Specifications

7193 Owner’s Guide Commands
May 1996
Print Bar Code
Selects the bar code type and prints a bar code for the ASCII characters entered.
When data is present in the print buffer, the command is ignored. The required
paper feeding is performed, regardless of the current line spacing. If the width
exceeds one line, the excess data is not printed. Illegal data cancels the command.
Hex Decimal ASCII Value of
n
Value of
c
1D 6B
n c1 c2...00
29 107
n c1 c2...00
GS k
n c1 c2...00
0-7
(See Table)
ASCII
Characters
00 = End of command.
n
Bar Code Length
0 UPC-A Fixed Length
1 UPC-E Fixed Length
2 JAN13 (EAN) Fixed Length
3 JAN8 (EAN) Fixed Length
4 Code 39 Variable Length
5 Interleaved 2 of 5 Variable Length
6 Codabar Variable Length
Note: Fixed-length codes can be aligned left, center, or right using the Align
Positions (1B 61) command. Variable-length codes are always center aligned.
The check digit is calculated for UPC and JAN (EAN) codes if it is not sent from
the host system. Six-character zero-suppressed UPC-E tags are generated from
full 11 or 12 characters sent from the host system according to standard UPC-E
rules. Start/Stop characters are added for Code 39 if they are not included.