( user input) for particular mapping

103 BIG5 (us er input ) for Unicode m apping

104 GB2312 (user input) for Unicode m apping

105 SJIS (us er input ) for Unicode m apping (CP 932, Japanese)

106 GB2312 (us er input) for GB2312 mapping (CP 936,

Simplified Chinese)

107 BIG5 (user input) for BIG5 mapping (CP 950, Traditional

Chinese)

108 KSC (us er input) f or KS C mapping ( CP 5601 Korean)

110 Unicode UTF-8

437 DO S Code Page 437 (D om es tic )

850 DO S Code Page 850 (International)

852 DO S Code Page 852 (Latin 2)

855 DO S Code Page 855 (R us s ian)

857 DOS Code Page 857 (IBM T urkis h)

860 DO S Code Page 860 (MS-D O S Por tugues e)

1250 Code P age 1250 (Lat in 2)

1251 Code P age 1251 (C yrillic )

1252 Code P age 1252 (Lat in 1)

1253 Code P age 1253 (Greek)

1254 Code P age 1254 (T urkis h)

1255 Code P age 1255 (Hebrew )

1256 Code P age 1256 (Arabic)

1257 Code P age 1257 (B altic )

1258 Code P age 1258 (Vietnam )

The Standar d, R educ ed, Bold, O C RA and HR fonts only s uppor t

the Internal S ymbol S et (0) . The C G Trium virate™ typefac es only

suppor t the ANSI (1) and D O S Code Page 437 (2) and 850 (3)

Sym bol Sets . T he s c alable font (f ont#50) does not s upport C ode

Page 1256 Arabic (10) . C ode pages 852-860 and

1250-1258 are for downloaded TrueType fonts or the s c alable

font. Code pages 102-110 require a dow nloaded International

TrueType font. TrueType font s are des igned to be r egionally

spec if ic ; therefore, all c ode pages m ay not be s uppor ted in a

given font. See Appendix C , “Symbol Sets/ Code Pages

information.

” for more

If us ing s ym bol s et 110 (Unic ode UTF-8) , set the MPCL c ontrol

char ac ters (s tart of header, etc . ) to dec im al values betw een 0

and 128; otherw is e, er rors m ay occ ur with the Unicode data

entered. See Chapter 2, "C onfiguring the Printer

inform ation about the MPCL c ontrol charac ters.

Example C,30,10,0 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,B , L,0 ,0 ," M AD E IN US A" ,0 |

Defines a c ons tant text field s tar ting at r ow 30, c olum n 10. It does not have any additional inter ­char acter gap. The Standard f ont is us ed without any additional m agnific at ion. The pr inting is
black on w hite and lef t jus tified. No field or c harac ter rotation is used. “ MADE IN USA” is printed
in this field. T he internal s ym bol s et is us ed.

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" for m ore

Defini ng Line Fi elds

Use lines to for m borders and m ar k out original pr ic es . D efine eac h line s eparat ely. This field is
not assigned a field number , but is counted as a field (keep this in m ind, as the printer allow s a
maximum of 1000 fields per form at ). Define any line length and a t hic kness up t o 99 dots , as
long as the s olid blac k print does not exceed 30 per c ent of any given s quare inch of the label.

Line Types

Create horiz ont al and vertic al lines . There ar e tw o ways to define lines .

Segments Select the starting point and ending point.
Vectors Select the st arting point, the angle, and the length of the line.

Syntax L,type,row,column,angle/end row,length/end col,thickness,"pattern" |

L1. L Line Field.
L2. ty pe Type of line. O nly vertic al and hor iz ontal lines ar e s upported.

S is the def ault. Options:

S Segment . Select the starting point and ending point.

V Vector. Select the star ting point, angle, and length.

L3. row Row location - dis tanc e fr om bottom of

print ar ea to the s tar ting point. 10 is the

default.

English 0 – 1599

Metric 0 – 4063

203 Dots 0 – 3247

300 Dots 0 – 3599

L4. c olum n Colum n loc ation - distance from left edge of

the print area to line origin. 10 is the
default.

English 0 – 409

Metric 0 – 1039
203 Dots 0 – 831
300 Dots 0 – 1247

L5. angle If Using Segments:
/end row Row location of ending point. Meas ure from bottom
of print area. O n horizontal lines , t his value m us t
match item L3. 100 is t he default.

English 0 – 1599

Metric 0 – 4063

203 Dots 0 – 3247

300 Dots 0 – 3599

If Using Vectors:

Angle of line. O ptions : 0, 90, 180, or 270.

0 is the default.

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L6. length/ end If Using Segments:
col Colum n loc ation of end point. Measure f rom
left edge of print area. O n vertic al lines ,
this value must match
parameter L4. 100 is the default.

English 0 – 409

Metric 0 – 1039

203 Dots 0 – 831

300 Dots 0 – 1247

If Us in g Vectors:

Length of the line in s elec t ed units . 10 is the default .

L7. thic k nes s Using the c har t below for r eferenc e, w rite t he line thic knes s

(1 to 99) in box L7. 2 is the default . Line thickness fills upward

on horiz ontal lines , or to the r ight on vert ic al lines . Measured in

dots.

L8. “patter n” Line pattern. E nter "".

Example L,S,110,30,110,150,10,"" |

Defines a hor iz ontal line field as a s egment start ing at row 110, colum n 30 and ending at row
110, c olum n 150. The line t hic kness is 10 dots .

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Defini ng Box Fi elds

Use boxes to for m borders or highlight item s of interest . D efine eac h box field s epar ately. This
field is not as s igned a field number, but is c ounted as a field (keep this in m ind, as the printer
allows a m axim um of 1000 fields per for m at). Define any line length and a thicknes s up to 99
dots , as long as the s olid blac k print does not exc eed 30 perc ent of any given s quare inc h of the
label.

Syntax Q,row,column,end row,end col,thickness,"pattern" |

Q1. Q B ox (Q uadrilater al) F ield.
Q2. r ow Row location - distance from bottom of pr int

area to lower left corner of box. 10 is the

default.

English 0 – 1599

Metric 0 – 4063

203 Dots 0 – 3247

300 Dots 0 – 3599

Q3. column Column location - distance from left edge of print area to lower left

corner of box. 10 is the default.

