Tally Genicom Matrix Printer Bar Code Style Characteristics

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Bar Code Style Characteristics

The following pages show specific information about t he various styles. A NULL character is a

combination of bars and spaces unique to a particular s tyle that is printed when a nonvalid

character is encountered in received bar code symbol data . A null character in the symbol shows

up as a diamond in the human-readable line if the HRL is enabled.

1 Bars per unit (2 characters): 5 dark bars and 5 light bars

2 Character set: 0 through 9

3 Start character: 2 dark bars and 2 light bars Stop character: 2 dark bars and 1

light bar

4 Center character code: None

5 NULL character: Yes

6 Intercharacter gap: None

7 Characters per symbol: Variable

8 Check digit: None.

9 Delimiters: Space, comma, horizontal tab, hp_relative

10 HR characters: Currently selected font, special HR font, special OCR-A/OCR-B

font (120 DPI only)

11 CPI at default element widths: 6.857

12 Combined start-stop character length: 0.167"

1 Bars per character: 5 dark bars and 4 light bars

2 Character set: 0 through 9

3 Start/Stop characters: 2 dark bars and 1 light bar