Avery Dennison Monarch 9906 MLI - Manual

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TC9906MLIQR Rev. AB 1/11
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M L I Q U I C K R E F E R E N C E
Avery Dennison’s MONARCH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER™ (MLI™) and this Quick Reference
are intended to help you use the MONARCH® 9906 printer, which was set up for use with ZIH
Corp.’s ZPL II®. If you have any questions about using a MONARCH® printer with these data
streams, please contact your Monarch representative.
This Quick Reference lists the ZPL II® commands (with any applicable notes) that the 9906
printer can interpret.
Note: Information in this document supercedes information in previous versions. Check our
Web site (
www.monarch.com ) for the latest release and documentation information.
S e l e c t i n g t h e I n t e r p r e t e r
When you turn on the printer, you must set
the interpreter to MLI or MPCL to print non-
MLI data streams.
To change this setting from the Main Menu,
select Setup.
1. Press  or  until Interpreter is on the
display.
SETUP
 Interpreter 
MPCL
CHANGE BACK
2. Press CHANGE then press  until MLI
is on the display.
MAIN MENU
Interpreter
 MLI 
SET CANCEL
3. Press SET to save the change.

The printer reboots automatically after
selecting an interpreter. This process
may take several seconds.
 When you print test labels with MLI
set as the interpreter, the model
number appears as M9906MLI.
O v e r v i e w o f D i f f e r e n c e s
 ZPL II® formats have a reference point at
the upper left-hand corner of the printed
label. The MONARCH 9906 printer’s
reference point is at the lower left-hand
corner of the printed label.
 The MONARCH 9906 printer is inside
edge-justified, maximum supply width is
4.2 inches wide, and the maximum image
size is 4.09 inches.
 The MONARCH 9906 printer calibrates
when it receives the first byte of data
from the host or whenever the printhead
is closed.
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The MONARCH 9906 printer, using the
MLI™, only reports the following errors:
409-426; 497, 499, and 703-793. Refer
to your printer’s Operator’s Handbook or
the 9906 Packet Reference Manual for
descriptions of these errors.