Datamax 7A300007 Rev. 2 manual Codabar Specifications, Elements per, Symbol Character density

Example 2: The following escape sequence will print a UPC-E bar code with the following: human readable, 30 mm high, containing “1234565” where 5 is the check digit.

Escape Sequence:	ESC	Z	4	7	240	1	2	3	4	5	6	CR	LF
Hexadecimal:	1B	5A	34	07	F0	31	32	33	34	35	36	0D	0A
Decimal:	27	90	52	7	240	49	50	51	52	53	54	13	10

Example 3: The following escape sequence will print an EAN/JAN-8 bar code with the following: human readable, 30 mm high, containing “12345670” where 0 is the check digit.

Escape Sequence:	ESC	Z	4	8	240	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	CR	LF
Hexadecimal:	1B	5A	34	08	F0	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	0D	0A
Decimal:	27	90	52	8	240	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	13	10

Example 4: The following escape sequence will print an EAN/JAN-13 bar code with the following: human readable, 30 mm high, containing “1234567890128” where 8 is the check digit. Due to limited spacing CR LF are not shown at the end of this command.

Escape Sequence:ESC		Z	4	13	240	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
Hexadecimal:	1B	5A	34	0D	F0	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	30	31	32
Decimal:	27	90	52	13	240	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	48	49	50

Note that all heights are total height, including a 1.23mm drop bar pattern printed after the bar code pattern.

Codabar Specifications

Description	Each symbol starts with Leading Quiet Zone, followed with Start Symbol, Data Symbols, ending with
	Stop Symbol and Trailing Quiet Zone
Character set	0-9, {$, -, :, /, ., +} and start/stop pairs {A/T, B/M, C/*, D/E}
Elements per	7 (4 bars, 3 spaces)
symbol
Character density	8.1 CPI
Bar width	0.25mm
Characters per line	2 Inch Printer: 15 (maximum) plus start/stop, automatically centered
	3 inch printer: 20 (maximum) plus start/stop, automatically centered
	4 inch printer: 35 (maximum) plus start/stop, automatically centered

Example 1: The following escape command prints a Codabar barcode with the following: Encoding “123456”, human readable, 20 mm high, start character A and stop character T

Escape Sequence:	ESC	Z	5	8	160	A	1	2	3	4	5	6	T	CR	LF
Hexadecimal:	1B	5A	35	08	A0	41	31	32	33	34	35	36	54	0D	0A
Decimal:	27	90	53	8	160	65	49	50	51	52	53	54	84	13	10

Example 2: The following escape command prints Codabar barcode with the following: Encoding “2468”, human readable, 10 mm high, start character C and stop character *. .

Escape Sequence:	ESC	Z	5	6	P	C	2	4	6	8	*	CR	LF
Hexadecimal:	1B	5A	35	06	50	43	32	34	36	38	2A	0D	0A
Decimal:	27	90	53	6	80	67	50	52	54	56	42	13	10

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