[Description of Bar Codes]

<For print examples, refer to page 88.>

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 digit (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

 

digit attached and then is printed. The 12th-

 

column check digit is automatically calculated

 

inside the printer. If it is 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 digit (13th column) automatically calculated inside the printer. If the 13th-column numeral is sent from the host, the entire bar code will be printed as it is.

JAN-8(EAN)

This bar code, consisting of numerals only, has a

 

fixed length of 8 columns; a 7-column number

 

entered from the host or application software plus

 

a check digit (8th column) automatically

 

calculated inside the printer. If the 8th-column

 

numeral is sent from the host, the entire bar code

 

will be printed as it is.

CODE39

This bar code, consisting of upper-case alphabetic

 

characters and numerals, has a variable length

 

of columns. The start/stop code “” is

 

automatically added by the printer. The available

 

characters include space and “$ % + – / 0 1 2 3 4

 

5 6 7 8 9” and upper-case alphabetic characters.

ITF

This bar code, consisting of only numerals, has a

 

variable length of even-number columns. If a code

 

of odd-number columns is sent, the bar code will

 

not be printed.

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Citizen Systems PPU-231II manual Description of Bar Codes For print examples, refer to, Upc-A