Printek 4503 User Manual

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The sequence used to define a variable width, horizontal bar code is

^B

Two Character Sequence Identifier for
Horizontal Bar Code Definition.

N

Reserved Parameter.

9

Flags Variable Width.

x

Bar Code Type.
“a” = Code 39 1:1:2:2 Ratio
“b”= Code 39 1:1:3:3 Ratio
“c” = Code 39 1:2:4:5 Ratio
“d”= Code 39 LOGMAR Standard Density
“e” = Code 39 LOGMAR Medium Density
“f” = Code 39 LOGMAR Low Density
“g”= 2-of-5 1:1:3:X Ratio
“h”= 2-of-5 1:2:3:X Ratio
“i” = Interleaved 2-of-5 BS Code 1:1:3:3 Ratio
“j” = Interleaved 2-of-5 BS Code 1:2:4:5 Ratio
“k”= Interleaved 2-of-5 BS Code 1.5:1.5:4.5:4.5 Ratio
“l” = Interleaved 2-of-5 BS Code 2:2:6:6 Ratio
“m”

= Interleaved 2-of-5 C Code 1:1:2:2 Ratio

“n”= Interleaved 2-of-5 C Code 1:1:2.5:2.5 Ratio
“o”= Interleaved 2-of-5 C Code 1.5:1.5:3.5:3.5 Ratio
“p”= Interleaved 2-of-5 C Code2:2:4.5:4.5 Ratio

dddd

Width of all Bars and Spaces.
Includes Number of Dots in: Narrow Bar, Narrow Space,

Wide Bar, Wide Space; respectively.

Range of d is 0 to F (0 to 15 dots).

ccc...c

Characters to be Bar Coded.

^G

Sequence Terminator.
Required to signal end of character data.

When defining a variable width bar code, first choose a bar code type that matches
the desired bar code.  Then specify the width of the bars and spaces to achieve the
desired bar code density and wide:narrow ratios.

Bar code type “a” defines a rather dense Code 39 bar code with 1:1:2:2 ratio.

^BNa12345^G^-