English 0 – 409

Metric 0 – 1039
203 Dots 0 – 831
300 Dots 0 – 1247

Q4. end row Distance from bottom of print area to upper right corner of box. 100

is the default.

English 0 – 1599

Metric 0 – 4063
203 Dots 0 – 3247
300 Dots 0 – 3599

Q5. end c ol Dis tanc e from left edge of print ar ea to upper r ight c or ner of box.

100 is the default.

English 0 – 409

Metric 0 – 1039
203 Dots 0 – 831
300 Dots 0 – 1247

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Q6. t hic k nes s Usi ng the c hart below for refer enc e, w rite the des ir ed line

thickness (1 to 99) in box Q 6. 2 is the def ault. Boxes fill inward,

so m ake s ur e boxes do not over wr ite other fields . Measured in

dots.

Q7. “ patter n” Line patt ern. Enter "".

Example Q,240,30,270,150,3,"" |

Defines a box field s tar ting at r ow 240, c olum n 30. It ends at row 270, c olum n 150. It has a
thickness of 3 dots.

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Defining the RFID Data Field

The RFID D ata Field contains the information pr ogramm ed into the RFID inlay. The s yntax of t he
RFID Dat a Field is s im ilar to the s tandar d non-printable text field form at.

Note: Printing over t he RFID inlay (or tr ans ponder) c aus es pr inting irr egularity.

Do not use skip index wit h RFID supplies. Unexpected res ult s may occ ur .

Syntax X,field#,# of char,data_type |

X1. X RFID Dat a Field.
X2. field# Unique number from 0 to 999 as s igned to this f ield. 1 is the

default.

X3. # of c har This num ber m us t be equal to or greater than the tot al num ber of

char ac ters in the RFID D ata Field. R ange: 0 to 2710. 30 is t he

default. The am ount varies ac c or ding to the RF ID dat a, protoc ol,

and m odule type. For example, C1Gen2 c an be up to 496 bit s ,

plus the access password, lock code, etc.

Note: An error 715 occ urs if the printer does not rec eive the correct

amount of data. Pad data to ensure the c or rec t amount of bit s .

See “Us ing O ption 30

Using O ption 65 ( Serialized EPC Data), t he num ber of c har ac ters

spec if ied here s hould m atc h the number of c harac t ers entered for

the batc h data ( inc luding the 38-bit s erial number ). P ad data

with z er os to ensure the c or rec t amount of bits .

X4. data_type Dat a type. Use 0 (ASCII Hex - ASCII repres entation of Hex),

which uses characters A to F and 0 to 9. F or exam ple, the let ter

A in ASCII Hex has a value of 41 and is repr es ented in MPCL

batch data as “414141414141414141414141".

,” in C hapter 4 f or m or e information.

Note: Do not us e the ASC II fil e s eparator c harac ter (1C) in R FID batc h

data.

Example X ,5,24, 0 |

Defines an R FID Dat a Field (f ield #5) w ith exac tly 24 ASCII Hex char ac ters for a 96-bit RFID
inlay.

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DEFINING FIELD OPTIONS

4

This c hapter pr ovides a r eferenc e for defining

♦ field options in formats
♦ check digit packets.

When using multiple options in a form at, opt ions are pr oc es s ed in the order they are r ec eived.

A pp ly in g F ie ld Op t ion s

Field options fur ther def ine text, bar c ode, and non-printable text fields . The text, constant text,
or bar c ode field m us t be pr evious ly defined before applying any field option to it.

Note: Define field options im m ediately after the field to w hic h they apply.

Combining Field Options

Multiple opt ions c an be us ed with m os t fields. O ptions can be us ed in any c om bination exc ept as
noted with each definition. Options are proc ess ed in the order they are received.

For exam ple, us e Option 4 to c opy data fr om another field, and then us e Option 30 to pad the
field. When using m ultiple options for the s am e field, plac e the opt ions in the order to apply them
in the format.

Restrictions

Som e options c annot be us ed toget her. F or exam ple, inc r em enting (O ption 60) and pric e field
(O ption 42) options c annot be applied to t he s am e field. See eac h O ption’s s ec tion for s pecific
com binat ions to avoid.

Option 4 (c opy a field) is the only option that can be r epeated for a s ingle field.

Syntax R,option#,parameter...parameter |

R1. R Indicates field option header.
R2. option# O ption num ber :
1 D efine fixed c harac t ers

2 D ata type r es tric t ions

3 D ata entr y tem plate

4 Copy dat a from previous field

5 D efine data entry s ources

6 Upload field data

7 P rint Time/Date

20 D efine data entry prom pts

21 Define extended field names (XML-enabled printer)

30 Pad dat a to left or right w ith s pec ified c har ac ter

31 Generate c hec k digit

42 For m at as a price field

50 D efine bar c ode dens it ies

51 D efine s ec urity and t runc ation of P DF417 bar c odes

52 D efine widt h or length of P DF 417 bar c odes

53 Define opt ional set tings for Az tec bar c odes

60 D efine inc rem enting or dec rem enting field

61 R eim age fields

65 Ser ialized EPC data

R3. par am eter( s ) Varies per option. See the following option des cript ions.

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Using Option 1 (Fixed Data)

Fixed data is inform ation (a com pany name or stor e number ) to print on all labels. Define fixed
char ac ters for an entire field or for par t of a field.

Syntax R,1,"fixed char" |

R1. R Option Header.
R2. 1 Option 1.

R3. “ fix ed c har” C haracter s to insert. Enc lose in quot ation marks . If defining fixed

characters for part of a field, plac e unders c or es (_) in non-fixed

posit ions . Any s pac es in the phr as e are fixed characters. Range:

0 to 2710. Undersc ore c har ac ters are s tripped out and the data

is c om pr es s ed if no data is s upplied by the batc h and t he field

length is variable.

Example R,1,"_ _ _%$_ _ _ _ _" |

Uses fixed c harac t ers (%$) in pos itions 4 and 5. T he other pos it ions are variable.

Example R,1,"MONAR CH " |

“MONARCH” appears as a fi xed f ield in this exam ple.
To fill in the non-fixed port ion of the field, see “D efining B atc h Dat a Fields

alternative, apply O ption 4 to c opy data into the non-fixed c har ac ter pos itions .

