one of them by placing the cursor in the
Bar code data
prompt and pressing the F4
key. The following shows valid characters and data lengths for each bar code type:
3-of-9 code, MHI/AIM USD-3
The following characters are valid.
ð123456789
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
-.$/+% blank
The length of data can be up to 100 characters. When you want to add trailing
spaces, enclose the data with apostrophes as follows:
'ABC '
└─┬──┘
└─── Trailing space
MSI
The following characters are valid.
ð123456789
The length of data can be up to 15 characters for no check digit, up to 14 for 1
check digit, and up to 13 for 2 check digits. Specify the check digit through the
define bar code detail operation. The default is no check digit.
UPC/CGPC-Version A
The following characters are valid.
ð123456789
The length of data can be 11, 13, or 16 characters. The first digit is the
number-system digit. The next 10 digits are the article-number digits. If the
length of data is 13 characters, the last 2 digits are interpreted as the UPC
two-character supplement. If the length of data is 16 characters, the last 5
digits are interpreted as the UPC five-character supplement.
UPC/CGPC-Version E
The following characters are valid.
ð123456789
The length of data can be 10, 12, or 15 characters. From the first 10 digits, the
printer generates both the check digit and the six characters to be bar-coded.
The check digit is not bar-coded. It is used only to assign odd or even parity to
the six bar-coded digits.
If the length of data is 12 characters, the last 2 digits are interpreted as the
UPC two-character supplement. If the length of data is 15 characters, the last
5 digits are interpreted as the UPC five-character supplement.
EAN-8 (includes JAN-short)
The following characters are valid.
ð123456789
The length of data can be 7 characters.
EAN-13 (includes JAN-standard)
The following characters are valid.
ð123456789
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