MONARCH PRINTER CONTROL LANGUAGE II For supplies, service, or assistance call: TOLL FREE: 1-800-543-6650 (In the U.S.A.) 1-800-263-4650 (In Canada) Optional Fonts Manual INTERNET ADDRESS: www.monarch.com Published by the Technical Communications Department. Printed in U.S.A. TCMPCL2OF Rev AA 06/00 ©1995 Monarch Marking Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 About this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Terms to Know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Chapter 2. Using ROM Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Using ANSI Characters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 ANSI Character Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MPCLII Optional Fonts Appendix A. Character Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 Using Arabic Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Hebrew Characters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Greek Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Cyrillic Characters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Turkish Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 1. Introduction This manual applies only if you have purchased optional ROM fonts for your printer. The fonts described in this manual were designed to be used with any MPCLII (Monarch® Printer Control Language version II) printer. Be sure you understand the information in the MPCLII Packet Reference Manual before you read this manual.
MPCLII Optional Fonts Terms to Know ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1-2 Proportional spaced fonts All characters have different widths and are difficult to center justify. ROM Fonts These are stored on a ROM chip which is installed in your priner. They cannot be erased. Scalable (Vector) fonts These fonts reside in the printer’s RAM or in a ROM chip. Changing the point size and magnification prints a smooth font.
Chapter 2. Using ROM Fonts This chapter describes ! how to use ANSI characters with ROM fonts. ! the available ROM fonts. ! ordering information for additional ROM fonts. Optional fonts are available in one of several ROM sets. Refer to the following tables to locate the style for your chosen font. Fonts 1-6 and 12 use the ANSI character set. Fonts 7-11 use the non-standard character sets shown in Appendix A, "Character Sets." Point sizes are approximate. A 12-point character is 12 points wide.
MPCLII Optional Fonts Using ANSI Characters –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– To use one of these characters in your format, press and hold the Alt key and type in the character codes for your chosen character using the numeric keypad. To determine the character code, add the column number and row number for the character. For example, to produce the ÿ character, you would press Alt 255 (column 15 + row 240).
Chapter 2. Using ROM Fonts ANSI Character Set n designates non-printing characters.
MPCLII Optional Fonts ROM Fonts Using ANSI Characters ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– The following ROM fonts use the ANSI characters in the formats. Rom #1: Intensive Font The Intensive Font family is used for text intensive tags or labels. These fonts are very readable.
Chapter 2. Using ROM Fonts Rom #2: Compliance Label Font The Compliance Label Font family is used on compliance labels. Compliance labels are shipping labels used exclusively for a certain retailer. The label complies with the retailer’s standards.
MPCLII Optional Fonts Rom #3: Headline Font #1 The Headline and Large Font families give a variety of looks to information that requires emphasis on your tags or labels. Font Style Point Size 520 12 521 14 522 18 523 24 524 28 Copper Black Refer to Appendix B, "Sample Formats," for a format using the headline font.
Chapter 2. Using ROM Fonts Rom #5: Large Font Font Style Point Size 540 24 541 30 CG Times CG Triumvirate 542 40 Rom #6: Script Font The Script Font family gives tags or labels a calligraphic effect.
MPCLII Optional Fonts Rom #12: Scalable Font The Scalable Font (CG Triumvirate Bold) family produces clear and readable fonts at point sizes from 4-90. Scalable fonts are smooth at any point size or magnification. The scalable font is a proportionally spaced font. Therefore, the field height and width varies with each letter. The height and width magnification entered in the format packet (text or constant text field) are point sizes (4-90) instead of magnifiers (1-7).
Chapter 2. Using ROM Fonts ROM Fonts Using Non-Standard Characters ––––––––––––––––––– The following ROM fonts use the Non-Standard Characters in the formats. Refer to Appendix A, "Character Sets" for the available foreign characters and their corresponding codes. Rom #7: Latin-Hebrew Font The Latin-Hebrew Font family prints Latin-Hebrew characters.
MPCLII Optional Fonts Rom #8: Latin-Arabic Font The Latin-Arabic Font family prints Latin-Arabic characters.
Chapter 2. Using ROM Fonts Rom #9: Greek Font The Greek Font family prints Greek characters.
MPCLII Optional Fonts Rom #10: Cyrillic Font The Cyrillic Font family prints Cyrillic characters.
