Intermate i5, AS/400 manual Interleaved 2, EAN8, EAN13 and UPC-A, Postnet Barcode, Line separator

3. Interleaved 2 of 5

This bar-code consists of the digits 0-9 only. There can be blanks before or after the digits if the figure contains an odd number of digits, the system will add a preceding zero. The system also adds start and stop codes before and after the number.

If you try to use Interleaved 2 of 5 with non-numeric data, the contents will be printed with IBM font-id 0011 (10 pitch courier).

G NOTE G

The Interleaved 2 of 5 barcode must consist of an even number of digits. If you activate

the checksum digit, then InterForm400 might insert a '0' in front of the checksum digit, if necessary to have an even number of digits.

4. EAN8, EAN13 and UPC-A

When a character string contains 8 digits, it will be printed as EAN8. A character string of 13 digits will be printed with EAN13 and 12 digits will be printed as UPC-A.

Using these barcodes with a number of characters other than 8, 12 or 13 or with non- numeric data results in no barcode to be printed. This barcode also supports texts, that ends with ‘-‘ followed by 2 or 5 digits.

Postnet Barcode

The Postnet barcode exists, per definition, only in one size. It is therefore predefined in InterForm400®and does not need to be generated.

It can be used immediately by Remap Window, a Tabulator and Text constant commands within the overlay design window by selection of font ID 3999. The font will to the user function as a resident printer font.

InterForm400® will automatically add start and stop codes and check digits.

Barcode PDF417

This is a two dimensional barcode widely used in e.g. the automotive industry. No soft font is used for this barcode, which means it is not required to auto download the font. The barcode is solely defined as a font number in the option 1. Description of additional fonts. The font can only be used for the remap function in design overlay. When using a PDF417 barcode in overlay design, you will be prompted for the maximum width of the barcode.

When you create a PDF417 font number (range 4400-4499) you are prompted for these parameters (apart from the parameters specifying the actual size and security level):

Line separator

With this you can state if line breaks of the *SCS spooled file text should be ignored (specify *NONE) or what character should be included in the PDF417 barcode to represent the line breaks found.

(Blank, CR (=Carriage Return), CRLF (Carriage Return and Line Feed) and *NONE are the possible values).

Escape code character

This parameter has been included in order to make it possible to insert specific ASCII characters specified by the hexadecimal value. State a special character here and when this is found in the text to be printed as PDF417 barcode the next two characters are interpreted as the hexadecimal value for the ASCII character to be inserted instead. If you e.g. use ‘]’ as the escape code character, the text ‘]0A’ will be printed as the ASCII character having the hexadecimal value <0A>. This option make it possible to print PDF417 barcodes for e.g. the GM-1724-A/B/C Label standard used in the automotive industry.

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