Programming instructions

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Chapter 2 Program Instructions
BARMAG (BM)
Field of Application Statement specifying the magnifi cation in regard of width of the
bars in a bar code.
Syntax BARMAG|BM<nexp>
<nexp> is the magnifi cation in regard of width of the bars, which
make up the bar code.
Allowed input: Depends on type of bar code.
Default value: 2
Reset to default by: PRINTFEED execution.
Remarks
The magnifi cation only affects the bar code ratio (see BARRATIO),
not the height of the bars (see BARHEIGHT). For example, by default
the BARRATIO is 3:1 and the BARMAG is 2, which means that the
wide bars will be 6 dots wide and the narrow bars will be 2 dots wide
(2 × 3:1 = 6:2).
The magnifi cation also affects the interpretation in EAN and UPC bar codes,
since the interpretation is an integrated part of the EAN/UPC code.
BARMAG can be replaced by a parameter in the BARSET statement.
Example Programming a Code 39 bar code, selecting a barfont for all directions and
enabling the printing of the bar code interpretation:
10 PRPOS 30,400
20 DIR 1
30 ALIGN 7
40 BARTYPE "CODE39"
50 BARRATIO 2,1
60 BARHEIGHT 120
70 BARMAG 3
80 BARFONT "Swiss 721 BT" ON
90 PRBAR "ABC"
100 PRINTFEED
A more compact method is illustrated by the example for BARSET
statement.