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Packet Reference Manual
Classification: Avery Dennison – Public
Standard Syntax Guidelines
W hen c reating MPCLII pac kets :
♦
Begin eac h pac ket with a
start of he ade r
(
{
).
♦
End eac h pac ket with an
e nd of he ade r
(
}
).
♦
Define no m ore than
1000
fields in a form at. Eac h | indic ates one field. However, options are
not c ounted as fields . The ac tual num ber of fields a form at c an have m ay be les s , bec aus e the
num ber of fields is lim ited by the available m em ory.
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The field num ber (
0
to
999
) m us t be unique. Start at 1, ins tead of 0.
♦
Do not us e a field num ber m ore than onc e per form at.
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Define all fields in the order to im age/print them . The printer does not print in field num ber
order.
♦
Separate all param eters with a
Parame te r Se parator
(
,
).
♦
End eac h field with a
Fie ld Se parator
(
|
).
♦
Enter all inform ation in CAPITAL letters , exc ept words or phras es within quotation m arks .
♦
Inc lude all param eters for a field unles s doc um ented as optional.
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Define non-printable text fields before the field to whic h they apply.
♦
Define options im m ediately after the field to whic h they apply.
♦
Multiple options c an be us ed with m os t fields . Options c an be us ed in any c om bination exc ept
as noted with eac h definition. Options are proc es s ed in the order they are rec eived.
♦
Keep in m ind that proportionally s pac ed fonts need wider fields than m onos pac ed fonts . For
variable field data, us e a letter W to determ ine the m axim um field s iz e.
♦
Do not plac e a new line (return) or any other non-printing c harac ter within a field definition.
However, a c arriage return or line break after eac h | m akes form ats eas ier to read.
T,1 ,2 0 ,V,30 ,3 0,1,1,1,1,B,C,0,0,0 |
T,2 ,1 0 ,V,50 ,3 0,1,1,1,1,B,C,0,0,0 |
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Spac es are ignored, exc ept within c harac ter s trings .
♦
Indenting options im proves readability of form ats .
T,1 ,1 8 ,V,30 ,3 0,1,1,1,1,B,C,0,0,0 |
R,4 2 ,1 |
♦
Us e a tilde (~) followed by a 3-digit ASCII c ode in a quoted s tring to s end func tion c odes or
extended c harac ters or s end the 8-bit ASCII c ode.
Modify form ats and fields with the optional entry m ethod. See “
” in Chapter
6 for m ore inform ation.
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