FIM

Clear Zone

The bar code structure requires a completely blank, 1/4-inch wide, 5/8-inch tall clear zone, reserved for only the appropriate FIM pattern. You must provide sufficient space for this zone.

Start/Stop Code

The start/stop code is a unique character identifying the leading and trailing end of the bar code. The start/stop code is automatically produced with each bar code. The start/stop code structure permits bidirectional bar code scanning.

Data Field

The bar code symbol uses a nine-position bar/no-bar pattern of tall (full) bars of uniform height. Minimum height must be 5/8-inch ± 1/8-inch. (Bar height may be longer to wrap around the top of the envelope.) Minimum bar width is

.031-inch ± .008-inch. Spacing (pitch) between each bar/no-bar must be 1/16- inch. Bar tilt (slant) can vary ± 5 degrees (relative to a line perpendicular to the top edge of the envelope).

FIM Command Format

BARCODE

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

STOP

BARCODE

The Bar Code command; enter BARCODE.

FIM

Designates bar code type FIM; enter FIM.

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.

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 6 through 99 to select height

 

adjustments from 0.6 to 9.9 inches. The default

 

value is 0.6 inches.

 

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

 

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

BFn

Optional parameter for assigning a dynamic bar

 

code data field location on a form. With this

 

parameter, 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:

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