Avery Dennison Monarch Tabletop Printer 2, Reference Manual

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Checking Current Buffer Siz es
Send a c onfiguration upload pac ket to c hec k the s iz es of the buffers . See “ Configuration Pac ket
Header ” for m ore inform ation. After c hec king the c urrent buffer s iz es , begin realloc ating m em ory.
To inc reas e the im age buffer and not us e downloaded fonts , add that m em ory into the im age
buffer.
Exam ple
{I,D,R,8 0 | Downloadable fonts buffe r 8K
M ,I,R,4 400 |} Image buffe r 440K
Make s ure m em ory is available before adding m em ory to a buffer. In the above exam ple, if the
im age buffer (M,I,R,4400) was defined before the downloadable fonts (M,D,R,80) buffer, an error
would have oc c urred.
A b o u t M e m or y B u f f e r s
Image Buffe r
Us ed to im age the c urrent form at. The printer s upports two 4-inc h by 8-inc h
buffers . Im ages up to 16 inc hes long c an be defined without realloc ating
m em ory. The im age buffer is c leared after a printer res et.
Us e the form ula below to c alc ulate the approxim ate im age buffer s iz e.
2 1 K x Le ng th (fo r 2 0 3 dpi) OR
4 6 K x Le ng th (fo r 3 0 0 dpi)
Length is the length of the label in inc hes .
203 DPI Ex am ple
2 1 K x 2 5 = 5 2 5
(Multiply by 10 and round up to the next whole num ber if nec es s ary)
5 2 5 K x 1 0 = 5 2 5 0
Enter 5250 for the Im age buffer.
300 DPI Ex am ple
4 6 K x 2 6 .7 5 = 1 2 3 0 .5
(Multiply by 10 and round up to the next whole num ber if nec es s ary)
1 2 3 0 .5 x 1 0 = 1 2 3 0 5
Enter 12305 for the Im age buffer.
Format Buffe r
Us ed to s tore form ats , batc h data, and graphic s . Us e the following form ula to
c alc ulate the required form at buffer s iz e:
Line co unt x 5 0 /1 0 2 4
Linec ount is the num ber of lines in the form at pac ket inc luding the form at
header and all the options .
The res ult of the above c alc ulation is in kilobytes . Form ats rem ain in m em ory
when the printer is turned off.
Downloadable
Fonts Buffe r
Us ed to s tore downloaded (bitm apped or TrueType) fonts . To determ ine the
s iz e of the downloadable fonts , s end a font pac ket. For TrueType fonts , the file
s iz e, in bytes , is the m inim um am ount needed in this buffer. See “
Us ing the
Font Pac ket ” for m ore inform ation. Fonts s tored in this buffer are deleted
when the printer is turned off. Store downloaded fonts into flas h m em ory.