” in Chapt er 6. As an

Using Opt ion 2 (D ata Type Rest r ictio ns)

This opt ion restric ts the data t ype for a par tic ular f ield. Use O ptions 2 or 3 only onc e per f ield. D o
not us e with O ption 3 ( Data E ntry Tem plat es ). If bat ch data is entered in the batch pac ket, do not

apply O ptions 2 and 3. O nly us e thes e options for offline batc h entry.
Note: Use a keyboard or s c anner for offline data entr y.

Syntax R,2,ch a r _cod e |

R1. R Option Header.
R2. 2 Option 2.
R3. c har c ode Charac ter type for the f ield. 1 is t he default. Options:

1 Num eric only ( 0..9)

2 Letters only (A..Z,a..z)

3 S ymbols only (printable character s other than letters or

numbers)

4 Letters and numbers only

5 Num bers and s ym bols only

6 Letters and symbols only

Spac es are permit ted in all c ategor ies . Us e a c om bination of any

two (letter, numbers, or symbols) character types.

Example R,2,2 |

Res trict s t he field data to let ters only ( A-Z o r a -z).

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Using Opt ion 3 (Dat a Entr y Te m plat es)

This option provides m or e s pec ific restr ic tions than O ption 2. T his option c an be us ed to s elec t
cer tain letter s (s uc h as A t hrough F or the num bers 1 through 4) f rom a c harac t er set. Us e t his
option to c reat e a tem plate of allow able c har ac ters for a field. Do not us e w ith O ption 2 (Data
Type Res trictions) .

On ly us e this option for offline batc h entr y. Define a tem plat e up to 30 c harac t ers long, but t he
printer only dis plays 16 c harac t ers at a time. T he c harac ter template m us t contain the s am e
number of characters as the field.

Note: Use a keyboard or s c anner for offline data entr y.

Syntax R,3,code,chars |

R1. R Option Header.
R2. 3 Option 3.

R3. c ode Data types . T is t he default. Options

S Defines a s pec ific set of c har ac ters for the entire f ield. The

s t ring length does not have to m atc h the field lengt h.

Maximum is 30 characters.

T C reates a tem plat e of allowable data t ypes by plac ing

character indicators in each character position. The number

of characters in the string must match the length of the

field. For exam ple, a patient rec ord containing blood type.

Ac c eptable c harac t ers would be A, B , O , +, or -.

R4. c har s C harac ter s to include in a field or a specific template. “” is the

default. Must be enc losed within quotation m arks. Indicators can

be

* any printable c haracter

# any digit 0-9

@ any letter a-z, A-Z

- no us er input for this pos ition ( for fixed dat a or c opied data)

Example R,3,S,"ABC1234567890" |

Res tr ic ts the field dat a to letter s A, B , and C , and all digits .

Example R,3,T ,"***#_ _ _ _" |

Creat es a tem plate that allow s any printable c harac t er in positions 1, 2, and 3; digits in pos it ion
4; and res er ves positions 5 t hrough 8 f or fixed or c opied data.

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Using Opt ion 4 (Copy D a ta)

Value

Description

Note: Make s ur e the

is in bits.

Use option 4 to c r eate a field that us es data from anot her field. This creates merged fields or
sub-fields . Copy the inf orm ation fr om m ultiple fields int o one field by applying the c opy procedur e
mor e than onc e. C opy data is the only option that can be applied to a field more than once.

The m aximum number of c harac ter s defined in T3 (# of c har) or B3 (# of c har ) m us t allow for the
total number of c harac t ers that will be plac ed in the field, including pric e, c hec k digit, or f ixed
char ac ters inser ted by the print er. T he m aximum number of c harac ter s in the field c annot exc eed

2710 or the m axim um number of c haracters permitted by the bar code.
Option 4 c an be applied t o an RF ID Data Field. With Vers ion 1.8 or greater fir m war e, the print er

supports copying ASCII Hex dat a and c onverting it to ASCII Decimal data.
Note: W hen copying fr om m ore than one field, copy into the destination f ield from left to right.

Syntax R,4,src f ld ,src start,# to copy,dest start,copy code |

R1. R Option Header.
R2. 4 Option 4.
R3. src fld Field num ber fr om which data is c opied. R ange: 0 to 999. 1 is the

default.

R4. src st art P os ition num ber in the s our c e field of t he firs t c har ac ter to be

copied. Char ac ter pos itions ar e num bered 1 to 2710, s tarting

from the left. 1 is the def ault.

R5. # to c opy Number of c har ac ters to copy. R ange: 1 to 2710. 1 is the

default. For copy codes 5 and 6 (ASCII hex sour ce), this value is

in bits.

R6. des t s t art Pos it ion num ber w here c opied c harac t ers are to begin printing in

the des tination field. R ange: 1 to 2710.

R7. copy code Copy Method. 1 is the default.

1

2

Special methods for RFID Data:

Value Source Field Destination Field Formatting

5 ASCII hex ASCII decimal w ith for m atting
6 ASCII hex ASCII decimal no for m atting

Example R,4,3,1,3,1,1|

Copies data fr om field #3, s t arting at the f irs t pos ition and c opying three charac ters . In the
dest ination field, the infor m ation is plac ed in pos ition 1 and c opied as form atted data.

Copy field w ith for m atting ( inc luding pric e s ym bols , pad
characters, check digits, etc.).

Copy unform at ted data ( without pric e c har ac ters , pad
characters, etc.).

# to c opy

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RFID AS CII H ex D ata Convert to ASCII Decimal Example

{F,20,A,R,E,200,270,"EPC-DEC"|
X,1,24|
R,60|
T,2,40,V,20,10,0,50,8,8,B,L,0,0|
R,1,"SG TIN96 EPC : ___________ _____________"|
R,4,1,1,25,15,1|
T,3,30,V,40,10,0,50,8,8,B,L,0,0|
R,1,"MFG ID # : ___________________"|
R,4,1,15,2 4 ,1 2,5| `Conv er t MFG ID to ASCII Decimal`
T,4,30,V,60,10,0,50,8,8,B,L,0,0|
R,1,"ITEM ID # : __________________"|
R,4,1,39,2 0 ,1 3,5| `Conv er t ITE M ID to ASCII Decim a l`
T,5,30,V,80,10,0,50,8,8,B,L,0,0|
R,1,"SERIAL # : ___________________"|

R,4,1,59,3 8 ,1 2,5| `Conv er t S ER # to ASCII Decima l `}
{B,20,N,5|
1,"30340FFFFF7777C98DF3EA6D"|}

This example pr oduc es the follow ing 5 labels .
The MFG ID#, ITEM ID#, and SERIAL# are converted from ASCII Hex data

(30340FFFFF7777C98DF3EA6D) to ASCII D ec im al data then printed.

