Citizen CBM-270 user manual GS k n, Nul, UPC-A UPC-E JAN13 EAN JAN 8 EAN Code ITF Codabar NW-7

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.

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