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Chapter 4 Designing Labels Using LDS

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TCI TEXT CONVERSION IDENTIFIER

This parameter determines what form the text string will be printed in. The following

values define which text conversion method is used:

1 Regular Text (standard)

2 Text Surrounded by Asterisks

3 Text with UPC-A/UPC-E Checksum Digit Added

8 Downloadable Fonts and Graphics

12 UPC-A Bar Code

13 UPC-E Bar Code (SEND 11 DIGITS)

14 UPC-E Bar Code (SEND 7 DIGITS)

15 Interleaved 2 of 5 Bar Code

16 Code 3 of 9 Bar Code

*17 Text with UPC-E Checksum and Extended Bars Added

20 EAN-13 Bar Code

21 EAN-8 Bar Code

*22 Text with EAN-13 Checksum and Extended Bars Added

*23 Text with EAN-8 Checksum and Extended Bars Added

24 MSI 1 (Plessey)

25 MSI 2 (Plessey)

26 MSI 3 (Plessey)

*28 Text with MSI Checksum Added - Type 1

*29 Text with MSI Checksum Added - Type 2

*32 Text with UPC-A Checksum and Extended Bars Added

*33 Text with UPC-A With Extended Bars Added

36 Postnet (Zip+4)

37 Postnet (Zip+6)

38 Maxicode Bar Code

40 Code 128 Bar Code (Automatic Compression)

42 Codabar Bar Code

43 Code 93 Bar Code

44 AS-10 Bar Code

50 EAN-128 Bar Code

51 Text with EAN-128 Information

* Refer to Section 7.1.1 on how to use these TCI's.

Example: For the string - 1234567

A TCI of 1 would normally be used when printing regular text .

A TCI of 42 would print a Codabar bar code.