Hitachi RX - 9 Appendix; Barcode, 2-Dimensional Code

●Bar code, 2-dimensional code 9-1
Conditions whereby Readable code can be added to be printed
No. Condition
1
Made the number of lines of the EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A, UPC-E and EAN-13 Add-On 5
printing item 1 line or 2 lines.
2 Set character size 12x16, 18x24, or 24x32 (1 line only).
Guard
bar
Units
position
of Prefix
code
First 5 digits of
the input data
Center
bar
Check
code
Next 5 digits of
the input data
Guard
bar
Left barcode portion
Right barcode portion
5 digits 5 digits 1 digit
9. APPENDIX
Bar code, 2-dimensional code
● See “4.7.5 Print bar codes” and “4.13.3 Set various printing” in the Instruction Manual.
(1) Precautions when using EAN-13 code
● When bar code is “EAN-13” and “EAN-13 Add-On 5" the area for inputting the 2-digit “country code” is
displayed on the print format screen. Be sure to input the country code. The country code can be input at the
beginning of the data on the character input screen. See “4.13.3 Setting various types of printing” in the
Instruction Manual.
● Guard bar, center bar and check code are automatically added.
● When adding Readable code (number; human readable code), select either 5 x 5 or 5 x 7 as the size of the
numbers added.
●When the country code is changed at the Print format screen, the country code for all the bar code items in
that message is changed to the same value.
(2) Precautions when using EAN Prefix
●Whether to set bar code EAN-13, EAN-8, EAN-13 Add-on 5 country code by character input or print format
is selected.
Number of digits of bar code
Country code Data Check digit Total number of digits
EAN-13 2 10 1 13
EAN-8 2 5 1 8
EAN-13
Add-On 5
2151 18
EAN Prefix
Set value
Character input Print format
Handling of country code
Country code is input at the head
of the data.
Set by print format without
including country code in the
data.
Print format screen Country code is not displayed. Set the country code.
Edit message screen
For EAN-13, input 12 digits, for
EAN-8, input 7 digits and for
EAN-13 Add-On 5, input 17
digits, all including the country
code.
However, check digit is
excluded.
For EAN-13 input 10 digits, for
EAN-8, input 5 digits and for
EAN-13 Add-On 5, input 15
digits, without including the
country code.
However, the check digit is
excluded.
Example of EAN-13 with
identification numbers
Example of EAN13 Add-On 5
with identification numbers