Monarch 9400 Series manual Code, Codabar

	4. Message Structures
UPCA	You must send a leading zero, 11 digits of
	data and a check digit (13 digits total).
UPCE	The printer automatically prints a leading
	zero for this bar code. You must send
	data and a check digit (7 digits total).
EAN13	You must send 12 digits of data and a
	check digit (13 digits total).
EAN8	You must send 7 digits of data and a
	check digit (8 digits total).
	NOTE: If the check digit is incorrect or
	omitted from a UPC or EAN bar
	code, the printer will automatically
	place the correct check digit in the
	bar code.
I 2 of 5	This bar code has no check digit. The
	printer automatically prints the start and
	stop characters, so only the data must be
	sent. The length of the data is variable. If
	the data has an odd number of digits, add
	a leading zero to make the length even.
Code 39	The start and stop characters must be
	placed at the beginning and end of the
	data before it is sent to the printer. The
	start and stop character is an asterisk (*).
	The length of the data is variable.
Codabar	The start and stop characters must be
	placed at the beginning and end of the
	data before it is sent to the printer. The
	acceptable start and stop characters are a
	combination of lowercase a, b, c, or d.
	The length of this data is variable.

Code 128 You can send characters for Function Codes 1-4 as

∙fixed data when defining a code 128 field

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Message Structures