Specifications

Chapter 3— Designing Bar Code Labels
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Note: If you have a 300 dpi or 406 dpi printer, substitute your dpi
where you see 203 dots in these equations.
4 Convert the measurements for the line field and the bar code field to
complete this example.
To create or program the label format
1 Choose a bar code symbology and a human-readable font that suit your
needs.
For this example, you are going to use the proportional outline font and
the Code 39 symbology. See Chapter 7, “IPL Command Reference,” for
information on the different symbologies and fonts available to you.
2 Define the parameters for each type of field in the format.
Field Type in Label Represented By
Human-readable
H
Bar code
B
Line
L
Box
W
User-defined characters (UDCs) or graphics
U
See “Commands Listed by Task” in Chapter 6 for a list of the
parameters you can define for each type of field. For example, you need
to define the following parameters for a human-readable field:
Parameter Value for this Example
Field type
H0
Field origin
o102,51
Font c25 (outline font)
Field direction f0 (horizontal)
Height h20 (multiplied 20 times)
Width w20 (multiplied 20 times)
Field source and number of characters
d0,30
3 Create command strings for each type of field. You must bracket your
field information between the start of text character (<STX>) and the
end of text character (<ETX>).
When you combine the parameters in the previous table into a
command string, it should look like this:
<STX>H0;o102,51;c25;f0;h20;w20;d0,30;<ETX>