User`s manual

U Command - MaxiCode - 2D Bar Code
Using AIM Specified
MaxiCode Data
Formatting
The line mode printer can use and automati
-
cally decode the AIM ITS (International Techni
-
cal Standards) MaxiCode data format. The
printer detects the message/start header
([)>R
S
), field separator (G
S
), and the end of
message marker (R
S
E
OT
) data control strings.
The hexadecimal (ASCII) data control strings
are in the following table. See the EPL2 dump
mode character map in Appendix A.
Control String Hexadecimal Code
Message/Start Header
[ ) > R
S
5B 29 3E 1E
Field Separator
G
S
1D
End Of Message Marker
R
S
E
OT
1E 04
Syntax bp
1
,p
2
“[AIM MaxiCode Data]”
Example
¬U20,m2,"001,840,93065,1692,[)>R
S
01G
S
9
6XXXZZFDAAFG
S
SHIPG
S
309G
S
G
S
1/1G
S
10G
S
NG
S
G
S
CA
MARILLOG
S
CAG
S
R
S
E
OT
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"¿
Notes:
1) This programming example represents actual data used to
format a single AIM compliant MaxiCode symbol as pro
-
grammed by a major international and domestic shipping com
-
pany.
2) The shipper has explicitly set the MaxiCode symbol for Mode
2. This can be omitted by the programmer and the printer will
auto-select the mode per parameter p
2
rules.
3) The shipper has used the “!” character to pad the symbol’s
data. A scanner reads back all the "Data" within the quotation
marks, including the “!” characters following the End Of Mes
-
sage Marker (E
OT
).
4) All of the data fields in the Low Priority Message are not
used in the example. Some are left empty with the field delim
-
iting G
S
character used as a format field holder.
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