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    ©1995 Monarch Marking Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. TCMPCL2OF Rev AA 06/00 Optional Fonts Manual CONTROL LANGUAGE Published by the Technical Communications Department. Printed in U.S.A. II MONARCH PRINTER For supplies, service, or assistance call: TOLL FREE: 1-800-543-6650 (In the U.S.A.) 1-800-263-4650 (In Canada) INTERNET ADDRESS: www.monar[...]

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    Each product and program carries a respective written warrant y , the only warranty on which the customer can rel y . 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, Mo[...]

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    Table of Cont ents Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 About this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 T erms to Know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Chapter 2. Using ROM F onts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    Appendix A . Character Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 Using Arabic Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2 Using Hebrew Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A- 3 Using Greek Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A- 4 Using Cyrillic Ch[...]

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    Chapter 1. Introduction This ma nual ap plies on ly if you have pur chased o ption al ROM fonts for your prin ter . The fonts descri bed in this manual w ere designed to be used with an y MPCLI I (Mona rch® Prin ter Con trol La nguage version II) printer . Be sure you unde rstand the informatio n in the MPCLII P acket R eference M anual before you[...]

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    T er ms to Know ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Proportional spaced fonts All chara cters have different w idths and are difficu lt to center justify . ROM F onts These a re sto red on a ROM chip whi ch is instal led in yo ur priner . They cannot[...]

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    Chapter 2. Using ROM Fonts This chapte r describes ! how to us e ANSI characte rs with ROM fonts. ! the av ailabl e ROM fonts. ! orderin g information for ad ditional ROM fonts. Option al fon ts are ava ilable in one o f sever al ROM sets . Refer to the following tab les to locate the style for your chose n font. F onts 1-6 and 12 us e the ANS I ch[...]

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    Using ANSI Characters –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– T o use one o f these ch aracters in your format, pre ss and h old the Alt ke y and typ e in the ch aracter c odes for your ch osen character usi ng the numeric keypa d. T o determine the chara cter code , add t h[...]

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    ANSI Ch aracter S et n design ates no n-pr inting ch aract ers. Chap ter 2. Usin g ROM F onts 2-3[...]

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    ROM F onts Using ANSI Characters ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– The foll owing ROM fonts use the ANSI characters i n the formats. Ro m #1: Intens ive F ont The Intens ive F ont famil y is used for te xt intensive tags or labels . These fonts are ver y readable. Font Style P oi nt Size CG Times 500 [...]

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    R om #2: Compliance Lab el F ont The Com plianc e Label F ont fa mily i s used o n compli ance labels . Compl iance la bels are s hipping labels used exclusiv ely for a certain reta iler . The label comp lies with the retail er’s st andards. F ont Style Po int Size CG T riumvirate 510 7 511 9 512 11 513 15 514 18 515 21 516 24 517 30 Chap ter 2. [...]

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    R om #3: H eadline F o nt #1 The He adline and L arge Font fa milies give a varie ty of loo ks to info rmatio n that requ ires emph asis on your tag s or lab els. F ont Style P oint Size Copper Black 520 12 521 14 522 18 523 24 524 28 Refer to Appe ndix B, "Samp le F ormats," for a forma t using the headli ne font. R om #4: H eadline F o [...]

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    Ro m #5: Large F o nt F ont Style P oint Size CG Tim es 540 24 541 30 CG T riumvirate 542 40 Ro m #6: Scri pt F ont The Scrip t F ont family gives tags or la bels a calli graphic effect. Font Styl e Point Size Signe t Roun dhan d 550 10 551 12 552 15 553 18 554 24 555 30 Chap ter 2. Usin g ROM F o nts 2-7[...]

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    Ro m #12: Scalab le F ont The Sc alable F ont (CG T rium virate B old  ) fami ly prod uces clear and read able fonts at point si zes from 4 -90. Sca lable font s are smoo th at any poin t size or m agnif icatio n. The scalabl e font is a prop orti onally sp aced fo nt. The refor e, the field heig ht and width varies with ea ch letter . The heigh[...]

