Tally Genicom Matrix Printer manual Bar Code Style Characteristics, Interleaved 2 of 5 Style

Bar Code Style Characteristics

The following pages show specific information about the various styles. A NULL character is a combination of bars and spaces unique to a particular style 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.

Interleaved 2 of 5 (Style 0)

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

2Character set: 0 through 9

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

4Center character code: None

5NULL character: Yes

6Intercharacter gap: None

7Characters per symbol: Variable

8Check digit: None.

9Delimiters: Space, comma, horizontal tab, hp_relative

10HR characters: Currently selected font, special HR font, special OCR-A/OCR-B font (120 DPI only)

11CPI at default element widths: 6.857

12Combined start-stop character length: 0.167"

Bidirectional/Industrial 2 of 5 (Styles 1 and 3)

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

2Character set: 0 through 9

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

4Center character code: None

5NULL character: Yes

6Intercharacter gap: None

7Characters per symbol: Variable

8Check digit: None

9Delimiters: Space, comma, horizontal tab, hp_relative

10HR characters: Currently selected font, special HR font, special OCR-A/OCR-B font (120 DPI only)

11CPI at default element widths: 4.3

12Combined start-stop character length: Style 1 = 0.319", Style 3 = 0.139"

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