Fifth printed label

First printed label

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Merging Fields

Copy data to m erge the c ont ents of fields . Us e the c opy data option as m any tim es as neces s ary
to c opy all the appropr iate fields int o the m erged field. RF ID D ata Fields c an be m er ged.

In the following example, two text and two non-printable fields ar e s hown. D ata fr om these fields
is m er ged to for m field 5, and is then pr inted as a bar c ode.

Field Data Field Type

1 203 Non-printable
2 339 Non-printable
3 8 Text
4 BLUE Text
5 2033398BLUE Bar Code

To c reate this s equenc e:

1. Define f ields 1, 2, 3, and 4.

2. Define field 5 as a bar code. Allow enough char acters in the bar code field to hold all the

copied c har ac ters .

3. Apply Option 4 t o field 5 onc e for every s ourc e field.

Sub-Fields

Copy a s egm ent of data fr om one field into a new loc ation, c alled a s ub-field. For exam ple,
extrac t part of the data in a bar c ode and dis play it in text f orm in a s ub-field. Then, us e the c opy
data option.

Using Opt ion 5 (D efi ne D ata E nt r y Sources)

Defines how data is enter ed into a field. O ption 5 is required for of fline data entry. If the field
holds all fixed c har ac ters or c opied data only, elim inate the oper ator pr om pt. Use O ption 5 only
once per field. Us e a keyboard or s c anner for offline data entry.

Use this option t o read pr e-program m ed data in t he RF ID chip em bedded w ithin the s upply. Us ing
Option 5 s tops the printer w hile reading eac h label; regar dles s of the pr int s peed. If us ing a batch
quantity greater than one, the data is read from eac h label.

W hen reading data, m ake s ure the m axim um number of c har ac ters in the field is equal to or
greater t han the number of char acters being read. If not, the data may be incom plete.

Use option 6 ( Upload F ield Dat a) w ith O ption 5 to upload t he data fr om the RF ID chip to a hos t.
Note: Option 5 r e-images each label in t he batc h.

Syntax R,5,code |

R1. R Option Header.
R2. 5 Option 5.

R3. c ode Input c ode for the data in t he field. Options:

K Keypad
R RFID (read dat a from the R FID c hip). This is ignored on

non-R FID printer s.

Example R,5,K |

Allow s data to be entered from a keyboard.

Example T,2,10,V,2 50 ,5 0 ,0 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,B,C,0 ,0 ,0 |

R,5,R |

Reads the pre-programmed data from the R FID chip and saves that data into the text field.

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Using Opt ion 6 (Upl oad Fiel d Data)

Upload data from any field us ing O ption 6. When uploading m ultiple fields of data, the data is
comma separated.

Apply O ption 6 to an R FID field to upload E PC data and t he TID (tag identifier) data. To upload
TID data, enable s ingulate m ode; otherw is e, an er ror 737 oc c ur s . See “

Packet” for m or e inform at ion.

Note: When uploading bot h EPC and TID data, the TID data is always first , f ollowed by a

com m a, t hen the EP C data; regardles s of Opt ion 6 order ing wit hin the for m at.

Data is uploaded t o the las t por t that r ec eived hos t data ( s erial, USB, or Ether net) at the end of
the batc h or label, as follows:

Uploading Data
Batch Qt y Option 6 Option 60 Result

Defining t he RFID Set up

1 Yes

R,6,H|
R,6,H,T|

>1 Yes No Uploads the las t data or uploads t he data preceded

>1 Yes

R,6,H|
R,6,H,T|

>1 Yes

R,6,H|
R,6,H,T|

Note: Option 60 ( R,6,I,0|) c an be used anyw here in the for m at.
If a print ing or enc oding error occurs, the uploaded string begins w ith “ERROR xxx ”

before the dat a. This uploaded s t ring, ERROR 750 3034257BF400B78000A00111 indicates

the printhead is overheated and inc ludes the EPC data.
In s ingulate mode, if an errors oc curs while reading the TID, no TID dat a is uploaded.
Uploading the label or batch’s data oc curs when a label is suc ces sfully printed (or ther e

is an er ror ).

No

Yes
(R,60,I,1|)

Yes
(R,60,I,0|)

EPC data is uploaded at t he end of the batc h.
TID data is uploaded at the end of the batch.

by an er ror message.

EPC data is uploaded aft er eac h label.
TID dat a is uploaded after eac h label.

EPC data is uploaded aft er eac h label.
TID dat a is uploaded after eac h label.

Note: NO incr em enting is perfor m ed.

Syntax R,6,device,type |

R1. R Option Header.
R2. 6 Option 6.
R3. dev ic e Las t por t that r ec eived host data. Use H (host). To upload E PC

data, apply this option to an RFID field.

R4. ty pe Type of data to upload. Us e T to upload t he TID (tag identifier).

Configur e the R FID Setup P ac ket to enable s ingulate m ode f irs t.

Example T,2,10,V,2 50 ,5 0 ,0 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,B,C,0 ,0 ,0 |

R,6,H |

Uploads the text field’s data to a file.

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Example B,3,12,F,50,50,1,2,60,7,L,0 |

R,60,I,0 |
R,6,H |

Uploads the UPCA bar c ode field’s data to a file and uploads data for each label in t he batch.

Example {F,2,A,R,E,300,200,""|

X,2,24,0|
R,60,I,1|
R,6,H|
R,6,H,T|

Increm ents the RFID E PC data for eac h label, uploads the EP C data for eac h label, and uploads
the TID for eac h label.

Example {F,2,A,R,E,300,200,""|

X,2,24,0|
R,60,I,0|
R,6,H|
R,6,H,T|

Does not inc rement the RFID EPC data, but uploads the EPC data and the TID for each label.

Example T,150,V,23 0 ,1 30,0 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,B , L,0 ,0 |

R,5,R |
R,6,H |

Reads the R FID data fr om the RF ID chip em bedded in t he s upply. Uploads t he data to t he las t­used por t.

