Citizen Systems CBM-270 GS k n d k NUL, UPC-A UPC-E JAN13 EAN JAN 8 EAN Code, Codabar NW-7, Upc-A

CBM-270 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
[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	Bar Code System	Maximum Columns
0	UPC-A	−
1	UPC-E	−
2	JAN13 (EAN)	−
3	JAN 8 (EAN)	−
4	CODE 39	13
5	ITF	22
6	CODABAR (NW-7)	17
7	CODE 128	16

[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 72.>
UPC-A	This bar code, consisting of numerals only, has a fixed length of 12 columns; a 11-column
	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 columns; 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 12th-column
	check column is automatically calculated inside the printer and sent from the host, the entire
	bar code will be printed, compressed to 8 columns.

JAN-13(EAN) This bar code, consisting of numerals only, has a fixed length of 13 columns; a 12-column number entered from the host or application software plus a check column(13th column) automatically calculated inside the printer. If the 13th-column numeral is sent from the host,