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Each product and program carries a respective written warranty, the only warranty on which the customer can rely. Paxar reserves the right to make changes in the product, the programs, and their availability at any time and without notice. Although Paxar has made every effort to provide complete and accurate information in this manual, Paxar shall not be liable for any omissions or inaccuracies.
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G E T T I N G S TA R T E D Operator’s Handbook Getting Started...
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format {F,25,A,R,E,200,200,"FMT-25" p C,140,40,0,1,2,1,W,C,0,0,"SAMPLE FORMAT",1 B,1,12,F,85,40,1,2,40,5,L,0 T,2,18,V,50,50,1,3,1,1,B,L,0,0,1 Getting Started Operator’s Handbook...
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{B,25,N,1 p 1,"02802811111" p 2,"TEXT FIELD" p } Getting Started...
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B, parameter 1...parameter 5 p C, parameter 1...parameter 5 p D, parameter 1...parameter 3 p E, parameter 1...parameter 9 p F, parameter 1...parameter 5 p G, parameter 1...parameter 4 p M, parameter 1...parameter 4 p A, parameter 1...parameter 5 Configuring the Printer...
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{I, p C,0,25,0,0,0 p } {I,0,U,N p } A,0,0,0,0,1 p B,2,0,0,0,0 p C,0,0,0,0,0,0 p D,1,0,2 p E,"~123~044~034~124~125~126","","~013~010" F,3,1,0,0,1 p G,0,65,65 p M,R,R,160 p M,T,R,20 p M,I,R,320 p M,D,N,1280 p M,F,N,640 p M,V,R,1280 p Configuring the Printer...
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{I,M,R,N,20 p M,T,N,60 p ...} Configuring the Printer...
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{header,packet#,action,device p } {F,1,C,R p } Configuring the Printer...
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{W,font#,action,device,data_length,data_rec ord p } Configuring the Printer...
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0,3,437,"Bold",0,0,0,36,51,36,51,5,1 p 0,4,0,"OCRA",0,0,0,19,36,19,36,5,1 p 0,4,437,"OCRA",0,0,0,19,36,19,36,5,1 p 0,5,0,"HR1",0,0,0,18,30,18,30,3,1 p 0,5,437,"HR1",0,0,0,18,30,18,30,3,1 p 0,6,0,"HR2",0,0,0,26,24,26,24,2,1 p 0,6,437,"HR2",0,0,0,26,24,26,24,2,1 p 0,10,0,"CGTriBd9",1,0,7,25,31,10,15,0 p 0,10,1,"CGTriBd9",1,0,7,25,31,10,15,0 p 0,10,437,"CGTriBd9",1,0,7,25,31,10,15,0 p 0,10,850,"CGTriBd9",1,0,7,25,31,10,15,0 p 0,11,0,"CGTriumv6",1,0,5,17,21,5,10,0 p 0,11,1,"CGTriumv6",1,0,5,17,21,5,10,0 p 0,11,437,"CGTriumv6",1,0,5,17,21,5,10,0 p 0,11,850,"CGTriumv6",1,0,5,17,21,5,10,0 p 0,50,0,"Swiss Bold",1,1,92248 p 0,50,437,"Swiss Bold",1,1,92248 p } Configuring the Printer...
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{header,format#,action,device p } Configuring the Printer...
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{F,0,H,Z p } {F,0,H,Z p Fmt_1,406,406 p Fmt_10,324,406 p Fmt_15,812,812 p Fmt_20,305,609 p Fmt_25,1218,406 p } {F,1,H,Z p } {F,1,H,Z p Fmt_1,406,406 p } Configuring the Printer...
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D E F I N I N G F I E L D S Defining Fields 3-1...
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D e f i n i n g t h e F o r m a t H e a d e r {F,format#,action,device,measure,length, width,"name" p {F,1,A,R,E,300,100,"TEXTILES" p 3-2 Defining Fields...
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D e f i n i n g Te x t F i e l d s Defining Fields 3-3...
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Line field blocked out by opaque field using attribute B Line field not blocked out by transparent field using attribute O Defining Fields 3-5...
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T,2,10,V,250,80,0,1,1,1,B,C,0,0,0 p Defining Fields 3-7...
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D e f i n i n g B a r C o d e F i e l d s B,field#,# of char,fix/var,row,column, font,density,height,text,alignment, field rot p 3-8 Defining Fields...
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Bar code Density Density Type Selector (% or cpi) Note: 3-12 Defining Fields Narrow Narrow to Data Element Wide Ratio Length (dots/mils) Appearance Char Codes Available...
