Canon MF820Cdn- User Manual

vi Preface Thank you for purchasing this Canon product. Please read this manual thoroughly before operating the machine to familiarise yourself with its capabilities, and to make the most of its many functions. After reading this manual, store it in a safe place for future reference. NOTE Available ...

vii Legal Notices Licence Notice This machine is equipped with BarDIMM™ technology under licence from Jet CAPS International Business Strategy. Copyright 1994-2004 Jet CAPS International Business Strategy. All rights reserved. Trademarks PCL, PCL5, PCL6, and HP-GL are registered trademarks of Hewlet...

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Introduction 1-2 Before You Start 1 Introduction Overview of Bar Codes Bar code technology provides an easy, inexpensive, and highly accurate means of data entry and storage for computerized information management systems. Item identification information (e.g., inventory control, work-in-progress tr...

Menus and Their Functions 1-3 Before You Start 1 Menus and Their Functions When the Bar Code Printing function is activated, the BarDIMM and FreeScape menus become available in the PCL/PS menu. NOTE • Make sure that the Bar Code Printing function is enabled before you print bar codes. • When the Bar...

Menus and Their Functions 1-4 Before You Start 1 FreeScape Menu Off, ˜, ", #, $, /, \, ?, {, }, | You can specify the AEC (Alternate Escape Code) to be used for bar code commands when the host computer does not support the standard Escape Code.

2-1 CHAPTER 2 Getting Started This chapter explains the methods used to build bar codes, and the commands used to print bar codes. Building/Printing a Bar Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Building a Bar Code . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Building/Printing a Bar Code 2-2 Ge ttin g Sta rted 2 Building/Printing a Bar Code This section describes the methods used to build/print bar codes. Building a Bar Code The Bar Code Printing function generates bar codes according to the set PCL font parameters. The PCL font parameters used in this s...

Building/Printing a Bar Code 2-3 Ge ttin g Sta rted 2 Printing a Bar Code This section describes how the Bar Code Printing function prints a bar code. Cursor Position Before a bar code is printed, the cursor is located in the bottom left corner under the leftmost black bar, regardless of the bar cod...

Building/Printing a Bar Code 2-4 Ge ttin g Sta rted 2 Presentation Each bar code format can be enlarged to any height from 1/25" to 13" (1 mm to 33 cm) in 1/72" increments. Bar widths can be enlarged in 1/600" units, and code values can be printed as text together with differently em...

Control Codes 2-5 Ge ttin g Sta rted 2 Control Codes This section provides examples of commands that can be used to create bar codes. PCL Escape Sequences The escape sequence controls the character strings (Hexa: 1B or Dec: 27) that begin with <Esc>. By embedding and sending these character st...

Control Codes 2-7 Ge ttin g Sta rted 2 FreeScape Codes PCL codes always begin with the unprintable escape code Hexa: 1B or Dec: 27. Some systems cannot use or send binary data to a device, which can represent a problem when using the PCL language with bar codes. An example of this kind of system is ...

CHAPTER 3-1 3 Bar Code Symbols and Formats This chapter describes the font parameters for the T, p, h, v, b, s, and Code 128 parameters, as well as the various bar code usages and formats. Font Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Font Parameters 3-2 Ba r Co de Symb ols a nd Fo rm at s 3 Font Parameters This section describes the parameters for creating the fonts used in bar codes. NOTE • Values cannot have decimals. For example, "2.5" is an invalid value. • Bar code parameters must be combined in a unique PCL escape ...

Font Parameters 3-4 Ba r Co de Symb ols a nd Fo rm at s 3 p Parameter The p parameter, <Esc>(s#p, controls whether a human readable text caption is printed with bar codes, and the method used to print it. ■ 1D Bar Codes The numbers below represent the values that are used to define the command...

Font Parameters 3-6 Ba r Co de Symb ols a nd Fo rm at s 3 h Parameter The h parameter, Esc(s#h, controls which font is used for the human readable text caption. ■ 1D Bar Codes Format: CBA, numeric value, position Example: If 402h is entered as the 1D bar code using the h parameter, the text will be ...

Font Parameters 3-7 Ba r Co de Symb ols a nd Fo rm at s 3 v Parameter The v parameter, Esc(s#v, controls the bar height and the number of rows or columns that are used for the bar code. ■ 1D Bar Codes Controls the bar height in increments of 1/60" (0.42 mm). If the value entered is lower than th...

Font Parameters 3-8 Ba r Co de Symb ols a nd Fo rm at s 3 b Parameter The b parameter, Esc(#1,#2,#3,#4b, controls the bar width. ■ 1D Bar Codes Example: Thin bars 4 dots, thick bars 8 dots: 4,8b ■ 2D Bar Codes PDF-417 Example: 8 columns, 10 lines mandatory size, non truncated: 8,10,0b Example: Data ...

Font Parameters 3-9 Ba r Co de Symb ols a nd Fo rm at s 3 ■ OMR Controls the OMR mark's thickness in dots (1/600"). Example: .01" for a thin mark, and .02" for a thick mark: 6,12b s Parameter The s parameter, Esc(s#1,#2,#3,#4s, controls the width of the spaces. ■ 1D Bar Codes Example: Th...

Font Parameters 3-10 Ba r Co de Symb ols a nd Fo rm at s 3 Example: Alphanumeric data: 2s ■ OMR Controls the OMR mark spacing in dots (1/600"). Default value = 85 (1/7"). Code 128 Control Codes Code 128 has five non-data special control codes called Function Codes, and three control codes wh...

