Star Micronics 150 manual Bar codes

Control Codes PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide

Bar codes

Bar codes

The Series 150 Printer has the ability to print bar codes. The printer will print one of five formats, Interleaved 2 of 5, Code 39, Code 128, UPC A, and EAN-13. The host does not need to form the graphic image for these bar codes. The host need only send the printer the information to be bar coded, and a graphic will be generated. Bar codes can be printed in a high-resolution normal mode or a fast, high-speed mode. The normal mode is more readable than the high speed mode. (See the [ESC] [EM] B command on the next page for setting the bar code height and print speed.)

Function	Print bar code
ASCII	[ESC] b <n> {information} [ETX]
Hexadecimal	1BH 62H <n>... 03H
Decimal	<27> <98> <n> ... <3>
IPCL	&%25 ... [CR]		Interleaved 2 of 5
	&%39 ... [CR]		Code 39
	&%12 ... [CR]		Code 128
	&%UP ... [CR]		UPC A
	&%UE ... [CR]		UPC E
	&%EA .. [CR]		EAN-13
	&%E8 ... [CR]		EAN-8
	&%93 ... [CR]		Code 93
	&%HB<n> ..		Hollerith10
EPOS	[ESC] b <n> or [GS] k <n>
Description	This command prints the information as a bar code. The bar code will be
	centered on the print zone.
Where n	0	Interleaved 2 of 5		Numeric (0-9) only; must be an even number of
				digits
	1	Code 39		26 uppercase letters (A-Z) and 10 digits (0-9)
	2	Code 128		Three sets of 106 different characters
	3	UPC A		Numeric (0-9) only; 11 digits
	4	EAN-13		Numeric (0-9) only; 12 digits
	5	UPC E		Numeric (0-9) only; 11 digits
	6	EAN-8		Numeric (0-9) only; 7 digits
	7	Code 93		26 letters, 10 digits (0-9), and 7 special characters
	10	Hollerith		ASCII data up to 16 digits

Interleaved 2 of 5 is a high-density, self-checking, continuous, numeric bar code. It is mainly used where fixed length numeric fields are required. The data field must be an even number of characters. If an odd data field is sent to the printer, it will be zero padded. Due to space limitations, only 16 characters can be printed. (Note: Interleaved 2 of 5 does not read well in fast mode.)

Code 39	is an alphanumeric bar code. It is a discrete, self-checking, variable length
	code. The complete data field is printed. Due to space limitations, only eight
	characters can be printed. If illegal characters are passed to the printer, they
	will be converted to legal codes, i.e., a → A.
Code 128	is an alphanumeric bar code. It is a high-density, variable length, continuous
	code that employs multiple element widths. Code 128 has three possible start
	codes. The start code defines the set as Code A, B, or C. The first character in

10The Hollerith bar code is only available on custom configurations.

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