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Bar code Density Density Type Selector (% or cpi) Bar code Density Density Type Selector (% or cpi) Bar code Density Element Type Selector Width (dot/mils) Note: Narrow Narrow to Data Element Wide Ratio Length (dots/mils) Narrow Narrow to Data Element Wide Ratio Length...
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B,3,12,V,150,70,1,2,80,7,L,0 p 3-14 Defining Fields...
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D e f i n i n g C o n s t a n t Te x t F i e l d s C,row,column,gap,font,hgt mag, wid mag,color,alignment,char rot, field rot,"fixed char",sym set p Defining Fields 3-15...
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C,100,80,0,1,1,1,B,L,0,0,"MADE IN USA",0 p 3-18 Defining Fields...
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D e f i n i n g L i n e F i e l d s L i n e Ty p e s L,type,row,column,angle/end row,length/ end col,thickness,"pattern" p Defining Fields 3-19...
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Syntax G1. G G2. graphID G3. action G4. device Note: G5. units G6. row G7. column G8. mode G9. "name" Creating Graphics {G,graphID,action,device,units,row,col, mode,"name" p 1200 3045 2436...
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Example {G,99,A,R,G,0,0,0,"99Wire" p Syntax B,row,column,algorithm,"data" p B1. B B2. row B3. column B4. algorithm B5. data 0 2710 Example {B,39,56,H,"3FFFFFF0" p 1200 3045 2436 Creating Graphics...
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Syntax N1. N N2. adjdir N3. adjamt N4. algorithm N5. "data" Example Creating Graphics N,adjdir,adjamt,algorithm,"data" p B,39,56,H,"3FFFFFF0" p N,0,1,H,"000000E00000" p 2710...
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Syntax D,adjdir,adjamt,count p D1. D D2. adjdir D3. adjamt D4. count Example B,117,24,H,"03FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFC" p D,0,1,2 p Creating Graphics...
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{G,99,A,R,G,0,0,0,"99WIRE" B,39,48,H,"3FFFFFF0" p B,40,32,H,"01FFC000000FF8" p B,41,32,H,"3E00000000000FC0" p B,42,24,H,"03C0003FFFFFF0000F" p B,43,24,H,"7C3FFFFFFFFFFFFFE1F0" p B,44,16,H,"0183FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF06" p B,45,16,H,"018FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFE" p B,46,16,H,"01FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFE" p B,47,16,H,"01FFFFFF80001FFFFFFFFE" p B,48,16,H,"01FFFFF0000000007FFFFC" p B,49,24,H,"7F800007FFFF00003FF0" p B,50,24,H,"1FC00007FFFF00001FC0" p D,0,4,4 p B,51,24,H,"1C03FFFFFFFFFFFE01C0" p D,0,4,4 p B,52,32,H,"3FFFFFFFFFFFFFE1C0" p D,0,4,4 p B,53,24,H,"03FFF0000000007FFE" p D,0,4,4 p B,70,0,H,"0400001FC00007FFFF00001FC0" p B,71,0,H,"0600001C03FFFFFFFFFFFE01C0"...
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{G,99,A,R,G,0,0,0,"99WIRE" p B,39,50,R,"Z" p B,40,39,R,"KzI" p B,41,34,R,"EzsF" p B,42,30,R,"DpZoD" p B,43,25,R,"EdZZEdE" p B,44,23,R,"BeZZMeB" p B,45,23,R,"BcZZW" p B,46,23,R,"ZZZA" p B,47,23,R,"ZDsZE" p B,48,24,"TzkU" p B,49,25,"HtRqJ" p B,50,27,"GsSsG" p D,0,4,4 p B,51,27,"ChZWgC" p D,0,4,4 p B,52,34,R,"ZZEdC" p D,0,4,4 p B,53,30,R,"NzkN" p D,0,4,4 p B,70,5,R,"AuGsSsG"...
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G3. row G4. column G5. mode G6. rotation Example G,57,0,0,0,0 p 1200 3045 2436 Creating Graphics...
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{F,2,A,R,E,200,200,"FMT2"| p G,99,132,30,0,0 p Q,146,30,198,95,5,"" T,1,5,V,175,100,0,1004,1,1,B,L,0,0,0 p T,2,5,V,150,100,0,1004,1,1,B,L,0,0,0 p T,3,15,V,120,25,0,1003,1,1,B,L,0,0,0 p T,4,15,V,95,35,0,1003,1,1,B,L,0,0,0 p L,S,84,15,84,195,10," " p B,5,12,F,30,65,1,2,40,1,L,0 p } Creating Graphics...
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D e f i n i n g t h e B a t c h H e a d e r Syntax {B,format#,N/U,quantity p B1. B B2. format# B3. N/U 6-2 Printing...
