User`s manual

BD2-2860 User’s Manual

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[Description of Bar Codes] <For print examples, see Page 66. >

UPC-A This bar code, consisting of numerals only, has a fixed length of 12 column; a 11-columns

number entered from the host or application software plus a check column(12th column)

automatically calculated inside the printer. If the 12th-column numeral is sent from the host,

the entire bar code will be printed as it is.

UPC-E This bar code, consisting of numerals only, has a fixed length of 8 column; the first

number system character is "0" stationary. A 12-column numeral entered from the host or

applicationsoftwareiscompressedto8columnswithacheckcolumnandprinted. The12th-

column check column is automatically calculated inside the printer and sent from the host, the

entire bar code will be printed, compressed to 8 columns.

JAN-13(EAN) This bar code, consisting of numerals only, has a fixed length of 13 column; a 12-column

number entered from the host or application software plus a check column(13th column)

automatically calculated inside the printer. If the 13th-column numeral is sent from the host,

the entire bar code will be printed as it is.

JAN-8(EAN) This bar code, consisting of numerals only, has a fixed length of 8 column; a 7-column number

entered from the host or application software plus a check column(8th column) automatically

calculated inside the printer. If the 8th-column numeral is sent from the host, the entire bar

code will be printed as it is.

CODE39 This bar code, consisting of uppercase alphabets and numerals, has a variable length of column.

A start/stop code "*" is automatically added by the printer. Available characters include a

spaceand"$,%,+,-,·,/,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,"anduppercasealphabets.

ITF This bar code, consisting of numerals only, has a variable length of even column. If an odd-

column code is transferred, nothing will be printed.

CODABAR (NW-7)

This bar code, consisting of alpha numerals, has a variable length of column. Available

characters include "0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, D, D, $, +, -,., /, :." A start/stop code is

required; any one of A, B, C, and D is used.

CODE128 • This bar code consists of all of 128 ASCII code characters and has a variable length of

column. This printer supports the code subsets A, B, and C. By prefixing a transfer

code with any one character of A, B, and C, you can select the cod e subset to start from.

If not prefixed with A, B, or C, the code subset B will be selected.

• The code subset A is the bar code consisting of standard uppercase alphabets, numerals,

symbols, and special codes.

• The code subset B is the bar code consisting of standard uppercase/lowercase alphabets,

numerals, symbols, control codes, and special codes.

• The code subset C is the bar code consisting of special characters and 100 kinds of

numbers ranging from 00 to 99.

• The check column automatically calculated inside the printer is added to the end of the

entered column to be printed.