Bar Code Format Parameters 3-12 Ba r Co de Symb ols a nd Fo rm at s 3 Bar Code Format Parameters This section describes the different bar code parameters. Default Parameters Bar Code Name Height * 1 Text- Flag Bar Width 1* 3 Bar Width 2* 3 Bar Width 3* 3 Bar Width 4* 3 Space Width 1* 3 Space Width 2...

Bar Code Format Parameters 3-14 Ba r Co de Symb ols a nd Fo rm at s 3 Sizing Parameters Bar Code Type Characters Encoded* 1 Input Length * 2 * 3 Character Width* 4 Compression Start/Stop Size* 5 (in Thin Bar) Checksums UPC-A D 11 7 No 11 1 UPC-E D 11 or 6 3, 5 (for 11) 7 (for 6) Yes (for 11) 14, 5 (...

Bar Code Usages and Formats 3-16 Ba r Co de Symb ols a nd Fo rm at s 3 Bar Code Usages and Formats This section describes the supported bar code types, and their usages and formats. 1D Bar Codes UPC-A The UPC-A bar code is the standard bar code format in the United States for items sold to the publi...

Bar Code Usages and Formats 3-19 Ba r Co de Symb ols a nd Fo rm at s 3 Danish Postal 39 Bar Code (Denmark Only) This is a special 3 of 9 bar code that is used on parcel labels for shipment throughout the postal service in Denmark. The Danish Postal 39 bar code contains 10 digits, a special checksum,...

Bar Code Usages and Formats 3-21 Ba r Co de Symb ols a nd Fo rm at s 3 Codabar/Monarch Encodes digits and punctuation characters. Used mostly for the labeling of blood products. Code 93 A compressed version of Code 39. Extended Code 93 A compressed version of Extended Code 39. MSI Plessey The MSI Pl...

Bar Code Usages and Formats 3-23 Ba r Co de Symb ols a nd Fo rm at s 3 Singapore 4 State Bar Code The Singapore Postal Service is promoting the use of a 4 State bar code to speed up mail sorting. This 4 State bar code encodes a six digit number, and has a checksum appended to the data. You must inpu...

Bar Code Usages and Formats 3-24 Ba r Co de Symb ols a nd Fo rm at s 3 Australia Post 4 State Bar Codes Established in 1998, Australia Post 4 State bar codes are used to enable the Australian Postal Service to sort incoming mail via bar codes that are read from letters. There are three different typ...

Bar Code Usages and Formats 3-25 Ba r Co de Symb ols a nd Fo rm at s 3 2D Bar Codes IMPORTANT To encode data including an escape character (27 decimal or 1B hexadecimal), data must be enclosed in a Transparent Print Data mode sequence. (See "Transparent Print Data Mode," on p. 2-3.) UPS Maxi...

Bar Code Usages and Formats 3-30 Ba r Co de Symb ols a nd Fo rm at s 3 Data Matrix Data Matrix is a high-density, 2-D matrix bar code symbology developed by RVSI - Acuity CiMatrix, which can encode a lot of information in a very small space. The Data Matrix symbology has extensive error correction c...

Bar Code Usages and Formats 3-31 Ba r Co de Symb ols a nd Fo rm at s 3 Codablock F Codablock F is a 2-D bar code developed by ELMICRON as an extension of Code 128. Using Codablock F, you can separate Code 128 into several sections and arrange them into a multiple row symbol. A Codablock F symbol may...

Bar Code Usages and Formats 3-32 Ba r Co de Symb ols a nd Fo rm at s 3 OMR Marks OMR marks are horizontal or vertical black solid lines that are found on printed mailing sheets. The mail processing machines check for these lines on every page that is fed into them. The tracking of these marks trigge...

Bar Code Usages and Formats 3-33 Ba r Co de Symb ols a nd Fo rm at s 3 Euro Currency Symbols and Additional Fonts The Bar Code Printing function features fonts and scalable logos that can be used with bar codes on labels and other documents, Euro symbols, manufacturing, electronic, and safety symbol...

Bar Code Usages and Formats 3-34 Ba r Co de Symb ols a nd Fo rm at s 3 Electronic and Safety Symbols Escape Sequence: <Esc>(10Q<Esc>(s1p<size>vs3b10400T <size> is the symbol size in points (1/72"). Odette Transport Label Macros The Bar Code Printing function contains the ...

CHAPTER 4-1 4 Troubleshooting This chapter provides a list of error messages that could be generated, along with their possible causes and remedies. List of Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 Troubleshooting . . . ...

List of Error Messages 4-2 Tr ou blesho ot ing 4 List of Error Messages This section explains the various error messages that could be generated, along with their possible causes and remedies. If an error message occurs, an X is printed on top of the bar code, and the error message appears automatic...

Troubleshooting 4-5 Tr ou blesho ot ing 4 Troubleshooting If you have trouble printing bar codes, we recommend the following remedies. Printing Problems The message "MEMORY OVERFLOW" appears. Cause The Bar Code Printing function is not enabled, resulting in the creation of oversized fonts th...

CHAPTER 5-1 5 Appendix Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Index 5-2 Ap pe ndix 5 Index Numerics 1D Bar Codes, 1-2, 3-162D Bar Codes, 1-2, 3-25 A Accessing the Menus, 1-3Australia Post 4 State Bar Codes, 3-24Aztec Code, 3-30 B b Parameter, 3-8Bar Code Format Parameters, 3-12Bar Code Readability, 2-4Bar Code Rotation Codes, 2-5Bar Code Usages and Formats, 3-...