Datamax M-4206 manual Barcodes, Bar Code Type Length Check Valid Ascii Characters Sum

Barcodes

Bar Code fonts have alpha names (left column in the table below). Uppercase alpha names will print barcodes with human-readable interpretations. Lowercase alpha names will print barcodes only. The table is followed by visual samples.

Bar Code	Type	Length	Check-	Valid ASCII Characters,
ID			sum	decimal value
				representation
A / a	Code 3 of 9	Varies	No	32, 36, 37, 42, 43, 45-57, 65-
				90
B / b	UPC-A	11	Yes	48-57 Numeric only
				Option V used in the 6th &
				7th position
C / c	UPC-E	6	Yes	48-57 Numeric only
D / d	Interleaved 2 of 5 (I	Varies	No	48-57 Numeric only
	2 of 5)
E / e	Code 128	Varies	M-103	32-127
F / f	EAN-13	12	Yes	48-57 Numeric only.
				Option V used in the 7th &
				8th position
G / g	EAN-8	7	Yes	48-57 Numeric only
H / h	Health Industry Bar	Varies	M-43	32, 36-39, 42, 43, 45-57, 65-
	Code			90
I / i	Codabar	Varies	No	36, 43, 45-58, 65-68
J / j	I 2 of 5 with modulo	Varies	M-10	48-57 Numeric only
	10 checksum
K / k	Plessey	Up to 14	M-10	48-57 Numeric only. Option +
				is Last Character for Second
				M-11 checksum
L / l	I 2 of 5 with modulo	13	M-10	48-57 Numeric only
	10 checksum &
	bearer bars
M / m	2 digit UPC	2	Yes	48-57 Numeric only
	addendum
N / n	5 digit UPC	5	Yes	48-57 Numeric only
	addendum
O / o	Code 93	Varies	No	35-38, 42-58, 65-90, 97-122
p	Postnet	Varies	Yes	48-57 Numeric only
Q / q	UCC/EAN Code 128	19	Yes	48-57 Numeric only
R / r	UCC/EAN Code 128	18	Yes	48-57 Numeric only
	K-Mart NON EDI
	bar code
S / s	UCC/EAN Code 128	34 +	Yes	48-57 Numeric only
	Random Weight
T / t	Telepen	Varies	Yes	Alphanumeric
U	UPS MaxiCode	84	Yes	Alphanumeric

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