Notes on inputting and formatting bar codes
Please note the following when inputting and formatting bar code characters:
❏Do not apply shading or special character formatting, such as bold, italic, or underline.
❏Print bar codes in black and white only.
❏When rotating characters, only specify rotation angles of 90°, 180°, and 270°.
❏Turn off all automatic character and word spacing settings in your application.
❏Do not use features in your application that enlarge or reduce the size of characters in only the vertical or horizontal direction.
❏Turn off your application’s
❏To more easily distinguish bar codes from other text in your document, set your application to show text symbols, such as paragraph marks, tabs, etc.
❏Because special characters such as Start bar and Stop bar are added when an EPSON BarCode Font is selected, the resulting bar code may have more characters than were originally input.
❏For best results, use only the font sizes recommended in “BarCode Font specifications” on page 295 for the EPSON BarCode Font you are using. Bar codes in other sizes may not be readable with all bar code readers.
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