User`s manual

A–12 Bar Codes
Code 11
In the Code 11 style, there are three dark bars and two light bars for a total of
five bars. Both light and dark bars are coded to define the character. A
narrow light/dark bar is assigned a binary 0 and a wide light/dark bar is
assigned a binary 1.
Code 11 has the following characteristics:
• Character set includes ten digits (0 – 9) and the dash (– ) character
• START and STOP codes
• No CENTER code
• Definable intercharacter gap
• Variable length characters per complete symbol
• Two checksums are computed automatically and embedded at the end of
the bar code. The checksum data is not printed as part of the
human–readable data field.
Codabar a/t
Codabar a/t has four dark bars and three light bars for a total of seven bars.
Both light and dark bars are coded to define the character. A narrow
light/dark bar is assigned a binary 0 and a wide light/dark bar is assigned a
binary 1.
Codabar a/t has the following characteristics:
• Character set includes ten digits (0 – 9) plus six characters (– . $ / + :)
• Illegal characters are not processed and are ignored.
• START and STOP codes
• No CENTER code
• Definable intercharacter gap
• Variable length characters per complete symbol
• If a checksum is required for bar code readability, you must include it as
part of the data.