Example {F,1,A,R,E,600 ,4 00 ," RD CI" |

X ,5, 24,0 |
T,6, 20,V,415 , 2 7 0,0,50,15 , 1 5,B ,L ,0,2 |
R,4,5,1,16,1 ,0 |
R,6,H | }

Copies data fr om field 5 ( RFID D ata Field) to field 6 (Text field). Uploads the dat a to the last­used por t.

Sample Upload Packet
Example X,2,24,0|

R,60,I,1| increments EPC dat a by 1
R,6,H| upload EPC data
R,6,H,T| upload TID data

Returns the following TID and EPC data separ ated by a c omma. TID data is always fir s t, then
the EPC data; r egardles s of O ption 6 or dering w ithin the f orm at:

E2801160200062FEB79F08A7,3034257BF400B78000A00111
E2801160200062FEB678DAE6,3034257BF400B78000A00112
E2801160200062FEB70E67FA,3034257BF400B78000A00113

Example R,5,R |

R,6,H |

Retur ns the f ollowing pre-programmed EPC data in the R FID c hip in the upload pac ket:

313233343536373839303132

Example B,3,12,F,50,50,1,2,60,7,L,0 |

R,6,H |

Retur ns the f ollowing UPCA bar code data entered from the batc h in the upload packet:

123456789012

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Using Opt ion 7 Pri nt Time/Date

The printer m us t contain the opt ional real t im e c loc k. Use this option to pr int the pr inter’s c ur rent
tim e and date in a for m at. To s et the print er’s c urr ent tim e and date, s ee “

Packet” in Chapt er 2.

Use wit h text, c ons tant text or bar c ode fields . To us e O ption 7 w ith a bar c ode f ield, the bar c ode
must support the full ASCII set of characters.

Syntax R ,7 , param,fo rmat |

R1. R Option Header.
R2. 7 O ption 7.
R3. par am P aram eter to print. Use 1 for real t im e c loc k.
R4. for m at Tim e and Date f orm ats . 1 is the default. Options:

1 D ate as 06/09/2014

2 D ate and tim e as 06/09/2014 18:15
3 D ate and t im e as 06/09/2014
4 T im e as 18:15
5 Time as 18:15:05

Example R,7,1,2 |

Prints t he date and tim e in t he form at as 06/09/2014 18: 15.

Defining the Tim e/ Date

Using Opt ion 20 (Defi ne Data Ent r y Prom pt s)

This option defines the oper ator pr om pt and it is not r ec om m ended on fields filled ent irely by
fixed char ac ters or c opied data. This opt ion m us t be defined befor e O ption 5, or the prom pt does
not display during data entry. Use a keyboard or s c anner for offline data entry.

Syntax R,20,"p romp t " |

R1. R Option Header.
R2. 20 Option 20.

R3. “prompt” Displays t he exact phras e to pr om pt the oper ator. Must be

enclos ed w ithin quotat ions . The prompt must be 15 characters or
less.

Example R,20,"Order Number" |

Dis plays the prom pt Or der Number for the operator w hen this field is im aged.

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Using Option 21 (Define Extended Field Names)

This opt ion defines names for eac h field in a format, whic h can be longer than eight charac ters .
This option is only available on the XML-enabled printer.

Syntax R,21,"field _n a m e " |

R1. R Option Header.
R2. 21 Option 21.

R3. “ field_nam e” Spec ifies the fiel d nam e. Must be enc los ed wit hin quotations .

The nam e c an be
1 to 256 characters, excluding non-pr intable c ontrol c har ac ters

and the quotation mark (“). “” is the default . This nam e m us t
mat c h the one s pec ified in the var iable name attribute.

Example T,2,10,v,2 5 0, 50,0 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,B , C,0 ,0 ,0 |

R,21,"SALEPRICE_FIELD" |

Defines the nam e for text field 2 as “ SALEPR ICE_FIELD.”

Using Opt ion 30 (P ad Data)

Add c harac ter s to one s ide of a field t o “pad” the field. P adding fills in the rem aining s pac es when
entered data does not fill an entire field. If a variable length field is not com pletel y filled with
batc h data, this opt ion fills the r em aining pos itions in the f ield wit h the c harac t er designated by
Option 30.

Note: Option 30 c an be applied t o an RF ID Data Field.

Syntax R,30,L/R,"character" |

R1. R Option Header.
R2. 30 Option 30.
R3. L/R Indicates type of padding. R is the default.

L Pad field on lef t s ide

R Pad f ield on right s ide

R4. “ c harac ter ” Pad character must be within the 0 to 255 dec im al range and

enclos ed ins ide quot ation m arks . “0” is the default. The pad
character must be in ASCII Hex format. Do not use on fixed
length fields .

Example R,30,L,"X " |

Pads data w ith an “X” on the lef t s ide of the f ield.

Example X ,2, 24,0 |

R,30,R,"0" |

Pads the data in t he RF ID Data Field w ith a “ 0” on the r ight s ide of t he data. This exam ple us es
a 96-bit RFID inlay.

Sample Use for Pad ding

Use pad c harac t ers to m ake a variable lengt h bar c ode oc c upy a fixed am ount of space on the
supply. If t he m aximum number of c harac ter s in the bar c ode is 15, but t he batc h pac ket only has
10 char ac ters , the padding option f ills the rem ainder of the f ield wit h pad c harac ter s .

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Using Opt ion 31 (Calcul ate Check D igi t)

The printer generates a check digit when O ption 31 is applied to the field. Do not us e this option
if the field c ont ains a UPC, E AN, or C ode 39 (w ith the MOD43 c hec k digit) bar c ode.

Syntax R,31,gen/ ver , c h e c k d i gi t # |

R1. R Option Header.
R2. 31 Option 31.
R3. gen/v er Enter G t o generate a c hec k digit.

R4. c hec k digit # Spec if ies a c hec k digit s c hem e. Enter a num ber that identifies a

chec k digit s c hem e that has been defined. F or m ore inf orm ation,
see “ Using C hec k Digits

Example R,31,G,5 |

Generates a c heck digit using the previously defined c heck digit sc heme 5.

.” R ange: 1 to 10. 1 is the default.

Using Opt ion 42 (P r ice Field)

Apply options to aut om atic ally ins ert m onetar y s ymbols . Do not us e this opt ion wit h O ption 31
(define a c hec k digit) or O ption 60 ( inc rem ent or dec rem ent a field). This opti on is not
rec om m ended for bar c odes . W hen determ ining the m axim um number of c har ac ters , add the
maxim um number of digits and the m onetar y s ymbols .

