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Monarch ® , 9825 ® , 9855 ® , and 9860 ® are tradem arks of Paxar Americas, Inc. Avery Denn ison ® is a trademark of Avery Dennison Corp. DataBar is a trademark of GS1. Portions of this software are © 2007 The FreeT ype Project (www.freetype.org). All rights reserved. TC9855PMAD2 Rev. AB 4/08 © 2008 Avery Dennison Corp. All rights reserved. [...]
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2 Defining a GS1 DataBar ™ (RSS) Symbology The GS1 DataBa r is a family of linear symb ologies. De pending on the bar code data en tered, th e bar code may appear as a 2D bar code stacked on top of the linea r bar code. For more in formatio n about the GS 1 DataBar ba r code, refe r to the GS1 Ge neral Speci fication . Syntax B,field#,# of char,f[...]
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3 Left-Justified Fields Row B4. fix/var Fixed ( F ) or variab le ( V ) length field. B5. row Distan ce from bott om of the print area to the pivot poi nt of the fiel d. The pivot poin t varies, depending on ho w the field is justified . To easily identify the pivot points (ma rked with a circle), a linear bar code is show n: Printer Unit of Measure[...]
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4 B8. density Bar code densi ty. The range is 2-8. The default is 2 . Select the density from the following table. Bar Code Type Density Selector 203 dpi Narrow Element Size (dots/mils) 300 dpi Narrow Element Size (dots/mils) Data Length Char Set 2 2/9.9 3/9.8 3 3/14.8 4/13.1 4 4/19.7 5/16.4 5 5/24.6 7/23 6 6/29.6 8/26.2 7 7/34.5 10/32.8 GS1 DataBa[...]
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5 B13. type Select from th e bar code family . Options: 1 GS1 Da taBar 1 4 2 GS1 Da taBar 14 Truncated 3 GS1 DataB ar 14 Stac ked 4 GS1 Da taBar 14 Stacked Omni d irectional 5 GS1 Da taBar L imited 6 GS1 DataBar Expanded 7 UPCA 8 UPCE 9 EAN13 10 EAN8 11 UCC/EAN128 and CC A/B 12 UCC/EAN128 and CC C B14. sep_height Height of the separator between the[...]
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6 Defining the RFI D Setup Packet for UH F (9855 only) Use the RF ID setup p acket (X) to set the pro tocol, write att empts, re ad power, write po wer, and signal adjus t. Note: Refer to the RFID Setup G uide and S upply Char t for the read and write power settin gs and sign al adjustme nt based on your RFID supplies. Syntax {I,X,protoc ol,write _[...]
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7 Defining the RFID Setup Pa cket for HF (9855 only) Use the RFID setu p packet (X) to set the protoco l, write attempt s and attenuatio n. Note: Refer to the HF Setup Gu ide and Supply Chart for the prot ocol and attenuation settings based on your RFID supplies . Syntax {I,X,protoc ol,write _attem,att enuation ¦} X1. X RFID Setup Packet X2. prot [...]
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8 Using Internatio nal Fonts Version 6.0 or greate r (9855/98 60) and versi on 3.0 or greater (9825 ) have a new font rasterizer, which allows for an addition al symbol s et (110 – Unicode UT F-8). To use this symbo l set, you must downlo ad an Internationa l TrueType font. An Inte rnational TrueType font conta ining Chinese or Japanese ch aracte[...]
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9 The printe r automati cally translates som e character mappings to othe rs. For example, if you need a BIG 5 font, it is possible to use Unicod e text da ta. Use Unicode in the symbo l set parameter to indica te the text mappin g and select the BIG5 font needed in the font pa rameter (T8 or C5). The printer automatica lly translates th e Unicode [...]
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10 In text (T15) an d constant text (C1 3) fields, symbol set 110 (Unic ode UTF-8) is available. T15. sym set Symbol set. Op tions: 0 Internal Sy mbol Set 1 ANSI Symbol Set 100 Macintosh 101 Wingdings 102 Unicode (user input) for particul ar mapping 103 BIG5 (use r input) for Uni code mapping* 104 GB2312 (user inpu t) for Unicode mapping* 105 SJIS [...]
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11 Setting the Numeric Format Use the new menu item in the Setup, Defa ults menu to select h ow numeric values appear in your printed data. With symbol set 110 (Uni code UTF-8), data sent to the pr inter can be in mixed format (Latin a nd Arabic cha racters). The choices inclu de Default, Arabic-I ndic, and East ern Arabic. Default Latin numera ls [...]
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12 To change the set ting, from the Main Menu, s elect Setup, then Defaults. Then, follow the se steps. 1. Press » or ¼ until you see DEFA ULTS » Numeric Format ¼ 2. Press Enter/Pause . The current set ting is dis played, fo r example: NUMERIC FORMAT Default ¼ 3. Press » or ¼ until you see the optio n you want. Then press Enter/Pause . Press[...]
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13 The following labe l prints with Arabic- Indic set fo r the Numeric Format: Viewing the Serial Num ber (9825 only) The printer's seria l number can be vie wed by accessing the Di agnostics menu. Pre ss Feed/C ut three times and then pres s Enter/Pause . 1. From the Diagnos tics menu, pre ss » or ¼ until y ou se e DIAGNOSTICS Version ¼ 2.[...]
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