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User’s Manual
• If the character code d cannot be printed in the respective barcode
system, the barcode so far will be printed, processing the subsequent
data as normal data.
• When a barcode whose number of characters to be printed is fixed has
been selected, the number of characters k have to be always made
equal to the number of characters to be printed. (The barcode is not
printed when not matching.)
• When the horizontal direction exceeds one line length, the barcode
is not printed.
[CODE 128 additional information]
A, B and C that can be used in the same bar code.
Table A: contains ASCII symbols with codes 0 to 95 and control
symbols FNC1, FNC2, FNC3, FNC4, SHIFT, CODEB, CODEC.
Table B: contains symbols with ASCII codes from 32 to 127 and
control characters FNC1, FNC2, FNC3, FNC4, SHIFT, CODEA, CODEC.
Table C: It is used for coding bar code areas that consist only of
numerals. Each symbol gives two digits that are coded with ASCII
codes from 0 to 99. Control characters FNC1, CODEA, CODEB are
also available.
The bar code must start with one of the symbols CODEA, CODEB or
CODEC, that determines which table will be used. If it is necessary the
current table could be changed later by inserting one of these symbols
in to the bar code. The symbol following SHIFT character is considered
to be from table B, if table A is current, or from table A, if table B is
current. If a symbol that is not valid for the current table is used, the
whole bar code is not printed.
Control symbols are assigned two bytes as follows:
m (1) Bar code type Length Range of ‘d’
0 UPC-A 11 48 <= D
i
<= 57
1 UPC-E 11 48 <= D
i
<= 57
2 EAN13 (JAN13) 12 48 <= D
i
<= 57
3 EAN 8 (JAN8) 7 48 <= D
i
<= 57
4 CODE 39 - 48 <= D
i
<= 57, 65 <= D
i
<= 90, 32, 36, 37, 43, 45, 46, 47
5 ITF - 48 <= D
i
<= 57
6 CODABAR (NW-7) - 48 <= D
i
<= 57, 65 <= D
i
<= 68, 36, 43, 45, 46, 47, 58
7 CODE 93 - 1 <= D
i
<= 127
8 CODE 128 - 1 <= D
i
<= 127
9 PDF-417 - 1 <= D
i
<= 255
M (2) Bar code type Length Range of ‘d’
65 UPC-A 11 48 <= D
i
<= 57
66 UPC-E 11 48 <= D
i
<= 57
67 EAN13 (JAN13) 12 48 <= D
i
<= 57
68 EAN 8 (JAN8) 7 48 <= D
i
<= 57
69 CODE 39 - 48 <= D
i
<= 57, 65 <= D
i
<= 90, 32, 36, 37, 43, 45, 46, 47
70 ITF - 48 <= D
i
<= 57
71 CODABAR (NW-7) - 48 <= D
i
<= 57, 65 <= D
i
<= 68, 36, 43, 45, 46, 47, 58
72 CODE 93 - 0 <= D
i
<= 127
73 CODE 128 - 0 <= D
i
<= 127
74 PDF-417 - 0 <= D
i
<= 255
• Depending on the value of m, the following barcode can be selected.
d indicates a barcode data to be printed and k indicates the number
of character to be printed.
n indicates indicates number of characters when 65 <= m <= 73.
a is a setting for PDF-417 barcode. Setting a=0 will make the printer
to automatically choose PDF-417 compression modes, while a=1
will force byte compression mode.
xL and xH indicates the number of bytes for PDF-417 barcode
when m=74. The number of bytes is equal to 256*xH+xL.
m determines barcode type and it is one of the following:
Symbol
Code system
Decimal Hexadecimal Text
FNC1 123, 49 7B, 31 {1
FNC2 123, 50 7B, 32 {2
FNC3 123, 51 7B, 33 {3
FNC4 123, 52 7B, 34 {4
CODEA 123, 65 7B, 41 {A
CODEB 123, 66 7B, 42 {B
CODEC 123, 67 7B, 43 {C
SHIFT 123, 83 7B, 53 {S
{ 123, 123 7B, 7B {{
[Caution] • When data being held in the print buffer, this command is ignored.
• Regardless of the specified feed pitch, this command feeds the
paper that is required to print a barcode.