Syntax R,42,app ear _cod e |

R1. R Option Header.
R2. 42 Option 42.

R3. appear _code Enter 1 to pr int the pric e field in s tandar d notation, as defined by

the countr y setting.

Use the m onetar y form att ing pac ket to s elec t monetar y notations

and sym bols by count ry setting. S ee “ Defining the Monetary

Formatting Pac ket” for m or e inform at ion. See Appendix C , “ Symbol
Sets /C ode Pages ,” to make sure the monetary symbol is printable

in the font s elec t ed for this field. For m onetar y s ymbols other than
the dollar sign, us e the internal s ymbol set.

Example R,42,1 |

Uses a pric e field that prints the m onetar y s ymbol and not ations as defined in t he m onetary
form atting pac ket.

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Custom Densit y

Default Density

I 2of5

Using Opt ion 50 (Bar Code Densi ty)

Apply this opt ion to bar c ode f ields to c reat e c us tom dens it ies . Thi s option overr ides the dens ity
value in the bar c ode field. To use this option, set the density param eter in the bar code field
to the default value. Only us e this opt ion onc e for eac h bar c ode field. Bar codes produced
using O ption 50 m ay not be s c annable. Synthet ic s upplies are rec om m ended to produc e
scannable bar c odes .

The additional c harac ter gap, narr ow s pac e, and wide space parameters (R5, R6, R7) only need
to be s pec ified with

♦ Code 39 ♦ I 2of5
♦ Codabar ♦ MSI

If thes e param eter s are s pec ified f or any other bar c odes , they w ill be ignor ed by the print er. D o
not us e Opt ion 50 wit h fixed dens ity bar codes, such as POSTNET or Intelligent Mail.

Option 50 c an also be us ed w ith O ption 52 to f urther c us tom iz e the dimens ions of a PD F417 bar
code. Opt ion 52 allows c us t om iz ation of the num ber of c olum ns or number of row s for t he bar
code.

Syntax R,50,narrow,wide,gap,nar_spa ce,w i d e_ sp a ce |

R1. R Field O ption Header.
R2. 50 Option 50.
R3. nar row Dot w idth of the nar row elem ent. R ange: 1 to 99. 1 is the

default.

R4. wide D ot w idth of the w ide elem ent. R ange: 1 to 99. 1 is the default.
R5. gap Additional dot spac e between c haracters . Enter a value of 1 to

99. (C ode 39, Codabar, I 2of5, MSI only.) 1 is the default.

R6. nar _s pac e Additional dot widt h of the nar row bar c ode/bar width space.

(Code 39, Codabar, I 2of5, P DF417, MSI only). R ange: 1 to 99.
1 is the default.

R7. wide_space Additional dot w idth of the w ide bar c ode s pac e/ height of eac h

individual s tac ked bar c ode. (Code 39, Codabar, I 2of5, PD F417,
MSI only). Range: 1 to 99. 1 is the def ault.

Example B,3,12,V,25,40,3,12,80,8,L,0 |

R,50,4,8,8,8 ,8 |

Creat es a c us tom bar code dens ity for an I 2of5 w ith a narr ow
element of 4 dots , a w ide elem ent of 8 dots , a gap of 8 dots,
8 additional dot w idths for the narr ow bar c ode s pac e and the
wide bar code space.

The sam e I 2of5 bar code is
shown with the default density
for 300 dpi. This sam ple does not
use O ption 50.
B,4,12,V,125,40,3,12,80,8,L,0 |

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Custom Densit y

Default Density

Example B,5,12,V,25,40 ,4 ,7 ,8 0 ,1 ,L,0 |

R,50,4,8,8,8 ,8 |

Creat es a c us tom bar code dens ity for a Code 39 w ith a narr ow elem ent of 4 dots , a w ide elem ent
of 8 dots , a gap of 8 dots , 8 addit ional dot widt hs for the nar row bar c ode s pac e and the w ide bar
code s pac e.

The sam e Code 39 bar c ode is
shown with the default density
for 300 dpi. This sam ple does not

use O ption 50.
B,6,12,V,125,40,4,7,80,1,L,0 |

Example B,1,40,V,100,100,32,1,0,8,L,0 |

R,50,2, 1 0 |

Creat es a c us tom PDF417 bar c ode dens ity for 203 dpi printer s . The nar row elem ent w idth is 2
dots and the height is 10 dot s .

Example B,1,40,V,100,100,32,1,0,8,L,0 |

50,3,15 |

Creat es a c us tom PDF417 bar c ode dens ity f or 300 dpi pr inters . T he narr ow elem ent w idth is 3
dots and the height is 15 dot s .

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Using Option 51 (PDF417 Security/Truncation)

Define a s ec urity level and c hoos e w hether or not to t runc ate a P DF417 bar c ode. Higher s ec urity
levels add dat a to a bar c ode, im pr oving s c an reliability. Som e damaged bar c odes may st ill be
sc annable if the s ec urit y level is high enough. Use this option to cr eate s tandard P DF 417 bar
codes or us e the tr unc ated option to c r eate a narr ower bar c ode. This option c an appear only
once per PD F417 field, in any or der, f ollowing t he bar c ode field.

As the security level is increased, so is the size of the PD F417 bar c ode. For eac h level
incr eas ed, the bar c ode doubles in s iz e.

Syntax R,51,security,stand/default |

R1. R Option Header.
R2. 51 Indicates Option 51.
R3. s ec ur ity S ec urity level r anges from 0 to 8. 0 is the def ault.

Higher s ec ur ity levels add data to a bar c ode, im pr oving sc an

reliability. Som e dam aged bar c odes may stil l be s c annable if the

sec ur ity level is high enough.
R4. s tand/ def Tr unc ation s elec tor. S is the default. Valid values:
S a standar d PDF 417 bar c ode

T truncated

Example R,51,2,S |

Defines a s ec ur ity level of 2 for a s tandard P DF417 bar c ode.