Chapter 2. Using ROM Fonts Rom #11: Turkish Font The Turkish Font family prints Turkish characters.
MPCLII Optional Fonts Ordering Additional ROM Fonts ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– If you would like to order any of the ROM Fonts shown earlier in this chapter, use the following part numbers.
Appendix A. Character Sets This appendix includes the non-standard character sets for Arabic, Hebrew, Greek, Cyrillic, and Turkish fonts. To use one of these characters in your format, press and hold the Alt key and type in the character code for your chosen character using the numeric keypad. To determine the character code, add the column number and row number for the character. For example, to produce the ∞ character, you would press Alt 145 (column 144 + row 1).
MPCLII Optional Fonts Using Arabic Characters––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Refer to the chart below for the available Arabic characters.
Appendix A. Character Sets Using Hebrew Characters –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Refer to the chart below for the available Hebrew characters.
MPCLII Optional Fonts Using Greek Characters ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Refer to the chart below for the available Greek characters.
Appendix A. Character Sets Using Cyrillic Characters –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Refer to the chart below for the available Cyrillic characters.
MPCLII Optional Fonts Using Turkish Characters –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Refer to the chart below for the available Turkish characters.
Appendix B. Sample Formats This appendix includes sample formats and their accompanying batch packets.
MPCLII Optional Fonts Sample Headline Font Format Packet–––––––––––––––––––––––––– Headline Font { Selector F,20,A,R,E,160,160,"Fmt 20" p T,001,03,V,0115,0008,0,520,1,1,B,L,0,0 p T,002,03,V,0115,0075,0,520,1,1,B,L,0,0 p T,003,03,V,0091,0008,0,520,1,1,B,L,0,0 p T,004,06,V,0091,0052,0,520,1,1,B,L,0,0 p B,005,12,F,0053,0014,1,0,0030,1,L,0 p T,006,1,F,0038,0014,0,2,1,1,B,L,0,0 p R,4,005,1,1,1,1 p T,007,1,F,0038,0104,0,2,1,1,B,L,0,0 p R,4,005,12,1,1,1 p T,008,07,V,0010,0017,0,522,1,1,B,L,0,0 p } Headline Font S
Appendix B. Sample Formats Sample Scalable Font Format Packet –––––––––––––––––––––––––– F,2,A,R,E,200,250,"FONT50" p T,1,8,V,160,45,0,50,24,24,B,L,0,0,0 p T,2,5,V,125,45,0,50,24,24,B,L,0,0,0 p T,3,15,V,100,45,0,50,14,14,B,L,0,0,0 p T,4,15,V,75,45,0,50,12,12,B,L,0,0,0 p B,5,12,F,10,45,1,2,40,1,L,0 p } Sample Batch Packet { B,2,N,1 p 1,"MERRY" p 2,"MART" p 3,"LG Winter Coat" p 4,"$189.95" p 5,"345911871209" p } Scalable Font Selector Height Magnification Width Magnification Sample Tag Font 50 (24 pt.
MPCLII Optional Fonts Sample Greek Font Format Packet –––––––––––––––––––––––––––– { F,1,A,R,E,200,250,"Greek" p T,1,18,V,165,45,0,587,1,1,B,L,0,0,0 p T,2,18,V,135,45,0,583,1,1,B,L,0,0,0 p T,3,18,V,115,45,0,582,1,1,B,L,0,0,0 p T,4,18,V,90,45,0,582,1,1,B,L,0,0,0 p B,5,12,F,10,45,1,0,40,1,L,0 p T,6,8,V,65,45,0,582,1,1,B,L,0,0,0 p } Greek Font Selector Greek Font Selector Sample Batch Packet { B,1,N,1 p 1,"+-++" p 2,"College-Wear" p 3,"--+" p 4,"Sm. Sweatshirt" p 5,"345911871209" p 6,"$49.
MONARCH PRINTER CONTROL LANGUAGE II For supplies, service, or assistance call: TOLL FREE: 1-800-543-6650 (In the U.S.A.) 1-800-263-4650 (In Canada) Optional Fonts Manual INTERNET ADDRESS: www.monarch.com Published by the Technical Communications Department. Printed in U.S.A. TCMPCL2OF Rev AA 06/00 ©1995 Monarch Marking Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
