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Monarch 9400 Series Operator's Handbook Manual

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Monarch 9400™ Series
Thermal Printer
Operator's Handbook
TC9400OH Rev.B 5/89
©1988 Monarch Marking Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

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  • Page 1 Monarch 9400™ Series Thermal Printer Operator’s Handbook TC9400OH Rev.B 5/89 ©1988 Monarch Marking Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • Page 2 Each product and program carries a respective written warranty, the only warranty on which the customer can rely. Monarch reserves the right to make changes in the product and the programs and their availability at any time and without notice. Although Monarch has made every effort to provide complete and accurate information in this manual, Monarch shall not be liable for any omissions or inaccuracies.
  • Page 3 Preface This manual contains the information an operator need to enter data and print a batch of supplies. Other manuals you might need are: Equipment Manual User’s Manual Programmer’s Manual Messages Contains general set-up and maintenance procedures. Tells about creating and entering formats.

  • Page 4: Terms To Know

    9400 Series Operator’s Handbook Terms to Know batch batch separator character cursor digits field format enter queue supply A group of tags or labels that contain the same data. An extra tag at the end of a batch to separate the current batch from the next batch.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents 1. Getting Started ...1-1 Daily Startup...1-1 Exiting an Operating Mode...1-4 Using the Keyboard...1-5 Entering Special Symbols ...1-6 Entering and Changing Data...1-7 Correcting a Data Entry Error ...1-8 Types of Data Entry...1-9 Entering General Data ...1-9 Entering a Price...1-9 Entering a Check Digit ...1-10 Entering Cost Code Data ...1-10 Prompts Containing Fixed Characters ...
  • Page 6 9400 Series Operator’s Manual 4. Printing Online ...4-1 Auto-online Mode ...4-1 Transmission Errors ...4-2 5. Setting Printer Options...5-1 Using Batch Separators ...5-1 Adjusting the Cut Position ...5-3 Adjusting the Print Position ...5-4 Defining a Cost Code ...5-6 Defining the Supply Type ...5-8 Defining the Monetary Symbol ...5-9...

  • Page 7: Getting Started

    Depending on how your printer is set, you’ll see one or more of the following prompts at startup. 1. Turn the power switch on. If the printer was last turned off while batches were printing, the message Batches ready to print.
  • Page 8 9400 Series Operator’s Handbook 2. If you see the supply type prompt: Select Supply Type: B A)lign, B)lack Mark or D)ie Cut Press Type D and press 3. If you see the date prompt: Enter new date: 01/01/89 (MM/DD/YY) Press prompt.
  • Page 9 The time advances only while the power is on. 5. If you see the online prompt: Online Mode Ready: your printer is set for Auto-online. Refer to "Printing Online" for information about Auto-online. 6. If you see the operating mode prompt (the main menu )

  • Page 10: Exiting An Operating Mode

    9400 Series Operator’s Handbook Use the cursor movement keys to display each operating mode. When the screen shows the mode you want to use, press mode. Refer to Section 2, "Using Data Entry Mode" for entering data and printing. To modify printing of batches, refer to Section 3, "Monitoring Batch Printing."...

  • Page 11: Using The Keyboard

    Using the Keyboard The keyboard contains 26 alphabetic keys, a calculator-like keypad and a few special function keys. Operation Mode menu, or a list of options, such as formats in Data Entry mode. Use to move the cursor left or right to correct the data.

  • Page 12: Entering Special Symbols

    9400 Series Operator’s Handbook Entering Special Symbols The symbols below are available for Standard (Std), Reduced (R), and OCR fonts. To enter a special symbol, press required key. When you press the shift key, the keyboard locks in shift mode. Press the shift key again when you’re finished, to restore the keyboard to normal mode.

  • Page 13: Entering And Changing Data

    Some fields specifically require numeric or alphabetic data. If you try to enter numeric data for an alpha field, or alphabetic data for a numeric field, the printer will beep. You must then enter the correct data, and press If you want to change any data before pressing...

  • Page 14: Correcting A Data Entry Error

    9400 Series Operator’s Handbook Correcting a Data Entry Error When you enter data incorrectly, the printer beeps and may display a message. Below is a list of conditions that cause error tones and the ways to correct them. Sometimes a problem with data entry may be a combination of these conditions.

  • Page 15: Types Of Data Entry

    To select the cent sign for printing amounts less than $1.00, use Printer Options mode. Refer to section 5, "Using the Cent Sign." NOTE: The Printer Option Use Cent Sign must be set to No for all international pricing except the British Pound. $.00 0¢...

  • Page 16: Entering A Check Digit

    The data you enter in a cost code field is converted to a special code at printing. The data you enter must be part of a translation table set up in Printer Options. If, for example, 1, 5, and 9 are included in the cost code translation table, you can...

  • Page 17: Prompts Containing Fixed Characters

    The code that prints depends on the translation table. See "Defining a Cost Code" in section 5. Prompts Containing Fixed Characters When a field has fixed characters, those characters appear with the data entry prompt each time you use that format. The fixed data stays the same, and is printed on every tag that uses the format.
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  • Page 19: Using Data Entry

    2. Using Data Entry Before you enter data for printing, you’ll need to know: The name of the format (print design) to use for printing. The size of the supply needed for the format you’ll be using. The batch name to assign to the data. For some batches, you might also need to enter: The number of parts for the supply.