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B4. quantity Example {B,1,N,1 p D e f i n i n g t h e B a t c h C o n t r o l F i e l d Syntax E,feed_mode,batch_sep,print_mult, multi_part p E1. E E2. feed_mode E3.
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D e f i n i n g B a t c h D a t a F i e l d s Syntax field# "data string" "continuation" Example U s i n g S p e c i a l C h a r a c t e r s i n B a t c h D a t a 6-4 Printing field#,"data string"...
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S a m p l e B a t c h D a t a w i t h S p e c i a l C h a r a c t e r s M e r g e d o r S u b - F i e l d s data string I n c r e m e n t i n g F i e l d s Printing 6-5...
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E n t e r i n g B a t c h D a t a f o r Q R C o d e Syntax error_cor mask# data_input char Example S a m p l e Q R C o d e {F,1,A,R,E,200,200,"QRCODE"...
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S t r u c t u r e d A p p e n d M o d e Syntax "mode_id code# #of_div parity, error_cor mask# data_input char" p mode_id code# #of_div parity error_cor mask# data_input char Printing 6-7...
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1,"D0205E9,Q0A," C,"B006qrcode," S a m p l e Q R C o d e u s i n g a S t r u c t u r e d A p p e n d {F,2,A,R,E,200,200,"QRCODE2" p B,1,200,V,50,50,36,0,100,2,B,0 {B,2,N,1 1,"D0202E9,Q0A"...
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D o w n l o a d i n g M e t h o d s S e q u e n t i a l M e t h o d Example {Format} {Batch Packet} B a t c h M e t h o d Example {Format} {Batch Packet}...
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M o d i f y i n g F o r m a t s O p t i o n a l E n t r y M e t h o d 6-10 Printing...
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S TAT U S P O L L I N G Status Polling 7-1...
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I n q u i r y R e q u e s t ( E N Q ) I n q u i r y R e s p o n s e Example Example Example 7-2 Status Polling...
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P R I N T E R O P T I M I Z AT I O N Printer Optimization 9-1...
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A d j u s t i n g t h e P r i n t Q u a l i t y IN SPEC IN SPEC Dark IN SPEC Light 9-2 Printer Optimization...
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R e d u c i n g I m a g i n g T i m e Printer Optimization 9-3...
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Example Example Example 9-4 Printer Optimization {B,1,N,0 p } {B,1,U,0 p 1,"RODGER DIST CTR" p } {B,1,U,0 p 2,"8292" p } {B,1,U,0 p 3,"BROADWAY" p } {B,1,U,0 p 4,"555 WEST OAK AVE." p } {B,1,U,10 p 5,"DAYTON, OHIO" p }...
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G e n e r a l F o r m a t T i p s a n d H i n t s W i t h F o r m a t s W i t h P a c k e t s T,1,10,V,250,50,1,1,1,1,B,C,0,0 p T,2,15,,,75 p T,3,,,,100 p Printer Optimization 9-5...
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W i t h B a r C o d e s W i t h F i e l d s 9-6 Printer Optimization...
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This appendix contains sample formats. You can customize any of these formats to meet your needs. The samples pictured are oriented as if you are looking down at the keypad, watching labels come out of the front of the printer, as shown below. Samples A-1...
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S a m p l e U P C A F o r m a t P a c k e t {F,25,A,R,E,200,200,"Fmt 25" p C,140,40,0,1,2,1,W,C,0,0,"SAMPLE FORMAT", 1 p B,1,12,F,85,40,1,2,40,5,L,0 p T,2,18,V,50,50,1,3,1,1,B,L,0,0,1 p } Sample Batch Packet {B,25,N,1 p 1,"02802811111" p 2,"TEXT FIELD"...
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S a m p l e M a x i C o d e P a c k e t s Guide to Bar Coding with UPS AIM MaxiCode Specification Mode Description Samples A-3...
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M o d e 0 ( O b s o l e t e ) S a m p l e {F,1,A,R,E,0200,0200,"MAXICODE" p B,1,93,V,020,20,33,7,0,8,L,0 p } {B,1,N,1 p 1,"450660000" p C,"001" p C,"840" p C,"[)~030" p C,"01~02996" p C,"1Z12345678~029" p C,"UPSN~029"...
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M o d e 2 S a m p l e {F,1,A,R,E,200,200,"MAXI_M2" p B,1,93,V,020,020,33,7,0,8,L,0 p } {B,1,N,1 p 1,"[)>~030" p C,"01~02996" p C,"068100000~029" p C,"840~029" p C,"001~029" p C,"1Z12345675~029" p C,"UPSN~029" p C,"12345E~029" p C,"089~029" p C,"~029" p C,"1/1~029" p C,"10~029"...
