Datamax 7A300007 Rev. 2 manual GS1 DataBar Specifications, Character set QR Code Models

GS1 DataBar Specifications

Description

Character set QR Code Models

Error Correction Levels

Data Modes

Elements per symbol

Max. Characters

GS1 DataBar symbols can carry more information and identify small items than the current EAN/UPC bar code. GS1 DataBar enables GTIN identification for hard-to-mark products like fresh foods, jewelry and do-it-yourself hardware products and can carry GS1 Application Identifiers such as serial numbers, lot numbers, and expiration dates.

numeric, alphanumeric, byte / binary, Kanji

Model 1 is the original specification.

Model 2 is an enhanced form of the symbology.

Ultra High Reliability Level (30% of codewords can be restored) High Reliability Level (25% of codewords can be restored) Standard Level (15% of codewords can be restored)

High Density Level (7% of codewords can be restored)

AUTO (do not need to specify the character mode) MANUAL (need to specify the character mode.)

Square dot/element with the following pixel multipliers: 1(none), 2, 4(default), 8, 16

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QR Code Command Structure:

<ESC> – ‘z’ or ‘Z’ – ‘6’ – TYPE – DATA SIZE – ELEMENT SIZE – X UNDERCUT – Y UNDERCUT – SEP ROW HEIGHT – MAX SEG PER ROW - [User’s Data]

Parameters:

1)ESC(0x1B)

2)"Z"(0x5A) or "z"(0x7A) - Enables\disables annotation

3)"6"(0x36) - Selects GS1 DataBar barcode family

4)1(SOH) through 12(FF) - selects symbology type, where: New GS1 Databar

1(SOH) RSS-14 GS1 DataBar Omnidirectional 2(STX) RSS-14 Truncated GS1 DataBar Truncated 3(ETX) RSS-14 Stacked GS1 DataBar Stacked

4(EOT) RSS-14 Stacked Omnidirectional GS1 DataBar Stacked Omnidirectional 5(ENQ) RSS Limited GS1 DataBar Limited

6(ACK) RSS Expanded GS1 DataBar Expanded

7(BEL) UPC-A 8(BS) UPC-E 9(HT) EAN-13 10(LF) EAN-8

11(VT) UCC/EAN-128 & CC-A/B 12(FF) UCC/EAN-128 & CC-C

5)0(NULL)-256(0xFF) - number of bytes to encode. For more information please refer to "Data input string format:" section below.

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