  • Page 20: Adjusting The Supply Sensor

    9400 Series Operator’s Handbook Adjusting the Supply Sensor Each format design calls for a specific supply size. If you load supplies that are a different length than the format calls for, you’ll see an error message when you try to print a batch. To correct the problem, Load the correct supply size.
  • Page 21 1. Pull the black indicator below the sensor adjustment knob (see the figure below) toward you until it stops. 2. Hold a sample of the supply loaded in the printer against the platen cover as shown in the figure. The pointer on the indicator shows where the sensor is located on the supply loaded in the printer.

  • Page 22: Entering A Batch

    9400 Series Operator’s Handbook Entering a Batch Before you enter batch data, you must assign a name to the batch. You can enter a unique name for each batch, or use the AUTO feature. The AUTO feature lets you enter multiple batches without naming each batch.
  • Page 23 3. Enter a batch name. If the screen shows a blank: Enter a 1-8 character name and press Press only to let the printer name the batch. See "Automatic Batch Naming." If the screen shows a batch name: Press only to copy the batch. Copying a batch lets you change the data you need to change, instead of re-entering all of it.
  • Page 24 9400 Series Operator’s Handbook Number of parts [1-5]:_ Cutting [Y/N]:_ Cut last ticket [Y/N]:N NOTE: If you choose Y, the printing shifts 0.78 inch toward the top of the supply (the edge of the supply that exits the printer last). Choose Y only if your Format Record tells you to do so.
  • Page 25 Cut Multiple [1-9999]:____ If you type N when you see the Cutting [Y/N] prompt, you’ll see the next two prompts. Cut between batches [Y/N]:_ Print Multiple [1-9999]:____ 2. Using Data Entry Enter a number from 1-9999 and press Type the number of tags or labels you want printed between cuts as a set.
  • Page 26 9400 Series Operator’s Handbook Quantity to Print [1-9999]:____ 6. Enter the batch data by answering the rest of the prompts. 7. After you enter data for each prompted field, the batch data is sent to the print queue. The print queue contains a list of batches waiting to be printed.

  • Page 27: Prioritizing A Batch

    Printer Options. Separating Multiple Batches When printing several batches, you can set the printer to generate a special tag at the end of each batch. This "batch separator" is an extra tag that prints at the end of a batch.

  • Page 28: Batch Separators

    9400 Series Operator’s Handbook For online printing, you must use special commands to turn the batch separators on or off. Refer to the Programmer’s Manual for these commands. The next page shows an example of a regular tag, a 920 batch separator, and a 924 batch separator.

  • Page 29: Batch Naming

    You don’t see a prompt for batch name during data entry. You select manual batch naming or automatic batch naming in Printer Options. You use manual batch naming or automatic batch naming at Data Entry. Selecting Batch Naming 1.

  • Page 30: Using Batch Naming

    9400 Series Operator’s Handbook Using Batch Naming If you select Y at the Use Batch Names prompt (in Printer Options), the printer operates as follows at data entry. To name a batch manually: 1. From the main menu, select Data Entry. You’ll see...
  • Page 31 4. Enter your data. When you have finished entering data, the batch begins printing. If you select N at the Use Batch Names prompt (in Printer Options), the printer operates as follows at data entry. 1. From the main menu, select Data Entry. You’ll see...

  • Page 32: Copying A Batch

    9400 Series Operator’s Handbook You can use the AUTO feature for multiple formats during printing. However, the numbering for AUTO does not start at 1 for each format. It continues sequentially, regardless of the format. For example, suppose you need to print four batches: two using Format 1, and two using Format 2.

  • Page 33: Changing Formats And Supplies

    If the supply loaded is not what the format requires, a message will tell you to check the supply. The printer will not print the new batches until you load the correct supply. When you switch to a format that requires loading a new supply, DO NOT turn the printer off.

  • Page 34: Adjusting The Print Contrast

    9400 Series Operator’s Handbook 2. Press until you see Define Supply Type, then press . You’ll see Select Supply Type: B A)lign, B)lack Mark or D)ie Cut 3. Type A and press Adjusting the Print Contrast You can adjust the print contrast to darken or lighten printing.
  • Page 35 NOTE: When you first receive the printer, the password is M9400. You’ll see the last setting, for example Print Contrast Adjustment 4. You can press to reset the print contrast to 0 press to increase the print contrast 1 step...
  • Page 36 9400 Series Operator’s Handbook 2-18...

  • Page 37: Monitoring Batch Printing

    Delete a batch from the queue. See "Deleting a Batch." Reprint the last batch. See "Reprinting a Batch." You can delete or reprint a batch while batches are printing. When you select Batch Control mode, the printer stops printing. To exit Batch Control, press selections. Printing resumes automatically.