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M o d e 3 S a m p l e {F,1,A,R,E,200,200,"MAXI_M3" p B,1,93,V,020,020,33,7,0,8,L,0 p } {B,1,N,1 p 1,"[)>~030" p C,"01~02996" p C,"M5E1G45~029" p C,"124~029" p C,"066~029" p C,"1Z12345679~029" p C,"UPSN~029" p C,"12345E~029" p C,"089~029" p C,"~029" p C,"1/1~029" p C,"10~029"...
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H a n g Ta g E x a m p l e {F,1,A,R,E,275,125,"1TAG01"p C,228,20,0,50,8,8,A,L,0,0,"0047896320",1p C,203,20,0,50,8,8,A,L,0,0,"045",1p C,203,55,0,50,8,8,A,L,0,0,"12",1p C,203,85,0,50,8,8,A,L,0,0,"099",1p C,178,20,0,50,8,8,A,L,0,0,"00654113",1p C,178,85,0,50,8,8,A,L,0,0,"1158",1p C,54,37,0,50,14,14,A,L,0,0,"$49.99",1p Sample Batch Packet {B,1,N,1pE,0,0,1,1,0,1p} Ta g E x a m p l e {F,1,A,R,E,200,150,"1LAB1520"p C,44,40,0,50,9,9,A,L,0,0,"PEANUTS",1p B,1,12,F,125,25,1,2,50,7,L,0p R,1,"028400067362"p C,20,34,0,50,8,8,A,L,0,0,"*SALT FREE*",1p C,84,45,0,50,14,14,A,L,0,0,"$1.19",1p Sample Batch Packet {B,1,N,1pE,0,0,1,1,0,1p}...
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L a b e l E x a m p l e {F,1,A,R,E,300,150,"1LAB1530"p C,100,90,0,50,10,10,A,L,0,1,"BATTERY PACK",1p C,20,130,0,50,10,10,A,L,0,1,"1452-99311",1p C,230,128,0,50,12,10,A,L,0,1,"$5.99",1p B,1,9,F,75,55,4,7,40,8,L,1p R,5,Np R,1,"031535512"p T,2,9,V,125,67,0,50,8,8,A,L,0,1,1p R,4,1,1,9,1,1p Sample Batch Packet {B,1,N,1pE,0,0,1,1,0,1p 1,"AAAAAAAAA"p 2,"KKKKKKKKK"p} R e c e i p t F o r m a t E x a m p l e {F,1,A,R,E,300,175,"1Garage"p C,277,15,0,50,10,18,A,L,0,0,"KRAMER’S",1p C,223,4,0,50,8,8,A,L,0,0,"Can Opener",1p...
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L a b e l S a m p l e 2 {F,1,A,R,E,110,200,"1LAB2011"p C,92,70,0,50,7,7,A,L,0,0,"PRETZELS",1p B,1,12,F,45,50,1,2,40,7,L,0p R,1,"028400067362"p C,18,105,0,50,10,10,A,L,0,0,"$.79",1p Sample Batch Packet {B,1,N,1pE,0,0,1,1,0,1p} L a b e l S a m p l e 3 {F,1,A,R,E,400,200,"1LAB2040"p C,150,21,0,50,14,12,A,L,0,1,"BATTERY PACK",1p C,150,46,0,50,14,12,A,L,0,1,"WAREHOUSE 12",1p C,285,70,0,50,10,10,A,L,0,1,"07/14/00",1p C,110,70,0,50,10,10,A,L,0,1,"4425",1p B,1,13,F,95,165,8,6,90,8,L,1p R,5,Np R,1,"0315355110299"p...
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Example Example Fonts {W,200,A,N,68 p font data p font data p } T,1,10,V,30,10,0,200,1,1,B,L,0,0,0 p C,50,30,0,200,1,1,B,L,0,0,"MONARCH",0 p...
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S Y M B O L S E T S / C O D E P A G E S Internal ANSI DOS Code Pages 437 or 850 Symbol Sets/Code Pages...
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Code Function Code 1,"~142" p Alt 255 Symbol Sets/Code Pages...
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G L O S S A R Y Batch Data 2,"Monarch" p Batch Control E,0,1,1,1 p Batch Header {B,1,N,1} Batch Packet {B,1,N,1 p 2,"Monarch" p } Bitmapped Fonts Buffer Field Field Definition B D C T,1,10,V,250,50,0,1,1,1,B,C,0,0,0 p Field Parameters Format...
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Format Header {F,1,A,R,E,600,150,"Fmt-1" p Monospaced Fonts Non-volatile RAM (NVRAM) Option R,1,"Monarch" p Packet {B,1,N,1 p 2,"Monarch" p } Pre-image Proportionally Spaced Fonts Soft (Downloaded) Fonts Volatile RAM...
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