Appendix B: Bar Code Specifications

Interleaved Two of Five (I 2/5)

Command Structure

1:3 ratio: <ESC>B2bbccc (data)

 

 

 

 

2:5 ratio:

<ESC>BD2bbccc (data)

 

 

 

 

1:2 ratio:

<ESC>D2bbccc (data)

 

 

 

 

bb

=

Width of narrow element in dots (01-12)

 

 

 

ccc

=

Bar height in dots (001-600)

 

 

 

 

(data)

=

Bar code data (numeric); must be an even number of digits

 

 

 

or else the printer will add a leading zero; start and stop

 

 

 

code are provided by the printer

 

 

Character Set

0-9 (numeric only)

 

 

 

 

 

Density Table

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Printer

 

Narrow/

Value of

 

“X”

Density

 

 

Model

 

Wide

“bb”

 

Dimension

(char/inch)

 

 

 

 

 

Ratio

 

 

(mils)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:3

01

 

3.3

33.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CT410

 

1:3

02

 

6.7

16.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2:5

01

 

6.7

18.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:2

01

 

3.3

21.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:2

02

 

6.7

14.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:3

01

 

5.0

22.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CT400

 

1:3

02

 

10.0

11.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2:5

01

 

10.0

12.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:2

01

 

5.0

14.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:2

02

 

10.0

9.7

 

Example

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

<ESC>H0100<ESC>V0100<ESC>B20310045676567

 

 

 

<ESC>H0140<ESC>V0210<ESC>XM4567 6567

 

 

 

Notes

To add horizontal guard bars to the top and bottom of the bar code,

 

use the Line and Box command.

 

 

 

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