Chapter 3

Printing

3.5.1Specifying a New Font Style

Note:

To specify the height of a bar code, the font size should be changed in the application programs.

Notes:

Depending on which symbology is selected, the different Symbology Specific Options will be available. Click Help for more detail.

When Orientation is 90° or 270° and X dimension is 0.25 mm or over, the recommended print speed is 4 inches/s. See Section 3.6 for the print speed.

Bar font styles can be added or modified from the bar font list. More detailed bar code settings can be made, including size of bar code (character per inch), orientation, necessities of human-readability and check digit.

In Font Name, type a name of a bar font.

Mark the Display as Bar Font checkbox. When a bar font is selected in the application software, an image representing the bar code will appear on the screen. Note that the exact bar code itself is not shown on the screen.

Mark the Approximate Actual Width checkbox. When a bar font is selected in the application software, the estimated size is shown.

Click the Symbology down arrow to select the type of symbology.

Click the X Dimension down arrow to specify thickness of bars or cells, depending on the selected symbology.

Click the Orientation down arrow to rotate the symbology.

Click Human Readable to specify the visibility of the human readable characters displayed with the bar codes.

Click Ratio to specify the wide-to-narrow element ratio of the bar code. (This option is available only when used with Full ASCII 3-of-9, Regular 3-of-9, Codabar, Interleaved 2-of-5, and MSI Plessey only.)

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Toshiba CB-416-T3-QQ owner manual Specifying a New Font Style