Specifications

b Com mand - 2D Bar Code - PDF417 Spe cific Op tions
Auto-En cod ing (c0) data com pac tion method
is set by de fault, and pro vides the best com pac -
tion. If Bi nary data compaction (c1) is se lected
the sym bol will typ i cally be larger. Bi nary data
com pac tion may help to min i mize the amount
of time it takes a sys tem to scan and de code the
data en coded within the sym bol.
Data Type Com pac tion (Byte by Byte)
Text 2 Char ac ters per code word
Nu meric 2.93 Char ac ters per code word
Bi nary 1.2 Bytes per code word
• Text com pac tion can be used for up per case,
low er case, num bers, space, car riage re turn,
tab, line feed, and the fol low ing char ac ters:
&,:#-.$/+%*=^;@[\]_’~!"|(){}`
With text com pac tion, up to two char ac ters
can be en coded in a sin gle code word.
• Nu meric com pac tion can be used for num -
bers only. Up to 2.93 char ac ters can be en -
coded in a sin gle code word.
• Byte com pac tion can be used for any char ac -
ter. But the flex i bil ity co mes at a price; byte
com pac tion en codes only 1.2 char ac ters per
code word.
p
8
(pxxx,yyy,mm) = print hu man read able
This parameter is a non-standard
implementor of the PDF417 and is only
recommended for troubleshooting purposes.
Additional vari ables:
p ="p“ - pa ram e ter iden ti fier
xxx = hor i zon tal start lo ca tion
yyy = ver ti cal start lo ca tion
mm = max i mum char ac ters per line
980352-001 Rev.D 3-31