User`s manual

A–23Bar Codes
Subset Switch Characters: >7>,>–>.>/
Subset C: >576777879
Subset B: >6lmno
Non–ASCII characters are specified by using the subset switch characters
(from >1 through >8 in the Alternate column on Table A–3) which
corresponds to your application. The Value column is used when manually
translating subset B and C bar codes into their briefest form.
NOTE: The subset switch start codes, >5, >6, and >7 have two functions. At
the beginning of a line, they start manual mode data in subset C, B,
or A, respectively. When these codes are used anywhere in the data
other than at the start of a line, they are interpreted as the
non–ASCII characters in Table A–3.
Subset B and C Switching – In the automatic mode, the printer creates the
briefest, most compact bar code by automatically switching from subset B to
subset C when necessary. For example, the data LT436682 could be entered
directly into a typed bar code command as ESC%0LT436682ESC%@. The
printer automatically selects the appropriate start code, and switches to subset
C to compact the continuous numeric data characters (436682).
In the manual mode, however, you must specify the start code and all special
function codes to switch subsets. For example, to create the same bar code as
generated automatically in the previous paragraph (data of LT436682), the
subset B start code is entered, followed by the alpha data (LT), and the subset
switch character to switch to subset C is entered followed by the continuous
numeric characters. A typical bar code command, in the manual mode, for
the data is: ESC%0>6LT>5KbrESC%@. The pairs of continuous numeric
data were manually translated to subset B, data Kbr, corresponding to the
subset C values of 436682, respectively, as shown in Table A–3. If the data
(LT436682) had been entered directly into the bar code command as
ESC%0>6LT>5436682ESC%@ the bar code generated would have been:
Start Code B: LT, subset C: 20 19 22 22 24 18, as determined by the value of
the individual data characters in Table A–3.
NOTE: If a start code is not entered in the manual mode, the printer
provides a subset B start code.