Specifications

Bar Codes All bar codes sup ported by the EPL2 lan guage
have as so ci ated in dus try spec i fi ca tions that the
pro gram mer should be aware of and ad here to.
The pro gram mer needs to con sider bar code
fea tures and re quire ments when choos ing and
us ing a bar code for dif fer ent ap pli ca tions.
Some of the fea tures and re quire ments that
need con sid er ation are listed be low:
❏ Data used by the ap pli ca tion are per the bar
code spec i fi ca tion (num bers only, al pha nu -
meric, al pha nu meric and spe cial char ac ters,
etc.).
❏ Min i mum and max i mum num ber of char ac -
ters al lowed or re quired per bar code.
❏ Den sity or mag ni fi ca tion of a given bar code
type.
❏ White area re quired around bar codes (the
“Quiet Zone”).
❏ The bar code must print within the im age
buffer (print able area of the la bel).
Bar Code Ori en ta tion Tip
To help en sure that gen er ated bar codes are read -
able by the wid est va ri ety of bar code read ers, print
bar codes in the “Picket Fence” ori en ta tion ver sus
the “Lad der” ori en ta tion.
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Direction Of Feed
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Horizontal Dots
Picket Fence
Orientation
Ladder
Orientation
Height of
Bar Code
Height of
Bar Code