Chapter 3 Bar Codes

Code 93 Command Format

BARCODE

CODE93; [DIR;] [MAG;] [Hn[.m];] [BFn;L;][DARK;] SR;SC [(D)data field(D)]

[PDF [;LOC] [;FONT]]

STOP

BARCODE

The Bar Code command; enter BARCODE.

CODE93

Designates bar code type Code 93; enter CODE93.

DIR

Optional parameter that allows for rotating a

 

barcode. Enter CW for clockwise rotation. Enter

 

CCW or VSCAN for counter-clockwise rotation.

 

Enter INV for inverted rotation. If DIR is not

 

entered, the barcode is horizontally oriented.

MAG

Optional parameter to magnify (horizontally

 

expand) the bar code symbol. The magnification

 

default value is X1. Increasing the magnification

 

adjusts printed character density as shown in Table

 

8. You can also use XR or XRD as defined on page

 

89. (You must specify 8 digits for MAG for variable

 

ratio.)

Hn[.m]

Optional parameter to adjust the overall height

 

(vertical expansion) of the bar code symbol

 

(including the upper and lower 0.1-inch guard

 

bands and any human readable data). Height

 

adjustments are made in 0.1-inch increments; enter

 

H and a value from 3 through 99 to select height

 

adjustments from 0.3 through 9.9 inches. The

 

default value is 0.9 inch.

 

[.m] is an additional number of dots for the bar code

 

height. (Dots are in the current dot scale.)

Note If 0.3 inches is the selected height, the PDF cannot be included.

BFn;L Optional parameters for assigning a dynamic bar code data field location on a form and for designating the length of the data field. With these parameters, the actual data for the bar code data field is dynamically provided during the Execute Form Mode; the data is not specified during the Create Form Mode. To use this field, perform the following steps:

a.Enter BF.

b.Replace n with a number ranging from 1 through 512 to identify the bar code field. The SR and SC parameters specify the exact location of the bar code field identified by n.

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