
9. Bar code and enlarged character
9. Bar code and enlarged character
Bar code function
The printer can print bar codes and enlarged characters.
To activate the bar code and enlarged character function, set #27 BARCODE/ENLARGED CHAR to MODE 1 or MODE 2 in the EXTENDED SETUP MODE.
This function is applicable to the EPSON or IBM or HP mode. This section describes the outline and details of the bar code and enlarged character function.
Outline of bar code function
The printer has 14 types of bar codes.
Software commands and options #27 to #29 on the EXTENDED SETUP MODE are used to print bar codes and enlarged characters.
The software commands are unique to the printer. See the following pages for details of these commands.
1. | Industrial 2 of 5 | 8. | Code 128 |
2. | Interleaved 2 of 5 | 9. | |
3. | Matrix 2 of 5 | 10. | |
4. | Codabar | 11. | |
5. | Code 11 | 12. | |
6. | Code 39 | 13. | Postnet |
7. | Code 93 | 14. Element (Created in elements.) | |
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❏Makeup of bar code
(Example) | CODABAR | ICG | ||
| ICG | |||
| Check | STOP | ||
START |
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DATA | Character Character | |||
Character | ||||
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| HRI |
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Margin | Barcode |
| Margin |
Start Character : | Initial character of data |
DATA : | Alphanumeric data |
Check Character : | Character for check errors in read data |
Stop Character : | Last character of data |
HRI : | Human Readable Interpretation |
ICG : | Gap between characters (Inter Character Gap) |
Margin : | |
| Each |
| times as wide as the narrow space (NS). |
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