Compaq 5525B/31/32 manual US Postnet Barcodes, Data Value Representation

Chapter 2 Configuring the PCL-II Emulation with Control Codes

Table 12. UCC/EAN-128 Application Identifiers (continued)

Application	Content		Format
Identifier (AI)
8003	UPC/EAN Number and Serial Number or Returnable Asset		n4+n14+an..16
8004	UCC/EAN Serial Identification		n4+an..30
8005	Identifies the Price Per Unit of Measure		n4+n6
8006	Component of an Article		n4+n14+n2+n2
8018	Service Relation Number		n4+n18
8100	Coupon Extended Code-Number System Character and Offer		n4+n1+n5
8101	Coupon Extended Code-Number System Character, Offer and End of Offer		n4+n1+n5+n4
8102	Coupon Extended Code-Number System Character Preceded by Zero		n4+n1+n1
90	Mutually Agreed, Between Trading Partners		n2+an..30
91	Intra-Company (Internal)		n2+an..30
92	Intra-Company (Internal)		n2+an..30
93	Intra-Company (Internal)		n2+an..30
94	Intra-Company (Internal)		n2+an..30
95	Internal-Carriers		n2+an..30
96	Internal-Carriers		n2+an..30
97	Intra-Company (Internal)		n2+an..30
98	Intra-Company (Internal)		n2+an..30
99	Internal		n2+an..30
	(*)To indicate only year and month, DD must be filled with “00”
	(**) Plus one digit for length indication
	(***) Plus one digit for decimal point indication
	Data Value Representation:
	a - alphabetic characters	n - numeric characters
	an - alpha-numeric characters	n3 - 3 numeric characters, fixed length
	an..3 - up to 3 alpha-numeric characters	n..3 - up to 3 numeric characters

US Postnet Barcodes

The printer can print barcodes in three different formats. The default, 24 bars per inch, uses the same syntax as the other barcodes. It is suggested to use the ESC*Z0Q command to disable placement of a header on postal barcodes. The printer will also print barcodes using the 256X format for 20 and 22.5 bars per inch postal barcodes. See the section on 256X - US Barcodes for more details. 5525B/31/32 style Postnet barcodes will automatically generate the check digit if it is not present. The 256X-compatibility barcodes require the host to generate the check digit. If a non-valid character or string length is used, a blank non-readable bar code will be printed; non-valid characters are not substituted or deleted. The width of the printed bar code is not variable and is 1.33 (5 digit), 2.17 (9 digit), or 2.59 (11 digit) inches.

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