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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s INTRODUCTION............1-1 COMMUNICATION REQUIREMENTS .
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Using Multiple Batches with One Format ..... 3-23 Using Previously Defined Print Data......3-23 Batch Separators.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Printer Errors ........... 6-5 General Warnings .
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com I N T R O D U C T I O N This manual tells you how to enter online formats and batch data for downloading to a Monarch® 9474 printer. Refer to your Operator’s Handbook for general setup and maintenance procedures, an explanation of data entry and batch control for offline printing, and about creating and entering offline formats.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The 9474 printer can receive print data online from a host. During online communication, the host treats the printer as an RS-232 type printer. For the printer to communicate online, you will need an RS-232 cable. For mainframe communication, you may need a protocol converter.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com C O M M U N I C AT I O N R E Q U I R E M E N T S To enable communications between the printer and the computer, the printer communications setup must match the setup for the host.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com I n p u t C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s Below are the input characteristics for communications. The defaults are shown in bold print. Asynchronous Full duplex Selectable options:...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The printer does not require any hardware or software signals from the host system in order to operate. Flow control characters can be changed offline through the Printer Configuration mode. The total number of formats, batches, and graphics is only limited by the amount of memory available.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 3. You’ll see the Host Option menu and the first online parameter. Select Baud Rate: 2400 Press d or u until you see the baud rate you need, then press e . You’ll see Enter Parity: N N)one, O)dd or E)ven 4.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com If you select DTR control (128) as the XON character, the printer automatically sets 128 (DTR control) for the XOFF character. The Start and Stop characters must be set at 128 (DTR flow control) for IBM PC equipment.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The cable interface for PC null modems is shown below. 9474 2-6 Communication Requirements...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com M E S S A G E S T R U C T U R E S This chapter has information and message structures for Formats Batch Data Graphic image data is discussed in Chapter 4, "Using Graphics." Message Structures 3-1...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com C r e a t i n g O n l i n e D a t a S t r e a m s Create data streams for your 9474 printer using a standard text editor, such as EDLIN or TSO.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com E r r o r N o t i f i c a t i o n Data handling and error checking are resident in the printer. If an error in transmission occurs, an error is displayed on the printer keypad display.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com M o n e t a r y S y m b o l s The default monetary symbols are the U.S. dollar and cents. The ASCII characters $ (24 hex) and ^ (5E hex) represent the dollar and cent symbols.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com P r o g r a m m i n g C o n v e n t i o n s All online commands from the host follow these rules. All data after the TERMINATOR character ( } ) and before the next LEADIN character ( { ) is ignored.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com To print human readable characters for Code 39, Interleaved 2 of 5, Codabar, Code 128 and MSI bar codes, create a separate text field. However, using this method with UPC or EAN bar codes may not correctly print the bar code. A new format with the same ID number as a previously defined format overwrites the old format.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F o r m a t D a t a Format data contains the following: Format identification number and name Supply size Online field definitions for text, bar code, line and graphic fields The following offline format elements are not supported online: Merged fields Sub-fields...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com E x a m p l e This example has three text fields and one bar code field. {F1,0558,0507;ONLINE p T00,I,000,0475,0050,1,1,0,0,B p T01,I,000,0406,0050,1,1,0,0,B p T02,I,000,0017,0253,1,1,0,0,B p B00,I,000,0124,0093,1,1,0,0177,1 p } The format header record (beginning with the Format ID) must always be the first record in a format data stream.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com One to four digits to define the width of the supply in tenths of millimeters (across the printhead). Values: 191-1078 (0.75 to 4.25 inches) ;FORMAT_NAME One to eight-character name assigned by the user. It can contain any ASCII alphanumeric character, including slash (/), hyphen (-), space ( ), dollar sign ($), or decimal point (.).
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com If the field does not change, define IFLAG as ‘I’ and set IVALUE to zero (0). NOTE: Do not select incrementing on fields that contain a check digit. IVALUE One to three digits to define the amount by which the value in the field increases or decreases as each ticket is printed.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Font magnifications creating greater than 30% black print on a format may result in lower print quality. TFONT One digit as the font for the TEXT field. See Chapter 5, "Quick References," for font samples. Values: 1 Standard 2 Reduced...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com B a r C o d e F i e l d R e c o r d The bar code field record is constructed as shown below. Syntax B##,IFLAG,IVALUE,ROW,COL,DENSITY,BFONT, F-ROT,HEIGHT,HR p Field Contents BARCODE Must be the letter ‘B’...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The zero point is 1.5 mm or 0.060 inches from the bottom of the supply. The bottom of the supply is the edge that exits the printer first. This value is measured in tenths of millimeters (TOMMS) and must be less than the maximum length of the supply.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F-ROT Field rotation. The direction of the field with respect to the supply. Values: 0 = top of field toward top of supply 1 = top of field toward left of supply 2 = top of field toward bottom of supply 3 = top of field toward right of supply HEIGHT One to four digits for the bar code height in tenths of...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com UPCE The printer automatically prints a leading zero for this bar code. You must send data and a check digit (7 digits total). EAN13 You must send 12 digits of data and a check digit (13 digits total).
