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RINT BAR CODE

Selects the bar code type and prints a bar code for the ASCII characters entered. If the width of the bar code

exceeds one line, the bar code is not printed.

There are two variations to this command. The first variation uses a NULL character to terminate the string;

the second uses a length byte at the beginning of the string to compensate for the Code 128 bar code that

can accept a NULL character as part of the data. With the second variation the length of byte is specified at

the beginning of the string.

Bar codes can be aligned left, center, or right using the Align Positions

command (1B 61).

The check digit is calculated for UPC and JAN (EAN) codes if it is not sent from the host computer. Six-

character zero-suppressed UPC-E tags are generated from full 11 or 12 characters sent from the host

computer according to standard UPC-E rules. Start/Stop characters are added for Code 39 if they are not

included.

Rotated barcodes set with small modules (select bar code width command 1D 77 n , n=2 and PDF417

barcodes in any orientation are printed at low speed, for better readability.

First Variation Second Variation

ASCII

GS k m d1…dk NUL GS k m n d1…dn

Hexadecimal 1D 6B m d1…dk NUL 1D 6B m n d1…dn

Decimal

29 107 m d1 dk NUL 29 107 m n d1…dn

(0 = End of command)

Exceptions

The command is only valid at the beginning of a line.

Illegal data cancels the command.

Values

First Variation: Data string terminated with NULL Character

M Bar Code D n, Length

0 UPC-A 48- 57 (ASCII numerals) Fixed Length: 11, 12

1 UPC-E 48- 57 Fixed Length: 11, 12

2 JAN13 (EAN) 48- 57 Fixed Length: 12, 13

3 JAN8 (EAN) 48- 57 Fixed Length: 7,8

4 Code 39 48- 57,

65- 90 (ASCII alphabet),

32, 36, 37, 43, 45, 46, 47 (ASCII special characters)

d1 = dk = 42 (start/stop code is supplied by printer

if necessary)

Variable Length

5 Interleaved 2

of 5

48- 57 Variable Length

(Even Number)

6 Codabar 65- 68, start code,48- 57, 36, 43, 45, 46, 47, 58 Variable Length

10 PDF 417 32-255 Variable Length