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    ROM F onts Using Non-St andard Characters ––––––––––––––––––– The foll owing R OM fon ts use the Non-Stan dard Cha racters in the formats. R efer to Appendix A, "Character Se ts" for the availa ble fo reign cha racte rs and th eir corr espond ing code s. Ro m #7: Lati n-Hebrew F ont The Lati n-Hebrew [...]

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    Ro m #8: Lati n-Arabic F ont The Lati n-Arabic Fo nt family pr ints Latin- Arabic characters. F ont Style P oint Size CG Tim es 571 10 572 12 573 15 574 18 575 21 576 24 577 30 MPC LII Op tional F onts 2-10[...]

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    Ro m #9: Greek F ont The G reek F ont fam ily pr ints Gr eek cha racters. F ont Style P oint Siz e Univers 580 7 581 9 582 11 583 15 584 18 585 21 586 24 587 30 Chap ter 2. Usin g ROM F o nts 2-11[...]

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    Ro m #10: Cyrillic F ont The Cyrillic Font f amily p rin ts Cyrill ic chara cter s. F ont Style P oi nt Size Univers 590 7 591 9 592 11 593 15 594 18 595 21 596 24 597 30 MPC LII Op tional F onts 2-12[...]

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    Ro m #11: T urkish F ont The T urkish Font fa mily pr ints T urkish characters. F ont Style P oi nt Size Univers 600 7 601 9 602 11 603 15 604 18 605 21 606 24 607 30 Chap ter 2. Usin g ROM F o nts 2-13[...]

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    Ordering Ad ditional ROM F onts ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– If you wo uld like to order an y of the R OM F onts shown ea rlier in this chapter , use the followi ng part numbers. ROM Number P art Number 1 (Intensive) 11497710 2 (Compliance Label) 11497810 3 (Headline #1) 11497910 4 (Headlin[...]

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    Append ix A. Character Sets This ap pendix i ncludes th e non -standa rd chara cter se ts for Arabic, He brew , Greek, Cyri llic, and T urkish fonts. T o use one o f these ch aracters in your format, pre ss and h old the Alt ke y and typ e in the ch aracter c ode for yo ur chos en character usi ng the numeric keypa d. T o determine the chara cter c[...]

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    Using Arabic Characters ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Refe r to th e chart b elow f or the a vailabl e Arab ic chara cters. MPC LII Op tional F onts A-2[...]

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    Using Hebrew Characters –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Refe r to th e chart b elow f or the a vailabl e Hebr ew charact ers. Appen dix A. Charact er Sets A-3[...]

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    Using Greek Characters ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Refe r to th e chart b elow for the a vailabl e Greek cha racter s. MPC LII Op tional F onts A-4[...]

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    Using Cyrillic Characters –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Refer to the cha rt below for the avai lable C yrillic cha racte rs. Appen dix A. Charact er Sets A-5[...]

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    Using T urkish Characters –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Refer to the cha rt below for the available T urkish charac ters. MPC LII Op tional F onts A-6[...]

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    Appendix B. Sample Formats This appendi x includes sample formats an d their acco mpanyin g batch pa ckets. Sample Standard F ont F or mat P a cket –––––––––––––––––––––––––– { F,20,A,R,E,160,160,"Fmt 20" p T,001,03,V,0115,0008,0,1,1,1,B,L,0,0 p T,002,03,V,0115,0075,0,1,1,1,B,L,0,0 p T,0[...]

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    Sample Headli ne F ont F or mat P acket –––––––––––––––––––––––––– { 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,[...]

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    Sample Scalab le F ont F or mat P a cket –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 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[...]

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    Sample Greek F ont F or mat P a cket –––––––––––––––––––––––––––– { 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[...]

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    ©1995 Monarch Marking Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. TCMPCL2OF Rev AA 06/00 Optional Fonts Manual CONTROL LANGUAGE Published by the Technical Communications Department. Printed in U.S.A. II MONARCH PRINTER For supplies, service, or assistance call: TOLL FREE: 1-800-543-6650 (In the U.S.A.) 1-800-263-4650 (In Canada) INTERNET ADDRESS: www.monar[...]