Specifications

Chapter 7— IPL Command Reference
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Bar Code, Select Type (continued)
UPC/EAN
c7[,m1][,m2]
The default for m1 and m2 is 0.
Values for m1
m1 Description
0 Selects UPC/EAN Codes. Printer enters check digit. Flag 1 enabled.
1 Selects UPC/EAN Codes. Printer enters check digit. Flag 1 disabled.
2 Selects UPC/EAN Codes. Host enters check digit and printer verifies Flag 1
enabled.
3 Selects UPC/EAN Codes. Host enters check digit and printer verifies. Flag 1
disabled.
Values for m2
m2 Description m2 Description
0 variable length 5 UPC Version D1
1 EAN 8 6 UPC Version D2
2 EAN 13 7 UPC Version D3
3 UPC Version A 8 UPC Version D4
4 UPC Version E 9 UPC Version D5
The variable length option selects the UPC/EAN version by the number of
characters in the data field. The number of data characters and check
characters allowed for each version are:
EAN 8 7 data + 1 check character
EAN 13 12 data + 1 check character
UPC version A 11 data + 1 check character
UPC version E 6 data + 1 check character
UPC version D1 13 data + 1 check character
UPC version D2 18 data + 2 check characters
UPC version D3 22 data + 2 check characters
UPC version D4 25 data + 3 check characters
UPC version D5 29 data + 3 check characters
Use a “.” to delimit the bar code data from the supplemental data. Data to
the right of the “.” is supplemental data; data to the left is bar code data.
You can add the two- or five-digit supplemental to any version of the
UPC/EAN code.