Section 4. Programming Reference

Special Notes

1.

UPC and EAN bar codes are not affected by the different types of

 

 

narrow to wide ratios. Instead, the <ESC>D command adds

 

 

descender bars to these codes where needed to meet UPC

 

 

specifications. The <ESC>BD command puts decender bars and

 

 

human readable text below the symbol.

 

2.

The Code 128, UCC 128, MSI, and Code 93 bar codes are not

 

 

affected by the narrow to wide ratios.

 

3.

The Codabar, Code 39, Industrial 2 of 5, and Matrix 2 of 5 bar

 

 

codes are affected by the Character Pitch command. This

 

 

command must be placed before the Bar Code command.

 

4.

See Appendix B for more specific instructions and detailed

 

 

information regarding individual bar code symbols.

 

5.

Because of their unique characteristics, two-dimensional symbols

 

 

are covered separately (see page 4-99).

 

6.

For UCC128, the FNC1 code is automatically inserted and the Mod

 

 

10 and Mod 103 check digits are automatically calculated.

 

7.

The <ESC>D and <ESC>BD commands are not valid for the MSI,

 

 

Code 128, Code 93, UPC-E, Bookland, UCC128 and Postnet

 

 

symbologies.

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