DevicesCustom Commands for Monarch Devices

If the Family selected is Family Driver and the Model selected is MPCLClosed Monarch Printer Control Language, a printer control language by Avery Dennison., then the Custom Commands tab displays the following options. Some options may not be relevant to some device models. For more information about drivers and Loftware Enterprise™ SP, see Managing Devices.

Custom commands are sent even if Send Device Options is cleared in the Advanced tab.

Note: You can enter lower ASCII control codes by using mnemonic text representation. The mnemonic text must be upper case. For example, you can use <ESC> for an escape character or <HT> for a tab character. To enter upper case text that includes < or > but should not be converted to a control code, enclose the text with << and >>. For example, <<US>> is converted to <US>. Lower case or mixed case text enclosed in < and > will remain as is and will not be converted into a control code. For a list of common control codes, see Lower ASCII Control Codes.

Command Location

You can configure custom MPCL commands to occur in specific locations within the job.

Option Description

Before Label

Command to occur as the first command sent to the device at the start of the job. On an extended print job (multiple label requests in print stream), this command occurs only before the first label request.

After Configuration Header

Command to occur immediately after the configuration part of the print stream.

After Format

Command to occur immediately after the portion of the print stream containing information about the fields.

After Label

Command to occur as the last command sent after each label.

Note: For more information about MPCL, see NOVEXX Solutions or Avery Dennison documentation.