Using Option 52 (PDF417 Width/Length)

This option defines the im age w idth or lengt h of a P DF417 bar c ode. If def ining a f ixed num ber of
columns (width), the bar c ode expands in length. If defining a f ixed number of rows (length) , the
bar c ode expands in widt h. Colum n value does not inc lude s tar t/s top or left/r ight indic ator
columns. If this option does not im m ediat ely follow t he PD F417 bar c ode f ield, the def ault
set tings are us ed. Use this opt ion onc e per P DF417 bar c ode field.

Syntax R,52,row/column,dimension |

R1. R Option Header.
R2. 52 Indicates Option 52.

R3. r ow/column Indicates the num ber of row s or c olum ns . If rows are specified,

the bar c ode expands in c olum ns , or vice ver s a.
R Row

C Column
R4. dim ens ion The num ber of row s or colum ns defined for the bar c ode. Valid

values:
3-90 for row s . 3 is t he default for rows.

1-30 for c olum ns . 1 is the default for c olum ns .

Example R,52,C,10 |

Defines the c olum n w idth of 10, whic h expands the P DF 417 bar c ode length by 10.

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Using Option 53 (Option al Settings for Aztec)

Us e Opt ion 53 to s et the er ror c ontrol level, enable E CI data, enable a m enu sym bol, and add
appended data to an Az tec bar c ode. Typic ally, thes e s et tings are not us ed. W hen us ing O ption
53, the printer m ay take longer to image the bar c ode and r equire m or e tim e to print the for m at.

Syntax R,53,error_ctrl,ECI,menu_sym,str_append,"string" |

R1. R Option Header.
R2. 53 Option 53.

R3. er ror_c t rl E rr or c ontr ol level. Som e dam aged bar codes may s till be

sc annable if the err or c ontr ol level is high enough. 0 is the

default. Options:

0 Default level

1-99

101-104

201-232

300

R4. ECI Sets the EC I Data flag. 0 is the default. Options:
0 Disable

1 Enable

R5. m enu_s y m Sets the Menu Symbol flag. 0 is the default. Options:
0 Disable

1 Enable

R6. s tr _append St ruc tur ed append inform at ion. Range: 1 to 26. 1 is t he default.
R7. “ s tring” S tring to append. Range: 0 to 24. “” is the def ault. Must be

enclos ed in quot ation m arks .

Example R,53,0,0,0,1 ," " |

Uses option 53 to s et the err or c ontr ol t o 0, dis ables the E CI data and m enu sym bol fl ags , and
does not append any data to t he bar c ode.

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Using Opt ion 60 (I ncrementing/Decrementing Fiel ds)

RFI D Data F i e l d
Incrementing Option

RFID Data Field Batch

Applications such as s er ial num bers require a num eric field to incr ement ( increas e in value) or
decrement (dec reas e in value) on s uc c es s ive labels wit hin a s ingle batc h. Incr em enting or
decr em enting c an be applied to numeric data only. If a field includes letters and digit s, apply

incr em enting or dec r em enting to only t he portion of the field t hat c ontains digits . D o not us e with
Option 42 (price field).

W hen using O ption 60 wit h RFID D ata Fields or EPC data:

♦ Use c aution w hen inc rem enting an R FID field if data is com ing direc tly fr om a hos t bec aus e

the field m us t be inc rem ented in ASC II Hex.

♦ The dat a inc rem ents by one as follows : 0 to F ( 0123456789ABCDE F), then bac k to 0.
♦ Increm enting is the only valid option for RFID Data.
♦ Option 60 allow s data to be uploaded us ing O ption 6. See “Us ing O ption 6 (Upload Field

Data” for m or e inform ation.

♦ Using vers ion 3.0 or greater firm w are, option 60 c an be applied m ultiple tim es to one R FID

field.

Syntax R,60,I/ D, a m ou nt,l p os,r pos |

R1. R Option Header.
R2. 60 Option 60.
R3. I/D Incr em ent or dec r em ent. I is the default .
I inc rem enting field

D dec rem ent ing field (not valid for R FID)
R4. am ount Amount to inc r eas e or dec r eas e. Range: 0 to 999.

1 is the default.
R5. l pos Leftmos t pos ition in incrementing/decrementing portion of field. If

this value is not entered, the default value is used.

Range: 0 to 2710. 1 is the default.
R6. r pos Rightmost position in incrementing/decrementing port ion of field.

If this value is not us ed, t he entire field length is used as the

default. Range: 0 to 2710. 2710 is the default .

Example R,60,I,5,1 ,6 |

Increm ents a field by 5 eac h t im e the field is pr inted. The f ield inc rem ents beginning w ith the fir s t
left pos ition and ending with the sixth position.

Example R,60,D,2 |

Decrements a field by 2 each t im e the field is pr inted.

Increm enting EPC Data Example

{F,1,A,R,E,400,400,""|
T,1,30,V,50,70,0,1,1,1,B,L,0,0|
R,60,I,1|
B,2,12,F,10,130,1,4,50,8,L,0|
R,60,I,1|
X,3,100,0|
R,60| }

{B,1,N,3|
1,"001"|
2,"123456789012"|

Data in ASCII Hex with
EPC Dat a included

3,"12345678123456781234561B~028~028~02812345678~02812345678~02800000~028"| }

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This example us es option 60 to inc rem ent the EP C RFID data by one.

Re-Im age ON

Re-Im age OFF

Fixing the First Number in the Incrementing Sequence

There are tw o w ays to enter the f irs t num ber in the inc rem ent ing s equenc e. Us e batc h data or
Option 1 to def ine the fir s t num ber as a fixed c har ac ter. The fir s t number in the s equenc e m us t
cont ain the s am e amount of digits as the highes t num ber to be c ount ed. For exam ple, to c ount
the num bers 1 to 999, the f irs t num ber in the s equenc e m us t be enter ed as 001.

Using Option 61 (Re-im age Fie ld )

This option redraws (reimages) a constant field when a constant field is next to a var iable field. It
can be us ed on t ext, c ons tant t ext, bar c ode, li ne, or box fields .

Thes e printer s do not redr aw an ar ea if the f ield data does not c hange. W hen a field c hanges ,
that area is c lear ed and the new field data is imaged. However, the new field data may r equire a
larger ar ea t han the pr evious field did. In s ome cas es, neighboring fields that do not change
(c onstant fields) may be covered with white s pace from the changing field’s ( variable fields ) area.
Use this option t o reim age the c ons t ant field, or it m ay appear br oken.

Note: The most common use for this option is with incrementing fields on a label, because they

may c over a c ons t ant field.