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com For example, to print a string of bar code data with function code F2 as the fourth character... 123(F2)5678 send this string of characters... 123~1295678 ASCII Code Function Code ~134 ~129 ~128 ~132 Two additional bar codes are supported as extensions to both UPC and EAN bar codes.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Field Contents Must begin with the letter ’L ’ for a line field. The L is followed by one or two digits for the field number. There can be up to 100 fields per format, in any combination of text, barcode, line, or graphic fields.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com L22,400,100,1,190,5 p Example The line field number is L22, the line begins 40 millimeters from the bottom and 10 millimeters from the left edge of the print area. The line is horizontal (direction = 1) and ends 19 millimeters from the left edge of the supply.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com B a t c h D a t a The batch data stream contains: Batch information: - format number (layout for the print image) - print quantity - supply definition - item description (batch name) Print image: - field numbers - data to be printed in each field...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com One digit to control how tickets are cut. Values: 0 = no cut 1 = cut each ticket in the batch (except last ticket) 2 = cut each ticket in the batch (including last ticket in batch) 3 = cut between batches NOTE: Do not use option 2 if your supply is less than 4...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com C = Continuous D = On Demand If you enter D (On Demand) in the MODE field on a printer with a knife, the value will default to C (Continuous). ;BATCH_NAME One to eight characters for the name of the batch. A priority batch name must begin with a decimal.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The number of the text field to print (enter the number in place of ##). The number of the bar code field to print (enter the field number in place of ##). ;print data p Enter the data you want to print in this field.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com U s i n g M u l t i p l e B a t c h e s w i t h O n e F o r m a t You can send multiple batches for any format previously loaded into the printer.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com B a t c h S e p a r a t o r s This command selects the use of batch separators. A batch separator is a tag with a wide black line across the top or a double length tag and is last tag in a batch.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Values 0, 1, 2, or 3 as shown in the table below. Stacker Type none 924/925 Data Stream {S0} No separator No separator No separator {S1} Double length tag 3 mm extra length Double length tag with no stripe tag with 6 mm stripe...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Turn batch separator on; print another batch. {S1} {B 12, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, C;SEP.ON p T1;Separators on. p T2;Line 2. p T3;Line 3. p T4;Line 4. p T5;Line 5. p } Turn batch separator off.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com U S I N G G R A P H I C S There are two stages to printing a graphic: Create the data stream for the graphic image Place the image into a format. To print a format with a graphic image, transmit data to the printer in this order: Graphic data stream to define the graphic image...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com D e f i n i n g G r a p h i c I m a g e D a t a Graphic images are created by a series of dots printed in a specific pattern.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The data stream uses letters to identify dot counts. CAPITAL letters represent black dots. lowercase letters represent white dots. Using the chart below, the data stream for row 1 would be: Dot count: Row 1: 4 White, 8 Black, 19 White, 8 Black, 4 White Data Stream:...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Syntax {G##,0,0,0,0 p ;...dot codes... p ;...dot codes... p ;...dot codes... p Field Contents Must begin with the letter ’G’ to identify this as a graphic data stream. The G is followed by a one or two digit number to identify the graphic image.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com E x a m p l e {G1,0,0,0,0 p ;dHsHd p ;dHsHd p This graphic data stream ;dHsHd p ;eGsGe p generates the letter A from the ;eHqHe p grid earlier in this section. The ;fGqGf p format and batch data streams to ;fHoHf p...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com P l a c i n g t h e I m a g e i n a F o r m a t The message structure below places a graphic field in a format. You can have up to 100 graphic images.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The zero point is 1.5 mm or 0.060 inches from the left edge of the supply. The unit of measurement is tenths of millimeters. The range must be less than the maximum width of the supply. Values: 0-1016 (0 to 4 inches) The following format data stream uses the graphic data defined...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com C l e a r I m a g e B u f f e r This command clears all or selective graphics from the image buffer. Once graphic data is sent to the printer, that graphic stays in memory until a clear image buffer command is sent.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 3. Each row of the matrix is terminated by the command inter-record separator, split vertical bar ( p ). However, the last row of the matrix ends with the TERMINATOR command, closed brace (}). 4.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Long Version Compressed Version {G1,0,0,0,0 p {G1,0,0,0,0 p ;dHsHd p ;3dHsHd p ;dHsHd p ;eGsGe p ;dHsHd p ;eHqHe p ;eGsGe p ;fGqGf p ;eHqHe p ;2fHoHf p ;fGqGf p ;gGoGg p ;fHoHf p ;gHmHg p ;fHoHf p ;3hGMGh p...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Q U I C K R E F E R E N C E S Te x t F o n t S i z e s The 9474 fonts are selected in Printer Configuration in offline mode only.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com P a r a l l e l C h a r a c t e r s Value/Font Characters/Inch Character Height (in.) 1/Standard 21.3 12.0 0.10 2/Reduced 64.0 24.0 0.07 3/Bold 19.2 0.20 5/OCR-A 10.1...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com P a r a l l e l C h a r a c t e r W i d t h ( i n D o t s ) The following table shows the character width in dots. Uppercase I is the narrowest character (fewest dots per character).
