
Example 2: The following escape sequence will print a
Escape Sequence: | ESC | Z | 4 | 7 | 240 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | CR | LF |
Hexadecimal: | 1B | 5A | 34 | 07 | F0 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 0D | 0A |
Decimal: | 27 | 90 | 52 | 7 | 240 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 13 | 10 |
Example 3: The following escape sequence will print an
Escape Sequence: | ESC | Z | 4 | 8 | 240 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | CR | LF |
Hexadecimal: | 1B | 5A | 34 | 08 | F0 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 0D | 0A |
Decimal: | 27 | 90 | 52 | 8 | 240 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 13 | 10 |
Example 4: The following escape sequence will print an
Escape Sequence:ESC | Z | 4 | 13 | 240 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Hexadecimal: | 1B | 5A | 34 | 0D | F0 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
Decimal: | 27 | 90 | 52 | 13 | 240 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 48 | 49 | 50 |
Note that all heights are total height, including a 1.23mm drop bar pattern printed after the bar code pattern.
Codabar Specifications
Description | Each symbol starts with Leading Quiet Zone, followed with Start Symbol, Data Symbols, ending with |
| Stop Symbol and Trailing Quiet Zone |
Character set | |
Elements per | 7 (4 bars, 3 spaces) |
symbol |
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Character density | 8.1 CPI |
Bar width | 0.25mm |
Characters per line | 2 Inch Printer: 15 (maximum) plus start/stop, automatically centered |
| 3 inch printer: 20 (maximum) plus start/stop, automatically centered |
| 4 inch printer: 35 (maximum) plus start/stop, automatically centered |
Example 1: The following escape command prints a Codabar barcode with the following: Encoding “123456”, human readable, 20 mm high, start character A and stop character T
Escape Sequence: | ESC | Z | 5 | 8 | 160 | A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | T | CR | LF |
Hexadecimal: | 1B | 5A | 35 | 08 | A0 | 41 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 54 | 0D | 0A |
Decimal: | 27 | 90 | 53 | 8 | 160 | 65 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 84 | 13 | 10 |
Example 2: The following escape command prints Codabar barcode with the following: Encoding “2468”, human readable, 10 mm high, start character C and stop character *. .
Escape Sequence: | ESC | Z | 5 | 6 | P | C | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | * | CR | LF |
Hexadecimal: | 1B | 5A | 35 | 06 | 50 | 43 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 2A | 0D | 0A |
Decimal: | 27 | 90 | 53 | 6 | 80 | 67 | 50 | 52 | 54 | 56 | 42 | 13 | 10 |
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