  • Page 38: Canceling A Batch

    9400 Series Operator’s Handbook Image; second in the print queue for printing. Held in the print queue for printing. To see which batches are in the print queue, press Each time you press these keys, the screen shows a batch name and its printing status.

  • Page 39: Deleting A Batch

    If you want to re-enter a canceled batch in the queue, press . When you see the batch you canceled (which shows a status of C), press Reprint [Y/N]: N Batch: NAME To re-enter the batch into the print queue, type Y and press .

  • Page 40: Reprinting A Batch

    9400 Series Operator’s Handbook Press to display the batch name you want to delete and press . You’ll see Delete from Queue [Y/N]: N Batch: NAME Type Y and press name in the print queue. If you want to delete another batch,...
  • Page 41 Then, you’ll see Batch Control Mode Select Batch: NAME Press to display the last batch (with a print status of F) and . You’ll see Reprint [Y/N]: N Batch: NAME The screen shows the batch name. Enter Y and press The screen returns to the first batch name in the print queue.
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  • Page 43: Printing Online

    The screen shows the message Exiting Online... and displays the Select Operating Mode menu. Auto-online Mode If you are using the printer in Auto-online mode, the printer is online as soon as you turn it on. To print in Auto-online mode: 1.

  • Page 44: Transmission Errors

    9400 Series Operator’s Handbook 3. Batches begin to print as soon as they are sent from the host computer. When all batches have finished printing, you can turn the printer off exit Auto-online mode To exit Auto-online: 1. With the display showing Online Mode Ready, press You’ll see...

  • Page 45: Setting Printer Options

    5. Setting Printer Options The printer has certain options that are set at the factory. You can change the settings to fit the way you use your printer most often. The options and their factory settings are shown below. Printer Option 1.
  • Page 46 9400 Series Operator’s Handbook 1. From the main menu select Printer Options and press 2. When you see Select Printer Option: Use Batch Separators Press to select this option. 3. You’ll see Use Batch Separators [Y/N]: N Press if you don’t want to use batch separators.

  • Page 47: Adjusting The Cut Position

    The default is increase (1) from step zero (0). The steps are in 1/192 inches (one dot). A dot is the smallest area on which the printer can print. Increase moves the cut up; decrease moves the cut down. 1. From the main menu select Printer Options and press 2.

  • Page 48: Adjusting The Print Position

    9400 Series Operator’s Handbook 4. Now you can either: Type I and press You’ll see Amount of Cut increase [0-144]: 0___(Dots) Enter a number form 0-144 for the amount of space to move the cut and press the cut .052 inches (there are .0052" per dot). The screen then shows the Print Option menu.
  • Page 49 The default is increase (I) from step zero (0). The steps are in 1/192 inches (one dot). A dot is the smallest area on which the printer can print. Increase moves the cut up; decrease moves the cut down. 1. From the main menu select Printer Options, press 2.

  • Page 50: Defining A Cost Code

    9400 Series Operator’s Handbook Enter a number from 0-144 for the amount of space to move the data and press the Print Option menu. 5. Select another print option, or press menu. Defining a Cost Code This function lets you define a code to translate data entered by the operator.
  • Page 51 (such as / or $), but all ten must be different. When an operator enters data for a cost code field, the printer substitutes each "printed character" in your code for the corresponding "entered character." For example, type PAINTBRUSH as an alphabetic translation and press Print Option menu.

  • Page 52: Defining The Supply Type

    Defining the Supply Type The printer contains a sensor to detect the supply. You must tell the printer the type of supply you’re using; die cut or black mark/aperture. This screen also allows you to recalibrate the printer if the format should become misaligned as you are printing batches.

  • Page 53: Defining The Monetary Symbol

    Recalibrating, please wait. 3. Select another print option, or press menu. Defining the Monetary Symbol The printer has ten different monetary symbols. The default is the dollar ($). 1. From the main menu select Printer Options, press 2. When you see...

  • Page 54: Using The Cent Sign

    9400 Series Operator’s Handbook Press to see the list of available symbols. United States dollar £ British pound French franc Swedish krona German mark Italian lira Finnish markka Austrian schilling Indian Rupee When you see the symbol you want, press screen shows the Print Option menu.

  • Page 55: Defining The Numbering System

    9425 or 9445 printers using the Dots numbering system will not have the same horizontal field locations when used on the 9465 printer. You will have to adjust the format as needed. To select the unit of measurement: 1.

  • Page 56: Defining The Print Mode

    4. Select another print option, or press menu. Defining the Print Mode If your printer has a knife, Continuous is the only option for Define Print Mode. If your printer does not have a knife, the options for Define Print Mode are Continuous and On Demand . The dafault is Continuous .

  • Page 57: Using Batch Names

    Using Batch Names You can choose to name batches manually (Use Batch Names). Or, you can let the printer name the batches for you (AUTO batch naming). The default is No (Auto batch naming). If you select Y (Use Batch Names), you can use either manual batch naming or AUTO batch naming at data entry.
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  • Page 60 For supplies, service, or assistance call: TOLL FREE: 1-800-543-6650 (In the U.S.A.) 1-800-263-4650 (In Canada) Printed in U.S.A.

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