Avery Dennison Monarch 6017 Programmer Manual - Manual (Page 5)

Introduction 1-1
I N T R O D U C T I O N
The Monarch® 6017™ HandiPrint™ printer works with application
programs written for the SYMBOL® SPT® 1700 or PPT® 2700 handheld
computers (“handheld”). The handheld/printer combination is suitable for
retail printing applications.
The printer control language contains commands to
♦ create and print formats.
♦ configure the printer.
♦ enable the use of certain printer features.
The application writes a data stream of commands (in the printer's control
language) to the printer. It writes these commands either directly or through
the Symbol Application Programming Interface (API). For information about
the API, refer to Symbol's Web site (
www.symbol.com ).
This manual describes the printer's control language.
D u t y C y c l e
The HandiPrint 6017 printer is designed to print up to 1000 inches per day.
The average print rate is 1 inch every 10 seconds at a text character pr int
density of 25% (i.e., one character printed out of every four positions). Bar
codes and graphics are more dense (print with more dots) than text and may
need a lower duty cycle.
If the duty cycle is exceeded, the printer may not print
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all of the information that was sent to it.