Appendix G – Bar Code Details
Class Series 2 Programmer’s Manual 213
u: UPS MaxiCode, Modes 2 & 3
The printer supports MaxiCode as defined in the AIM Technical Specification. The
following examples illustrate various label format record message syntaxes for encoding
data as MaxiCode. In the following examples, special formatting is used to denote
special ASCII characters as shown:
Symbol
Hexadecimal Value
R
S
1E
G
S
1D
E
O
T
04
(Printer message syntax allows for
E
O
T
to be
substituted with <CR> or the use of both
E
O
T
and
<CR>.)
UPS Modes 2 & 3 Explicit
The data stream can force Mode 2 or 3 encoding by placing #2 or #3, respectively,
before the data, as shown in the example below. If this is not specified, the printer
chooses the best mode.
1u0000001200120#3[)>
R
S
01
G
S
96123456
G
S
068
G
S
001
G
S
1Z12345675
G
S
UPSN
G
S
12345E
G
S
0
89
G
S
G
S
1/1
G
S
10.1
G
S
Y
G
S
G
S
G
S
UT
R
S
E
O
T
This example will print encoding the MaxiCode symbol in Mode 3.
<STX>L
D11<CR>
1u0000001200120#3[)>
R
S
01
G
S
96123456
G
S
068
G
S
001
G
S
1Z12345675
G
S
UPSN
G
S
12345E
G
S
089
G
S
G
S
1/
1
G
S
10.1
G
S
Y
G
S
G
S
G
S
UT
R
S
E
O
T
121100000000100Barcode u<CR>
E
Where:
#3
Forces Mode 3 encoding
[)>
R
S
01
G
S
96
Message Header
123456
Maximum 9 alphanumeric ASCII, postal
code
068
Country Code
001
Class
Primary
Message
G
S
1Z1...
...T
R
S
E
O
T
Secondary
Message
Examples
In the UPS 3.0 protocol examples that follow, Primary Message control characters
G
S
will
not be encoded in the MaxiCode symbol. All characters, the Secondary Message, with
the exception of the leading
G
S
, in are encoded.
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