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com B a r C o d e D e n s i t i e s The samples below show the difference between parallel and serial bar codes. Parallel Bar Code Serial Bar Code B a r C o d e D e n s i t i e s Value Bar Code...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The following table shows the horizontal and vertical line widths. Line Width Line Number Appearance Inches .005 .010 .015 .021 .026 .031 .036 .042 1.06 .046 1.16 .052 1.32 .057 1.44 .062 1.57 .067 1.70 .072...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com S p e c i a l C h a r a c t e r s The following table shows the ASCII code for special characters available in the standard font. ASCII Code Symbol Description ~128 Hashed box...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com A S C I I C h a r a c t e r s The following table shows the characters available in each font. HR1 and HR2 are human readable fonts for bar codes. Character Reduced OCRA...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Following are the printable characters (not at actual size). Human Readable 1 and Human Readable 2 are not available offline. E n g l i s h / M e t r i c C o n v e r s i o n Standard Reduced Bold...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com E R R O R M E S S A G E S This chapter provides explanations of your printer’s errors. There are four types of errors: diagnostic startup operation offline If you have problems loading supplies or performing maintenance, refer to the Operator’s Handbook.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com D i a g n o s t i c M e s s a g e s These messages appear if the printer fails internal testing. If the printer stops at one of these messages, turn the power off. Then turn it on again.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Message Description/Action Press e to keep the Enter new date: 01/01/89 (MM/DD/YY) date shown or to skip the prompt. Enter a new date in the format shown in parentheses and press e . Service Required: XXX Preventative maintenance dayton:(800)231-7700 Press ENTER.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com O p e r a t i o n M e s s a g e s There are two kinds of operation messages: Error messages Warning messages The messages use the following formats: ERROR: (function) Error description text.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com P r i n t e r E r r o r s These messages occur during online or offline operation. G e n e r a l W a r n i n g s These warning messages are listed in alphabetical order.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Message Description/Action Cannot cancel. You cannot cancel the batch in its current state. You can only cancel a batch that has a status of P (Print) or I (Image). (You can use delete if you want to remove a batch with any other status.) Cannot delete.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Message Description/Action Field ## extends The field you are defining does not fit on the off tag. tag. Change the field location, rotation, or font size so it fits on the tag. Head open. The ribbon is improperly positioned.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Message Description/Action No formats You cannot enter Data Entry mode until a available to print. format is defined. Ribbon problem. The ribbon cassette is depleted or jammed. The ribbon may be broken. Check the ribbon and reload or replace it if necessary.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Message Description/Action Receive framing Host communication protocol doesn’t match error. machine. Check communication setup at the host. Receive overrun Host communication protocol doesn’t match error. machine. Check communication setup at the host. Receive parity Host communication protocol doesn’t match error.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Message Description/Action Invalid cost code You are trying to enter characters in a cost character(s). code field (in Data Entry) that are not defined in the cost code. Check your data to be sure it is correct, then enter the data again.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F o r m a t E n t r y E r r o r s Message Description/Action CD scheme not You selected a check digit scheme number in defined. Format Entry that is not defined. Define the check digit scheme in Printer Configuration.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Message Description/Action Incompatible field You tried to use a line field or a graphic field for sub. in a subfield. You cannot use these field types as part of a subfield. Invalid barcode You tried to define a bar code height as less height.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Message Description/Action Scheme # uses You are defining a check digit field and you # CD(s). have selected a check digit scheme (#). The number of characters you marked is wrong for the scheme you chose. Be sure you have selected the right check digit scheme, then mark the check digits again.