Paxar TCMPCL2PR manual Option 50 Bar Code Density, 50,narrow,wide,gap,narspace,widespace p

Chapter 5. Defining Field Options

Option 50 (Bar Code Density)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

You can apply this option to bar code fields when you want to create custom densities. When you apply this option, it overrides the density value in the bar code field.

When using this option, set the density parameter in your bar code field to the default value. You can only use this option once for each bar code field. This option overrides the density selected in the bar code field.

Bar codes produced using Option 50 may not be scannable. The additional character gap, narrow space, and wide space parameters are valid only with Code 39, Codabar or PDF417. If these parameters are specified for any other bar codes, they will be ignored by the printer. Do not use Option 50 with fixed density bar codes such as Maxicode or POSTNET.

Syntax	R,50,narrow,wide,gap,nar_space,wide_space p
	R1. R	Field Option Header.
	R2. 50	Option 50.
	R3. narrow	Dot width of the narrow element. Range: 1-99.
	R4. wide	Dot width of the wide element. Height of each element for
		PDF417). Range: 1-99.
	R5. gap	Additional dot space between characters. Enter a value
		of 1 to 99. (Code 39 and Codabar only.)
	R6. nar_space	Additional dot width of the narrow bar code space. (Code
		39 and Codabar only). Range: 1- 99.
	R7. wide_space	Additional dot width of the wide bar code space. (Code
		39 and Codabar only). Range: 1- 99.
Example	R,50,4,8,4,4,8 p

Creates a custom bar code density with a narrow element of 4 dots, a wide element of 8 dots, a gap of 4 dots, 4 additional dot widths for the narrow bar code space, and 8 additional dot widths for the wide bar code space (if this is a Code 39 or Codabar bar code).

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