Syntax R,61 |

R1. R Option Header.
R2. 61 Option 61.

Example R,61 |

Reim ages the cons tant field that appear s next to a variable field.
In t his example, O ption 61 is applied to t he bar c ode field t o keep the inc rem enting f ield (B ox #)

from bloc king out the bar code field.

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Using Opt ion 65 (S er ial ized EP C Data)

Using Vers ion 1.7 or gr eater fir m war e, the printer s uppor ts s erializ ed E PC data, w hic h combi nes
EPC data w ith a unique s erial num ber . The unique s er ial num ber is alw ays 38 bit s of data. The
EPC data c an c ontain a Global Trade Item Num ber (GTIN), but it is not lim ited only to GTIN data.

W hen ser ializing EPC data, the RFID data entered in the batc h data is modified bef ore encoding.
The printer c alc ulates the s er ial num ber and ins ert s the s erial num ber into the low er 38 bit s
before enc oding. T he original dat a in thos e low er 38 bits ( if ther e was any) is r eplac ed. We
rec om m end padding the R FID data wit h z eros to use as placeholders for thos e 38 bits .

The m inim um EPC length is 48 bits ( 10 bits of E PC data, plus the 38-bit s er ial num ber) ; the
maxim um EPC length is 496 bits (458 bit s of EP C data, plus the 38-bit s erial num ber ).

Note: Set the R FID printer for s top-to-encode m ode for s erializ ed EPC data. Non-s top enc ode

mode is not supported.

Syntax R,65,serial |

R1. R Option Header.
R2. 65 Option 65.
R3. serial Enter 1 to create serialized EPC data from the RFID data field.

Example R,65,1 |

Enables s erializ ed E PC data for t he RF ID data field.

Example X ,5, 24 |

R,65,1 |

Enables s erializ ed E PC data for t he RFID data field #5 that contains 24 ASCII Hex characters ,
whic h is a 96-bit R FID inlay (58 bits of E PC data with the las t 38 bit s as the unique serial
number).

RFID Data Field with Serializ ed EPC Data Option

{F,2,A,R,E,400,400,"SerEPC" |
T,1,50,V,10,10,0,1,1,1,B,L,0,0 |
X,2,24,0 |
R,65,1 | }
{B,2,N,1 |
1,"313233343536373839303132" |
2,"313233343536370000000000" |}

The RFID data f ield inc ludes z eroes so the field' s m axim um number of c har ac ters is 96 bits of
data (24 ASCII Hex c har ac ters ) . The encoded R FID data c ontains the f irs t 58 bits of provided
EPC data and 38 bits of the c alc ulated s er ial num ber.

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Using Check Digits

Chec k digits are t ypically us ed to ens ur e that a text or bar c ode f ield s c ans c or rec tl y. The printer
calculates a check digit when O ption 31 is applied. A check digit scheme determines how the
printer calculates a check digit. When defining a check digit scheme, assign a number to identify
it. This num ber is lat er enter ed in R4 (check digit #) w hen applying Option 31 to a field. Use

chec k digits w ith text or bar c ode fields . C hec k digit c alc ulations ar e perfor m ed on num eric data
only.

Do not us e c hec k digits w ith pric e f ields . Do not define a c hec k digit s c hem e for UPC, E AN, Code
39 (wit h the MOD43 c hec k digit), and C ode 93 bar c odes , bec aus e they have predef ined check
digits.

Syntax {A,selector,action,d evice,modu lus,fld_lengt h, D/P,

"weights" | }

A1. A Chec k Digit Header.
A2. s elec tor Ass i gn a number from 1 to 10 to t his c hec k digit form ula. 1 is the

default.

A3. ac tion The ac tion to per form . Enter A to add the chec k digit s chem e.
A4. dev ic e Form at s tor age devic e. R is the def ault . Options:
F Flas h (m us t be form atted fir s t. See “ Form at ting Flas h

“Flas h Memory Guidelines” in C hapter 2 for m ore

information.)

R Volatile RAM

” and

Note: Check digits s t ored in flas h ar e s aved when the pr inter is turned

off.
A5. m odulus Number from 2 to 11. T he modul us is used t o divide the s um of

products or the sum of digits.
A6. fld_length The m axim um number of c harac ter s the field w ill c ontain.

Range: 0 to 2710. 2710 is the default.
A7. D/P Algorithm . T he algorithm det erm ines how the c hec k digit is

calculated. Options:

D sum of digits

P sum of products

A8. “weights” String of digits us ed f or c alc ulation. A weight s t ring is a group of

two or m ore num bers that is applied to a field. The num ber of

digits in this s tr ing s hould equal the num ber in fld_lengt h.

Enclose in quotation marks. Range: 0 to 2710. “” is the default.

Example {A,1,A,R,10,5,P,"65432" | }

Adds c hec k digit s c hem e number 1 to t he printer ’s m em ory. The modulus is 10, t he m aximum
number of c harac t ers in the field is 5. T he c hec k digit is c alc ulated by us ing the S um of Produc ts
and the s tring of digits us ed in the c alc ulat ion is “65432.”

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Sum of Products Calculation

This is an example of how t he printer us es Sum of P roduc ts to calc ulate a c hec k digit f or this
data:

5 2 3 2 4 5 2 1 9

1. Weights are applied t o eac h digit, s tar ting w ith the las t digit in the w eight s tr ing. They are

applied right to left, beginning at the right-m os t position of the f ield. R em em ber, a weight
st ring m us t contain at leas t t wo diff erent num ber s . This exam ple has a weight s tring of

1,2,3,4:
field: 5 2 3 2 4 5 2 1 9

weight string: 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

2. Eac h digit in the field is m ult iplied by the w eight as s igned to it:

field: 5 2 3 2 4 5 2 1 9
weight string: 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
products: 20 2 6 6 16 5 4 3 36

3. Next, the produc t of each digit is added together. This is the sum of t he pr oducts .

20 + 2 + 6 + 6 + 16 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 36 = 98

4. Divide the s um of the produc ts by the m odulus ( 10 in this c as e), only to the w hole num ber.

The balanc e is c alled the rem ainder .

9
10 98
90
8

5. Subtrac t the rem ainder from the m odulus .

The res ult bec om es the chec k digit. In t his c as e, the c hec k digit is 2.

10 - 8 = 2

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