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Message Description/Action Column > head The column definition for a field location is width. greater than the width of the printhead. Data string The data string length exceeds 30 characters. too long. Format for batch The format for the batch being sent has not not found.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Message Description/Action Invalid orientation The line or character orientation value is not value. 0 or 1. Invalid separator The batch separator value is outside the valid value. range of 0-3. Invalid text field. Insufficient or incorrect data was used to create a text field.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com O n l i n e C o m m u n i c a t i o n E r r o r s These errors are caused by communication problems between the host computer and the printer during online operation.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com S A M P L E D ATA S T R E A M S This appendix contains sample data streams for formats, batches, and graphics. The illustrations show the tags that are printed from these data streams.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F o r m a t s , Te x t a n d B a r C o d e F i e l d s This example shows a standard format with three text and one bar code field.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com L i n e F i e l d s This example shows how to use line fields to create a box. S a m p l e F o r m a t D a t a S t r e a m {F2,0550,0507;BOX p L0,50,50,0,304,10 p L1,50,50,1,304,10 p...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com G r a p h i c I m a g e s This Graphic data stream precedes the format that uses it. Sample Graphic Data Stream {G3,0,0,0,0 p ;dHsHd p ;dHsHd p ;dHsHd p ;eGsGe p ;eHqHe p...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com S a m p l e F o r m a t D a t a S t r e a m {F3,0550,0507;GRAPHIC p T0,I,0,400,100,1,1,0,0,B p G3,200,200 p } S a m p l e B a t c h D a t a S t r e a m {B3,1,1,1,1,0,1;LETTER-A p T0;LETTER A GRAPHIC p } Sample Data Streams A-5...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com C o m p r e s s e d G r a p h i c D a t a This example shows the same graphic data stream in compressed format. S a m p l e C o m p r e s s e d G r a p h i c D a t a S t r e a m {G3,0,0,0,0 p ;3dHsHd p ;eGsGe p...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com C O D E 1 2 8 I N F O R M AT I O N The 128 bar code is divided into 3 character sets (Code A, Code B, and Code C). Depending on the character set used, the same bar pattern can be one of three characters.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Bar Code 2 is not as wide as Bar Code 1 because all of its characters are printed with bar symbols from code C. Only 6 of Bar Code 1’s characters are printed in code C. The other character has to be printed in code B.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Here’s why bar code 1 is wider: The 8 numbers in each example appear in groups of four or more, and they appear in even-numbered quantities, therefore, all 8 numbers will use code C. The 6 alphabetic characters will use code B.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The table below shows the characters per inch for Code 128. The table shows the values for numeric data, and for alphanumeric data at each of the three densities available on the printer. The characters per inch for your bar code will be somewhere between these two values, depending on the mixture of numeric and alphabetic characters.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F u n c t i o n C o d e s Code 128 has four function codes (f1-f4). These special characters can be entered as: fixed characters when defining a code 128 field (Format Entry) data when printing a batch (Data Entry).
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 1 2 8 B a r C o d e C h a r a c t e r S e t s Any of the following characters can be used in online communication with the printer by sending the character’s standard decimal value.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Code Code Code Bar Pattern Value ’ Code 128 Information B-7...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Code Code Code Bar Pattern Value FNC3 FNC3 FNC2 FNC2 SHIFT SHIFT CODE C CODE C CODE B FNC4 CODE B 1 1 FNC 4 CODE A CODE A 3 1 FNC1 FNC1 FNC1 STOP B-8 Code 128 Information...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com I n d e x function codes 3-15 restrictions 3-15 code 128, function codes 5-6 - 5-7 coding chart, graphics A S C II codes 5-6 - 5-7 com m and characters 3-4 com m ands com m unication requirem ents 2-1 com m unication values, setting...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Font, printable characters line field record 3-16 - 3-18 form at exam ple 3-18 ID num bers line field syntax 3-18 using graphics line record syntax 3-16 - 3-18 form at data line w idth form at header record 3-8 9420/9440 form at syntax...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com restrictions using graphics 4-1, 4-3 - 4-6, 4-8 bar codes 3-5, 3-15 using previously defined data 3-22 R S -232 interface sending batch data 3-6 X on/X off sending data order setting com m unication values 2-3 - 2-4 special characters 5-6 - 5-7...
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