Citizen PPU-231 manual GS k n, UPC-A UPC-E JAN13 EAN JAN 8 EAN Code, Codabar NW-7, Upc-A

PPU-231 User’s Manual

GS k n	[ d ] k		NUL
[Function]		Printing the Bar Code
[Code]		<1D>H<6B>H<n> [ < d> ] k <00>H
[Range]		{0 ≤ n ≤ 7}		Data are described in Hex code.
[Outline]	Specifying a type of bar code and printing bar codes.
	• The beginning of line is considered as the next printing start position.
	• Depending on the value of n, the following bar code can be selected.
	d indicates a character code to be printed and k indicates the number of character to be
	printed.
			n (Hex)		Bar Code System	Maximum Columns
			0		UPC-A	---
			1		UPC-E	---
			2		JAN13 (EAN)	---
			3		JAN 8 (EAN)	---
			4		CODE 39	19
			5		ITF	34
			6		CODABAR (NW-7)	25
			7		CODE 128	23
[Caution]	When data being held in the print buffer, this command is ignored.
	• Regardless of the specified feed pitch, this command feeds the paper to be required
		to print a bar code.
	• If the character code d cannot be printed in the respective bar code system, the bar
		code so far will be printed, processing the subsequent data as normal data.
	•When a bar code whose number of characters to be printed is fixed has been selected,
		the number of characters k have to be always made equal to the number of
		characters to be printed. (The bar code is not printed when not matching.)
	• When the horizontal direction exceeds one line length, the excess part is not printed.
[Default]	• The initial value is not specified.
[Description of Bar Codes]			<For print examples, see Page 70.>
UPC-A	This bar code, consisting of numerals only, has a fixed length of 12 column; a 11-columns
	number entered from the host or application software plus a check column(12th column)
	automatically calculated inside the printer. If the 12th-column numeral is sent from the host,
	the entire bar code will be printed as it is.
UPC-E	This bar code, consisting of numerals only, has a fixed length of 8 column; the first number
	system character is "0" stationary. A 12-column numeral entered from the host or
	application software is compressed to 8 columns with a check column and printed. The

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