Epson 4100 manual Quiet Zone, Spaces

Operator's Guide E-13

QUIET ZONE

Except for PostNet barcodes, there is blank space preceding and following each barcode symbol called a quiet zone. The width of a quiet zone is 10 times the width of the narrow bar width, depending on the barcode. Narrow bars are at least 0.014 in. wide. Therefore, each quiet zone is at least 0.14 in. wide.

SPACES

Space can be added between barcodes on the same line. Each space adds 0.10 in. for each space character inserted.

With UPC/EAN and Interleaved 2 of 5, spaces can be added just as you would between keyboard characters. For example,

012345678905<space>01234567895

Before adding spaces between PostNet and Codabar barcodes, however, you must use either a horizontal tab (ASCII decimal 9) or a comma (ASCII decimal 44) to terminate the preceding barcode. For example, to add one space between two Codabar barcodes, the barcode expression must be written either as

012345678905,<space>012345678905 or

012345678905<HT><space>012345678905