ESC/ P Command Reference

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* 0 and 1 to 4 with Micro PDF417
7. Symbol size in Y direction
[1-byte decimal] 0
[1-byte decimal] 3 to 90
* 0 and 4 to 44 with MicroPDF417
Auto setting (default value)
Manual setting
8. Aspect value
[2-byte decimal] 1 to 1000 Enter the aspect value. Actually, this is between 0.01 and
10.0. However, since a decimal point cannot be entered, a
value multiplied by 100 is entered.
The default is “50”. (The actual value is 0.5.)
* Note:
・The aspect value setting is ignored if the symbol size in the X direction or the symbol size
in the Y direction is entered manually.
・Depending on the conditions, the bar code may not be generated or a bar code that
cannot be scanned may be generated if the symbol size in the X direction or the symbol
size in the Y direction is entered manually.
・When a large cell size is specified together with a high error correction capacity, printing
may not be possible because the print buffer has become full.
[With symbol type Micro PDF417]
・Since the error correction capacity is automatically determined from the symbol size in
the X direction, the settings for “Error correction capacity–type” and “Error correction
capacity–value” are ignored.
・The aspect value setting is ignored.
The following table shows the values available for the symbol size in the Y direction
according to the symbol size in the X direction. If an invalid setting is specified for the
symbol size in the Y direction, the default setting is specified.
Symbol size in X
direction
Symbol size in Y direction
AUTO AUTO
1 AUTO 11 14 17 20 24 28
2 AUTO 8 11 14 17 20 23 26
3 AUTO 6 8 10 12 15 20 26 32 38 44
4 AUTO 4 6 8 10 12 15 20 26 32 38 44
② Bar code data
The number of bar code data characters that can be entered is listed below.
1850 alphanumeric characters, 2710 numerals, 1108 bytes of binary data
* Note:
The number of characters that can be entered (listed above) is for when the error correction