EPSON Code39

Four Code39 fonts are available, allowing you to enable and disable the automatic insertion of check digits and OCR-B.

The height of the barcode is automatically adjusted to 15% or more of its total length, in conformance to the Code39 standard. For this reason, it is important to keep at least one space between the barcode and the surrounding text to prevent overlapping.

Spaces in Code39 barcodes should be input as “_” underbars.

When printing two or more barcodes on one line, separate the barcodes with a tab, or select a font other than a BarCode Font and input the space. If a space is input while a Code39 font is selected, the barcode will not be correct.

Character type

Alphanumeric characters (A to Z, 0 to 9)

 

Symbols ( -. space $ / + %)

 

 

Number of characters

No limit

 

 

Font size

When OCR-B is not used: 26 pt or more

 

(up to 96 pt in Windows NT)

 

Recommended sizes are 26 pt, 52 pt,

 

78 pt and 104 pt.

 

When OCR-B is used: 36 pt or more (up to

 

96 pt in Windows NT)

 

Recommended sizes are 36 pt, 72 pt,

 

108 pt and 144 pt.

 

 

The following codes are inserted automatically and need not be input by hand:

Left/right quiet zone

Check digit

Start/Stop character

Appendix B Working with Fonts

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