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— 5. Bar code and enlarged character function —
The printer has 14 types of bar codes.
Software commands and options #40 to #42 on the EXTENDED
SETUP MODE are used to print bar codes and enlarged characters.
The software commands are unique to the printer. See the following
pages for details of these commands.
The printer can print bar codes and enlarged characters.
To activate the bar code and enlarged character function, set #40
BARCODE/ENLARGED CHAR to MODE 1 or MODE 2 in the
EXTENDED SETUP MODE.
This function is applicable to the EPSON or IBM or HP mode. This
section describes the outline and details of the bar code and enlarged
character function.
Outline of bar code function
1.Industrial 2 of 5 8.Code 128
2.Interleaved 2 of 5 9.EAN-8
3.Matrix 2 of 5 10.EAN-13
4.Codabar 11.UPC-A
5.Code 11 12.UPC-E
6.Code 39 13.Postnet
7.Code 93 14. Element (Created in elements.)
Makeup of bar code
See page 3-36.
Start Character : Initial character of data
DATA : Alphanumeric data
Check Character : Character for check errors in read data
Stop Character : Last character of data
HRI : Human Readable Interpretation
ICG : Gap between characters (Inter Character Gap)
Margin : Data-free portions must be provided on both sides.
Each data-free portion must be approximately ten
times as wide as the narrow space (NS).
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